Filler (linguistics)
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In linguistics, a filler, filled pause, hesitation marker or planner is a sound or word that is spoken in conversation by one participant to signal to others a pause to think without giving the impression of having finished speaking.
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See also
- Interjection
- Like: as a discourse particle
- Phatic expression
- So (sentence closer)
- So (sentence opener)
- Speech disfluency
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