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speech communityA group of people who share the same language or dialect and interact regularly through speech

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A group of people who share the same language or dialect and interact regularly through speech

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈspiːtʃ kəˈmjuːnəti/

Korean meaning: 같은 언어나 방언을 공유하며 정기적으로 언어를 통해 소통하는 집단

Korean pronunciation: **스피**치 커**뮤**너티

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother's speech community still uses words that disappeared from modern Korean.
  • The gaming speech community has created its own vocabulary that confuses parents worldwide.
  • Social media has created global speech communities that transcend geographical boundaries.

speech community

NOUN

//ˈspiːtʃ kəˈmjuːnəti//

A group of people who share the same language or dialect and interact regularly through speech

speech community concept
💡 Concept

A group of people who share the same language or dialect and interact regularly through speech

speech community rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

On the beach we teach, helping knowledge reach every speech community!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈspiːtʃ kəˈmjuːnəti/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈspiːtʃ kəˈmjuːnəti/

🌳Etymology

Rootspeech

Origin

speech는 고대 영어 'spǣc'(말, 담화)에서, community는 라틴어 'communitas'(공동체)에서 유래했습니다. 언어학자들이 20세기에 같은 언어를 사용하는 집단을 연구하면서 만든 합성어입니다.

🎵Rhyme

speechreachteachbeach
speech
reach
teach
beach

🔗Collocations

local speech community
multilingual speech community
speech community research
belong to a speech community
speech community boundaries

📝Examples

My grandmother's speech community still uses words that disappeared from modern Korean.

😄 Fun example

The gaming speech community has created its own vocabulary that confuses parents worldwide.

Social media has created global speech communities that transcend geographical boundaries.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

linguistic communitylanguage groupdiscourse community

Antonyms

linguistic isolationlanguage barrier

Related

dialectsociolinguisticslanguage variationlinguistic identitycode-switching

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