speech form
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of speech form
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Remember, we are considering primarily speech-tone and not speech form, and that our aim in the exercise of the tongue is to keep it from interrupting the tone.
From Vocal Expression A Class-book of Voice Training and Interpretation by Everts, Katherine Jewell
In most cases the necessity of the conclusion is as apparent in the plain speech form as in the artificial logical form.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
It is the speech form of through-other, in which shape it eludes pursuit in the Oxford dictionary.
From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Bridges, Robert Seymour
The formation of this part of speech, form it as you will, is central to grammar, and cannot but be very important.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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