utterances

[BestATN@aol.com]

In a message dated 2002-02-01 4:26:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, lojban@yahoogroups.com writes:


> The problem, I think,
> comes from seeing '.ui' as an utterance just because it is audible. You can
> hear a sigh, but it is not an utterance. '.ui' is like that.
>
>                              --la kreig.daniyl.


then what IS a sigh, if not an utterance?  how do you define 'utterance'?
steven lytle