The Phatic function of communication is used ________. (A) to open the channel…
2024
The Phatic function of communication is used ________.
(A) to open the channel of communication
(B) for aesthetic value of communication
(C) to carry factual information
(D) to give orders
(E) to initiate a conversation like hello.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: A. (A) and (E) Only — ConceptIn Roman Jakobson's model, the phatic function focuses on contact: it establishes, checks, prolongs, or closes the channel between participants.…
- A.
(A) and (E) Only
- B.
(A), (D) and (E) Only
- C.
(C), (D) and (E) Only
- D.
(A) and (B) Only
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Correct answer: A
Concept
In Roman Jakobson's model, the phatic function focuses on contact: it establishes, checks, prolongs, or closes the channel between participants.
Greetings and small-contact expressions such as “hello” are phatic because they create or test communicative contact before substantive information is exchanged.
Application
Opening the channel of communication concerns establishing contact, so statement (A) describes the phatic function.
Aesthetic organization of a message belongs to the poetic function, so statement (B) names a different function.
Carrying factual information belongs to the referential function, so statement (C) names a different function.
Giving orders directs the receiver and belongs to the conative function, so statement (D) names a different function.
Beginning with a greeting such as “hello” establishes social contact, so statement (E) describes the phatic function.
Cross-check
An utterance such as “Hello, can you hear me?” checks or opens contact rather than conveying a fact, creating an aesthetic effect, or issuing an order. Therefore the applicable statements are (A) and (E), and the answer is “(A) and (E) Only.”