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filler: a standalone construct

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filler1 CONSTRUCTFilled pauseCLARK & FOX TREE · UH

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Linguistics

A spoken sound that holds the floor

In linguistics a filler, or filled pause, is a sound such as uh or um that a speaker produces during a hesitation rather than falling silent. Far from being mere noise, these are treated as signals that manage the conversation, announcing a delay and helping the speaker hold the floor while planning what comes next. Clark and Fox Tree's Using uh and um in spontaneous speaking argues they are conventional words with communicative functions. The referent is a hesitation marker in speech, measured by its rate and placement in talk, and it has nothing to do with metal added to a weld or gel injected into skin.[1]

Unit
The rate and placement of filled pauses in spontaneous speech
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Counted as filled pauses per unit of speech and analysed by their position before delays

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References

  1. Clark, H. H., & Fox Tree, J. E. (2002). Using uh and um in spontaneous speaking. Cognition, 84(1), 73–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-0277(02)00017-3

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