speech community

Speech community — is a concept in sociolinguistics that describes a more or less discrete group of people who use language in a unique and mutually accepted way among themselves.Speech communities can be members of a profession with a specialized jargon, distinct… …   Wikipedia

speech community — языковое сообщество, языковой коллектив …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

speech community — noun Date: 1894 a group of people sharing characteristic patterns of vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

speech community — Ling. 1. the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect. 2. a group of people geographically distributed so that there is no break in intelligibility from place to place. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

speech community — noun A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language …   Wiktionary

speech community — [ˌspiːtʃkə mjuːnɪtɪ] 1) Общая лексика: языковое сообщество, языковой коллектив 2) Лингвистика: языковая общность …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

speech island — Ling. a speech community that is completely surrounded by another, usually larger, speech community. * * * …   Universalium

Speech Code Theory — refers to a framework for communication in a given speech community. As an academic discipline, it explores the manner in which groups communicate based on societal, cultural, gender, occupational or other factors.A basic definition of speech… …   Wikipedia

Speech and language pathology — Speech language pathology is the study of disorders that affect a person s speech, language, cognition, voice, swallowing (dysphagia) and the rehabilitative or corrective treatment of physical and/or cognitive deficits/disorders resulting in… …   Wikipedia

Community media — is any form of media that is created and controlled by a community, either a geographic community or a community of identity or interest. Community media is separate from commercial media, state run media, or public broadcasting. The fundamental… …   Wikipedia