Intonation and Attitude
There are certain sounds in any language that are considered nonsense syllables, yet impart a large amount of information to the informed listener. Each language has a different set of these sounds, such as eto ne in Japanese, em in Spanish, eu in French, and um in English. In this particular case, these are the sounds that a native speaker makes when he is thinking out loud— holding the floor, but not yet committing to actually speaking.
Exercise 8-12: Nonverbal Intonation CD 4 Track 26 录音下载
The top eight are the most common non-word communication sounds. They can all be nasalized or not, and said with the mouth open or closed. Intonation is the important factor here. Repeat after me.
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