alleryGreetings and small talk about the weather mainly serve which function of language?
AReferential function
BConative function
CPoetic function
DPhatic function
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Phatic function
1. Such talk exists to keep people in contact rather than to inform.
2. Language used for the sake of interaction is the phatic function.
3. It is tied to the contact or channel factor.
_Source: Wikipedia, Jakobson's functions of language, The six functions of language_
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