A therapist who treats disorders of speech, language, swallowing, or voice; a specialist in speech pathology.

plural of figure of speech

(linguistics) An act carried out by speech, such as promising, ordering, greeting, warning, inviting and congratulating.

(used only predicatively) Free in the sense of having no restrictions; libre.

Alternative form of Speech from the Throne

plural of speech bubble

Speech that attacks or disparages a person or group of persons on the basis of origin, race, nationality, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.

(linguistics) A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language

(grammar, narratology) the writing of speech, using the exact words of the speaker, usually between quotation marks

Speech that concentrates on the speaker's thoughts and intentions, disregarding an interruption by the listener.