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n. the style of a particular artist or school or movement; "an imaginative orchestral idiom"

n. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

n. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

phrase, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase

n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

language, speech, oral communication, spoken language

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

articulation

n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

idiom, accent, dialect

n. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

diction, enunciation

n. the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

pronunciation

n. the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation"

tongue, natural language

n. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

pidgin

n. an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages

pronunciation

n. the manner in which someone utters a word; "they are always correcting my pronunciation"

inflection, prosody

n. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language

language, speech, oral communication, spoken language

n. (language) communication by word of mouth; "his speech was garbled"; "he uttered harsh language"; "he recorded the spoken language of the streets"

articulation

n. the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

diction, enunciation

n. the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

phrasing, wording, diction, phraseology, verbiage, choice of words

n. the manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton

idiom, parlance

n. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

tongue, natural language

n. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

utterance

n. the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

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