disfluency
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disfluency — noun lack of skillfulness in speaking or writing • Ant: ↑fluency • Hypernyms: ↑unskillfulness * * * /dis flooh euhn see/, n., pl. disfluencies for 2. 1. Pathol. impairment of the ability to produce smooth, fluent speech. 2. an interruption in the … Useful english dictionary
disfluency — /dis flooh euhn see/, n., pl. disfluencies for 2. 1. Pathol. impairment of the ability to produce smooth, fluent speech. 2. an interruption in the smooth flow of speech, as by a pause or the repetition of a word or syllable. Also, dysfluency.… … Universalium
disfluency — Inability to produce a smooth flow of speech sounds in connected discourse; the flow of speech is characterized by frequent interruptions and repetitions. [dis + fluency] … Medical dictionary
Speech disfluency — Speech disfluencies are any of various breaks, irregularities, or non lexical vocables that occur within the flow of otherwise fluent speech. These include false starts, i.e. words and sentences that are cut off mid utterance, phrases that are… … Wikipedia
speech disfluency — noun A part of speech usually expressed as a pause or hesitation; such as err, um, hmm … Wiktionary
Stuttering — Stutter redirects here. For other uses, see Stutter (disambiguation). Stammer redirects here. For other uses, see Stammer (disambiguation). Stuttering Classification and external resources ICD 10 F98.5 ICD … Wikipedia
stuttering — or stammering or dysphemia Speech defect affecting the rhythm and fluency of speech, with involuntary repetition of sounds or syllables and intermittent blocking or prolongation of sounds, syllables, and words. Stutterers consistently have… … Universalium
Wendell Johnson — Dr. Wendell Johnson (April 16, 1906 – August 29, 1965) was an American psychologist, speech pathologist and author and was a proponent of General Semantics (or GS). He was born in Roxbury, Kansas and died in Iowa City, Iowa. The Wendell Johnson… … Wikipedia
Blah — In English, blah is a word that is sometimes used as an expression for words or feelings where the specifics are not considered important to the speaker or writer for emotions. It is not often seen in formal writing, except when transcribing… … Wikipedia
UH — may refer to:* A river in Ukraine and Slovakia, see: Uzh River ( Uh is the Slovak name) * A speech disfluency variously articulated as an open mid vowel such as /ɜ/ or /ʌ/, or as a near open central vowel, and sometimes beginning with a glottal… … Wikipedia
