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Speech

The production of sounds using the organs of speech; contrasts directly with writing which is a secondary medium for communication via language.

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Convention; Conferences

Address, usually formal discourse delivered before an audience.

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Religion; Judaism

For information about the power of speech and sins committed through speech, see Speech and Lashon Ha-Ra. For information about pronouncing the Name of G-d, see The Name of G-d.

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Anthropology; Cultural anthropology

A broad term referring to patterned verbal behavior. See language.

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Science; General science

A set of audible sounds produced by disturbing the air through the integrated movements of certain groups of anatomical structures. Humans attach symbolic values to these sounds ...

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Language; Grammar; Terminology

The production of sounds using the organs of speech; contrasts directly with writing which is a secondary medium for communication via language.

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Medical; Health care; Medicine

Communication through a system of conventional vocal symbols.

singular
Language; Grammar

Of a noun or form indicating exactly one person or thing; singular nouns are usually the simplest form of the noun (as found in a dictionary); see also plural, number.

split infinitive
Language; Grammar

Situation where a word or phrase comes between the particle "to" and the verb in an infinitive; considered poor construction by some.

Standard English (S.E.)
Language; Grammar

"Normal" spelling, pronunciation and grammar that is used by educated native speakers of English.

structure word
Language; Grammar

Word that has no real meaning in a sentence, such as a pronoun or auxiliary verb (as opposed to a content word, such as verb or noun); structure words are not normally stressed in ...

subject
Language; Grammar

One of the two main parts (subject and predicate) of a sentence; the subject is the part that is not the predicate; typically, the subject is the first noun phrase in a sentence ...

subjective case
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Case form of a pronoun indicating a subject.

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