Re: QUERY: List of Japanese expressive sounds.

mirror wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm looking for a Web page or section of a book listing such
> expressive sounds in Japanese as "ne," "n," "yo," "saa," "fun,"
> "yosh," and so forth. What is the formal name for such sounds?

Particles for the most part, but yosh is not a particle (I think)

Try "Basic Japanese through Comics" by Mangajin

<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0834804522/002-1020095-5727221?v=glance>

> Am I correct in thinking, as a general rule, that "n" is "no" and
> nominalizes what directly precedes it? If so, is nominalization a
> general means of indicating a closeness or intimacy in the
> utterance?

Sometimes.  If you're thinking like atsui-n-desu, the "n" is short for 
"no" and means the speaker is offering an explaination or reason.  It 
can also be a way of adding their opinion or feeling about something:

Okashii-n-desu.

> Also, am I correct in thinking that Japanese contains more of
> these expressive sounds than English?

Particles?  Standard English doesn't have particles, but various 
dialects of English do, eh? ;-)

Expressive sounds abound among English speakers: huh? eh? ah! oh! uh... 
wot?  AARGH!

I'm not sure Japanese has more of them.

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