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Study: What Those Ums Ahhs and Likes (Filler Sounds) Say About How You Think

WORDS Posted: May 16, 2014 7:40 am

Psycholinguists have actually categorized words usually thought of as superfluous blips in speech into separate groups based on their function. “Um” and “uh” are known as “filled pauses.” “You know,” “I mean,” and “like” are termed “discourse markers.”

WORDS Published: 05.16.14

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