A disfluence or nonfluence is a non-pathological hesitance when speaking, the use of fillers (“like” or “uh”), or the repetition of a word or phrase. This needs to be distinguished from a fluency …

Uh-huh!, Uh-oh!, Um!, Umm! and Whew! interjection words are used in everyday speech to convey a wide range of emotions and reactions. Interjections can convey surprise, excitement, …

2011年11月14日 · The narrow meaning is words like "umm" "err" "ah" and "uh", that don't express meaning or change meaning. They only prevent someone else from speaking, allowing the …

2018年8月1日 · When you get rattled while speaking — whether you’re nervous, distracted, or at a loss for what comes next — it’s easy to lean on filler words, such as “um,” “ah,” or “you …

Here is a list of English interjections, specifically those that are not included in normal dictionaries because they just signify noises people make (ahh, ow, grr) rather than exclamation words …

2014年5月29日 · ah—placeholder signifying hesitation, confusion, ignorance, or even guilt, often indicating that the speaker is thinking frantically; variations are er, uh, and um; also an …

2012年7月5日 · When some people speak they pause and use a filler sound every few words, for example: “I, um, was wondering, um, if I could, uh, borrow some, mm, money.” When people …

‘Umm,’ and other verbal fillers, ‘like,’ ‘ers,’ ‘ah,’ ‘you know,’ and ‘uh’ appear to be on the rise. ‍ Uh, what are they? Verbal fillers are the spoken equivalent of a loading icon.¹. To the listener, …

2011年12月4日 · In this article, we examine why filler words have a negative impact on your effectiveness, and learn a five-step strategy for reducing them. Um… What’s the Problem? …

2011年7月14日 · The word for sounds made that are not communicative, such as "er", "uh", "um", etc, and also for interruptions in speech, are generally called "nonfluencies". They indicate the …