Do you say uh or uhm? A cross-linguistic approach to filler particle use in heritage and majority speakers across three languages

Filler particles like uhm in English or ähm in German show subtle language-specific differences and their variation in form is related to socio-linguistic variables like gender. The use of fillers in a second language has been shown to differ from monolinguals' filler particle use in both frequ...

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Main Authors: Marlene Böttcher, Margaret Zellers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1305862/full