Sentences with phrase «by psycholinguists»

A pause is silent by definition, making the term «filled pause» anomalous.59 As described by psycholinguists Daniel C. O'Connell and Sabine Kowal, «fillers are neither pauses nor are they used necessarily where there would otherwise be a silence; they are not a sort of putty used to fill the cracks in window frames — to stuff something into a silence.

Having had my maternal instincts confirmed by a psycholinguist, I filed away Dr. Shriberg's e-mail, and the issue of uh and um receded to the background where, as it turns out, it rightfully belongs.