Re: disfluencies (was Re: English syllable structure)

nicole dobrowolski wrote:
> obconlang: does anyone have conlang equivilents to hesitation space
> fillers like 'uh' or 'um'?
Uatakassi has "aa", and also sometimes uses words like _la_
(or-inclusive) at the end of a sentence to indicate a degree of
uncertainty, e.g.:
Sassitassi nlakus navaa, la ...
Lit. "That man is fast, or ...", connotes something like "That man is
fast, I think."
In this usage, _la_ is often lengthened, _laa_ or even _laaaa_
_la_ can be used in the middle of a sentence to indicate uncertainty
about phrasing and the like, such as: "Sassi-.., laa ..., FAsassitassi
nlakus navaa" would be equivalent to saying, for example, "That man is,
uh, WAS fast"

I suspect it might also be used as a random filler sometimes, like, say,
"Fasassitassi, laa, nlakus navaa" ~ "That man, uh, was fast"

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