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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"phatic function"”.
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Solidarity and power in German : language as political action : a contribution to the socio-cultural history of the German language
… as language-in-text which performs identifiable functions. Following Leech, five functions are distinguished, two of which (the regulative and the phatic) are regarded as central to political processes. The phatic function is tested against the role of the German language as a creator and symbol …
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Understanding political and citizen participation on digital platforms for civic mobilization. Analysis of cyber-activism in Spain through Change.org
… in Spain from the Jacobson’s (1960) model of the functions of language in order to evaluate the communicative purpose of cyber-activism. Addressing it as an expression of political and civic participation that could complement classical paradigms of civic involvement. In this sense, this study …