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From the abstract > A word like Huh?–used as a repair initiator when, for example, one has not clearly heard what someone just said– is found in roughly the sa
by asiachick 5y ago
From the abstract
> A word like Huh?–used as a repair initiator when, for example, one has not clearly heard what someone just said– is found in roughly the same form and function in spoken languages across the globe. We investigate it in naturally occurring conversations in ten languages and present evidence and
Japanese don't use it for when "one has not clearly heard what someone just said"
> Huh? is a universal word not because it is innate but because it is shaped by selective pressures in an interactional environment that all languages share: that of other-initiated repair.
No, that is not how it's used in Japanese. They do not use "Ha" for "other-initiated repair"
- getoj 5y agoThat’s your parent’s point; the article states that the Japanese other-initiated repair word is “e”, which it is. The article argues convincingly that “e” is “huh”-like, defining that as having an unrounded mid-front vowel with a glottal onset (or no onset). Interestingly, in addition to “e” and “ha”, Japanese also has “hai” with a rising intonation, which is a more polite “e?” - all of these are “huh”-like.
- asiachick 5y agodon't agree that e is huh. e is often eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee but huh is never extended. Further, e is used for confirmation unlike huh
- harpersealtako 5y agoWe're talking about "e" as it is used as an open other-initiated repair, the fact that it has a dozen other usages is irrelevant here. "E" (and sometimes "a", though I believe that might be regional and more context-dependent) is definitely used as an open other-initiated repair word in Japanese, meaning they can be used in the place of "huh" in the following dialogue pattern: "Hey, what time is it?" "Huh?" "I said, what time is it?"