Hello, I just joined this list. Apologies if you've circulated this recently, but I'm interested in citations on nonlexical items such as uh, um, oh, er, eh, and the like. I'm familiar with (especially older) work by Fox Tree, Cherny, Yngve, Schiffrin, Schourup, Fraser, Heritage, Schegloff, Hosman, Herbert Clark, and Pomerantz. But my main interest is folks who have looked at these terms in online contexts. I wrote a chapter in my dissertation on um. And I'm looking for citations on um and other words used online. Any leads appreciated. Is it your sense that this has been talked about a lot in the literature in terms of online usage? Thanks, Patricia G. Lange, Ph.D. Dept. of Anthropology San Jose State University __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com