Scrabble recognizes uh, hmm, huh as words, if that helps at all!!

Edith Wollin

 

From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Scott Woods
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:29 AM
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Subject: word definitions

 

Dear List,

 

In a discussion yesterday with a rhetoric class, the topic of audible
non-verbal discourse markers came up, specifically, the nasalized sounds
often written as "uh-huh" and "hhm." We discussed the meanings of these
and how they generally had a clear meaning to the speaker and the
hearer.  A student asked if these were words, and I realized that I
wasn't really sure.  What makes these either words or not words? We also
discussed body language and facial expressions and how some of these had
a clear meaning to most people who saw them. In what ways are these
fundamentally different from the physical movements used in ASL, for
instance, which can be considered words? 

 

Thanks,

Scott Woods

 

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