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maturegambino

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'Yeah-no'
« on: November 04, 2013, 08:31:55 pm »
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A few practice exams I've encountered this year have often referred to spoken transcripts wherein a speaker will say "yeah, nah".
A question will then ask what is the purpose of this phrase and it ALWAYS trips me up!
What exactly does this mean?
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Re: 'Yeah-no'
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2013, 09:16:01 pm »
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In my experience, 'yeah-nah' can either be used in an affirmative or negative sense.

Affirmative: "yeah" is meant, and the nah is used as a speech disfluency (like 'um').

Negative: "nah" is meant, and the yeah acts as a speech disfluency.



Disclaimer: I've haven't studied Eng Lang.
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Re: 'Yeah-no'
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2013, 09:33:16 pm »
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'Yeah-no'
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2013, 10:03:47 pm »
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awesome! thank you both! :)
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