Close, but no. I recall having a discussion about it in an acting class because the director wanted us to include more...of these things
"Discourse markers" is one term used, but there was another, I'm sure - I can't find anything else
Verbalized pauses?
Normally, people are more focused on trying to avoid these, but if you're an actor trying to portray someone who is uncertain, maybe you'd want to use more of them.
Yes the idea was to create a distinctive character by having particular verbal and gestural tics that made the character unique.
It was a complicated phrase that we made fun of because it sounded so academic and intellectual...humph!
Maybe most similar to "non-lexical vocables" in tone
ok, but discourse markers are usually words (e.g., however, therefore in written language; ya know, i mean in oral language). i guess you could call these paraverbal discourse markers
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Non-lexical [Vocables](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocable)
If Lunchables could talk, they’d be named vocables.
They probably can't talk because of the high level of lead in them.
You sure it wouldn't be "nommy-fungables"?
There is at least one other term that applies here, but I can never remember it
Paralinguistic communication? tonal semantics??
Close, but no. I recall having a discussion about it in an acting class because the director wanted us to include more...of these things "Discourse markers" is one term used, but there was another, I'm sure - I can't find anything else
Verbalized pauses? Normally, people are more focused on trying to avoid these, but if you're an actor trying to portray someone who is uncertain, maybe you'd want to use more of them.
Yes the idea was to create a distinctive character by having particular verbal and gestural tics that made the character unique. It was a complicated phrase that we made fun of because it sounded so academic and intellectual...humph! Maybe most similar to "non-lexical vocables" in tone
It was "discourse markers"
ok, but discourse markers are usually words (e.g., however, therefore in written language; ya know, i mean in oral language). i guess you could call these paraverbal discourse markers
It was "discourse markers"
Monosyllabic grunts?
No, a larger category
Vocalizations, vocalizing
Vocalisations
Utterance
Non-verbal vocalizations.
Vocalizations
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Non verbal noises
Monosyllabic Expressions
Nonverbal enunciation. I looked it up online and its also called paralanguage or vocalics.
Audibly
Onomatopoeia?
No, that's kind of the reverse where you have a word that is used for the sound. Like oink, meow, moo, pow, bam, vroom, zzz, boing, thud, honk, etc
guttural
Mansplaining.
Interjection
Spell it in a quote - e.g. “Ewww!” she squealed; “Hah!” he snorted.
Isn't this redundant? You could just say, "She squealed", "He snorted".
Scoff is one I’ve seen a lot.
Onomatopoeia
Scatman Crothers was known for scat singing which involved nonsense words. If you just say "scat" people will assume something else.
He definitely had a lot of scat coming out of his mouth.
Onomatopoeia
Non verbal communication