Re: CHAT: ...y'know
| From: | David T Shoda <dshoda1@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 27, 1999, 17:32 |
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On Sun, 27 Jun 1999, Kristian Jensen wrote:
> Speaking of discourse markers, I was watching TV the other day and this American on
> TV habitually kept on using "y'know" here and there in a sentence. That made
> me wonder, what purpose does this repeated use of "y'know" have? Is it some
> kind of particle or marker? Any conlangs with such a marker?
>
> -kristian- 8)
Kristian--
The phrase seems to be used moreoften as a "silence filler", synonymous to
"uuhh". Doesn't contribute as a structural particle; doesn't usually find
instances so much in writing as in speech.
--David