Topic:languagelinguistic communication
Synset:language oral communication speech spoken communication spoken language voice communication
Examples:
- his speech was garbled
- he uttered harsh language
- he recorded the spoken language of the streets
Hypernyms:auditory communication
Inherited Hypernyms:speechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:charmconversationdictationdiscussionexpressiongive-and-takeidiolectlocutionmagic spellmagical spellmonologuenon-standard speechorthoepypronunciationsayingsoliloquyspellwordwords
Full Hyponyms:
advice and consentagraphaambiguityamphibologyanatomical referenceaphorismarbitrationargumentbaby talkbackgrounderbargainingbaseball clinicbasketball clinicbeatitudebull sessionbuscalquecantcatchphrasechatchitchatcliniccollective bargainingcolloquycommerceconciliationconferenceconfirmation hearingconsultationconversationcrossfiredeliberationdialectdialoguedictationdiplomacydiscussiondollar diplomacydouble entendredysphemismepigrameuphemismexchangeexecutive sessioneye dialectgnomegossipinghagglehearingheart-to-hearthexhockey clinicholdouthorse tradinghuddleidiolectidiomincantationinvocationlocalismlogionlogomachyloopholemantramaximmediationmonologuemoralismmottomurphy's lawnegotiationnon-standard speechnothingsold manpanel discussionparisologyparleypatoisphatic speechpillow talkplea bargainpostmortempower politicspratepress conferencepretrialpronunciationproverbpublic discussionraprap sessionreading clinicreceived pronunciationrecognitionregionalismrhyming slanground tableruralismsayingscandalmongeringsecond-hand speechsessionshmoozeshop talkshucksshuttle diplomacysidebarsittingskull sessionslangsoliloquysouthernismspecial sessionspellstreet namesumpsimussweet nothingstable talktalkteach-inteleconferencetelegraphesetelephone conversationtete-a-tetetongue twistertutorialumpiragevernacularwar crywindwordsyak