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That’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 “
by getoj 5y ago
That’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?"