“You Know” is used within the same way as “like” or “humm” is used in an English speaking culture. It’s a tick, a hiccup. It is used by a person for a very quick pause to gather their thoughts. For others, it’s just a display of undisciplined speech. Linguists call interjections like “You Know” and “like” and “humm” and “I mean” and a large number of others ‘filler’ or ‘discourse practices’. It is like an unconscious way of a pause in the middle of a sentence as the person speaking…
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