SPOKEN LANGUAGE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(language) communication by word of mouth

Example:

he recorded the spoken language of the streets

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("spoken language" is a kind of...):

auditory communication (communication that relies on hearing)

Domain category:

language; linguistic communication (a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spoken language"):

words (the words that are spoken)

orthoepy; pronunciation (the way a word or a language is customarily spoken)

conversation (the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.)

discussion; give-and-take; word (an exchange of views on some topic)

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)

non-standard speech (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)

idiolect (the language or speech of one individual at a particular period in life)

monologue (a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation))

charm; magic spell; magical spell; spell (a verbal formula believed to have magical force)

dictation (speech intended for reproduction in writing)

monologue; soliloquy (speech you make to yourself)