Communication serves five major purposes:
In linguistics, a phatic expression (English: /ˈfætɪk/, FAT-ik) is communication which serves to establish or maintain social relationships rather than to impart information.
Phatic expressions are a socio-pragmatic function and are used in everyday conversational exchange typically expressed in situational instances that call for social cues. They can include social pleasantries that do not seek or offer information of intrinsic value but can signal willingness to observe conventional local expectations for politeness.
... an important part of language in its role in establishing, maintaining, and managing bonds of sociality between participants,[8] as well as creating feelings of solidarity, familiarity, and putting participants at ease[9]
... phatic communion ('bonding by language')
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