Do you think that "oh", as a discourse marker, is really necessary in text and speech?We found that people were slower at verifying words when the ohs were removed, and this was true for verifying words that occurred both before and after the discourse marker. These results support the idea that discourse markers help the listener understand conversation. We have used the same technique to study other discourse markers, including well, so, and, I mean, and you know.
http://psychology.gatech.edu/renglelab/ ... search.htm
"Oh", is that really necessary?
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"Oh", is that really necessary?
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woodcutter
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Who said the 'oh's were necessary? The passage quoted says they help, and they probably do. I think they help the oh-er more than the oh-ed though, giving him/her time to think how to, like, say what they really want to say.
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woodcutter wrote:Who said the 'oh's were necessary? The passage quoted says they help, and they probably do. I think they help the oh-er more than the oh-ed though, giving him/her time to think how to, like, say what they really want to say.
There's some who say they aren't. Ever!Who said the 'oh's were necessary?
Don't for get about: "Oh really?" and "Oh he didn't, did he" and others which are not there to give time for the speaker to think.
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Stephen Jones
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