Re: disfluencies/editing expressions

Michael Erard <erard@...> wrote:

>At least, please send me what sound (and spelling) you've assigned
>for filled pauses in your languages.
gjax-zym-byn uses a hesitation interjection, "hem" /hEm/, and two
error-correction particles.

"pxej", /B_0ej/, deletes the previous word uttered,
meaning something like "No, actually I meant to say:"

"cqe", /cCE/, reverses the normal modification-order between the
previous and following words.  So

A cqe B == B A

I use this when I accidentally utter an adjective before the
noun it's supposed to modify, and occasionally in other instances.
(gjax-zym-byn is NA.)

In writing, I fairly often write "pxej" and continue instead of scratching out
or erasing an incorrect word.

"cq" and "px" are my ASCII digraphs for c-caron and p-circumflex
respectively.


- Jim Henry
http://www.mindspring.com/~jimhenry/conlang.htm