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View synonyms for speech community

speech community

noun

, Linguistics.
  1. the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
  2. a group of people geographically distributed so that there is no break in intelligibility from place to place.


speech community

noun

  1. a community consisting of all the speakers of a particular language or dialect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of speech community1

First recorded in 1930–35

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