Automatic speech
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Automatic speech consists of words not directly under the control of person's conscious mind, and are spoken without thought. Such speech may include coherent sentences, and filler words
(such as "like", "er" and "uhm").
The Irish poet William Butler Yeats
argued for automatic speech experiments with his wife, which provided him with symbols for his poetry as well as literary theories.
Filler (linguistics)
In linguistics, a filler is a sound or word that is spoken in conversation by one participant to signal to others that he/she has paused to think but is not yet finished speaking. These are not to be confused with placeholder names, such as thingamajig, which refer to objects or people whose names...
(such as "like", "er" and "uhm").
The Irish poet William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and playwright, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years he served as an Irish Senator for two terms...
argued for automatic speech experiments with his wife, which provided him with symbols for his poetry as well as literary theories.