Tag Archive for the term: dominique bouchard

An actor once told me that if a play started well but ended poorly, the audience would say “It wasn’t that good after all”; on the other hand, if it had a rough start but ended well, the audience would say “It wasn’t so bad after all!” So, in that spirit, I will do my [...]

Fonction Phatique ****
Even if you do not know what phatic communication is, you have engaged in it. It’s the “hello”s, “how are you”s, “thank God summer is finally here”s, the fluffy pieces of conversation that we use to enter in contact with each other and, more importantly, remain in contact. And it becomes the basis [...]