Spoken language
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| - | An '''utterance''' is a complete unit of [[speech communication|speech]] in [[spoken language]]. It is generally but not always bounded by silence. | + | '''Spoken language''' is a form of [[communication]] in which [[word]]s delived from a large [[vocabulary]] (usually at 10,000) together with a diverse variety of names are uttered through or with the [[mouth]]. All words are made up from a limited set of [[vowels]] and [[consonants]]. The spoken words they make are stringed into syntactically organized [[sentence]]s and [[phrase]]s. The vocabulary and [[syntax]] together with the [[phone (phonetics)|speech sounds]] it uses define its identity as a particular [[natural language]]. |
| - | It can be ''represented'' and delineated in [[written language]] in many ways. Note that utterances do not exist in written language, only their ''representations'' do. | + | Some [[human]] [[language]]s exist with their own vocabularies and syntax that are not spoken but use [[Speech communication|sign gestures]]. [[Sign language]]s have the same natural origin as spoken languages, and the same grammatical complexities, but use the [[hands]], arms, and [[face]] rather than parts of the mouth as their [[place of articulation]]. |
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| + | Many spoken languages are [[written language|written]]. However, even today, there are many world languages that can be spoken but have no standard written form. Such languages can be expressed in writing using the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]. | ||
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| + | [[Hearing (person)|Hearing]] persons acquire their [[first language]] from that spoken around them, usually chiefly their mothers. Spoken language is much richer than written language; for example, [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcripts]] of actual speech show numerous hesitancies which are usually left out of written forms of 'speech' such as [[screenplay]]s. | ||
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| + | Even from the point of view of [[syntax]], spoken language usually has its own set of grammar patterns which sometimes may be quite different from that in written language. In many languages, the written form is considered a different language, a situation called [[diglossia]]. | ||
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| - | *[[Expression]] | + | *[[Language]] |
| - | *[[Speech act]] | + | *[[Linguistic marketplace]] |
| - | *[[Speech processing]] | + | *[[Origin of language]] |
| - | *[[Pragmatics]] | + | *[[Vocal tract]] |
| - | *[[Sentence]] | + | |
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Spoken language is a form of communication in which words delived from a large vocabulary (usually at 10,000) together with a diverse variety of names are uttered through or with the mouth. All words are made up from a limited set of vowels and consonants. The spoken words they make are stringed into syntactically organized sentences and phrases. The vocabulary and syntax together with the speech sounds it uses define its identity as a particular natural language.
Some human languages exist with their own vocabularies and syntax that are not spoken but use sign gestures. Sign languages have the same natural origin as spoken languages, and the same grammatical complexities, but use the hands, arms, and face rather than parts of the mouth as their place of articulation.
Many spoken languages are written. However, even today, there are many world languages that can be spoken but have no standard written form. Such languages can be expressed in writing using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Hearing persons acquire their first language from that spoken around them, usually chiefly their mothers. Spoken language is much richer than written language; for example, transcripts of actual speech show numerous hesitancies which are usually left out of written forms of 'speech' such as screenplays.
Even from the point of view of syntax, spoken language usually has its own set of grammar patterns which sometimes may be quite different from that in written language. In many languages, the written form is considered a different language, a situation called diglossia.
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