speech form

American  

noun

1. linguistic form.

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Etymology

Origin of speech form

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The language is not a Spanish dialect; it is closer to French and Italian, growing out of the “common speech” form of Latin spoken by Roman colonizers.

From Los Angeles Times

A common speech form is: “I saw this problem. I developed this fix. I implemented the fix. I am pleased with the results.”

From Forbes

Ike reads the reports and roughs out his counterattack in the evenings; by day, Presidential Speechwriter Malcolm Moos and other White House aides work his notes into speech form.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Project Gutenberg

In most cases the necessity of the conclusion is as apparent in the plain speech form as in the artificial logical form.

From Project Gutenberg