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Salad Days (Rebroadcast) - 3 October 2022

A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over

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How Are You and the Konnichiwa?

The Konnichiwa are all phatic speech, PHATI-C. This kind of speech communicates ideas or feelings rather than direct information. Ego: When you go to the grocery store and you have a conversation with the clerk, how are you can say that you're sociable? And if you reply back, I'm fine. It communicates that you are sociable too.

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