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[单项选择]Mrs. P sneezes violently. Mrs. O says "Bless you!" Mrs. P says "Thank you." Again, this hardly seems to be a case of language being used to communicate ideas, but rather to maintain a comfortable relationship between people. Its sole function is to provide a means of avoiding a situation which both parties might otherwise find embarrassing. No factual content is involved. Similarly, the use of such phrases as "Good morning" or "Pleased to meet you", and ritual exchanges about health or the weather, do not communicate ideas in the usual sense.
Sentences of this kind are usually automatically produced, and stereotyped (固定不变) in structure. They often state the obvious (e. g. Lovely day!) or have no content at all (e. g. Hello!). They certainly require a special kind of explanation, and this is found in the idea that language is here being used for the purpose of maintaining rapport (融洽) between people. The anthropologist Malinowski coined the phrase "phatic communication" to refer
A. Language used to communicate ideas.
B. Differences between English and other languages.
C. A special social function of language use.
D. Relationship between language and culture.
[单项选择]Mrs. P sneezes violently. Mrs. Q says "Bless you!" Mrs. P says "Thank you." Again, this hardly seems to be a case of language being used to communicate ideas, but rather to maintain a comfortable relationship between people. Its sole function is to provide a means of avoiding a situation which both parties might otherwise find embarrassing. No factual content is involved. Similarly, the use of such phrases as "Good morning" or "Pleased to meet you", and ritual exchanges about health or the weather, do not communicate ideas in the usual sense.
Sentences of this kind are usually automatically produced, and stereotyped (固定不变) in structure. They often state the obvious (e. g. Lovely day) or have no content at all (e. g. Hello). They certainly require a special kind of explanation, and this is found in the idea that language is here being used for the purpose of maintaining rapport (融洽) between people. The anthropologist Malinowski coined the phrase "phatic communication" to refer to t
A. Language used to communicate ideas.
B. Differences between English and other languages.
C. A special social function of language use.
D. Relationship between language and culture.
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