Definition of non-standard speech Non-standard speech
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What does non-standard speech mean?
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| non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community | ||
| oral communication, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication, language, speech the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" | ||
| baby talk, babytalk the developing speech of a young child | ||
| motherese, baby talk, babytalk the developing speech of a young child | ||
| dialect, idiom, accent 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" | ||
| localism a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality | ||
| regionalism loyalty to the interests of a particular region | ||
| telegraphese language characterized by terseness and ellipsis as in telegrams | ||
| vernacular the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) | ||
| argot, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular, jargon, cant a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard | ||
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