SPEECH PATTERN

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Distinctive manner of oral expression

Example:

she had a very clear speech pattern

Synonyms:

accent; speech pattern

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("speech pattern" is a kind of...):

pronunciation (the manner in which someone utters a word)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speech pattern"):

drawl (a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels)