Speech Community Definition

noun
All the people speaking a particular language or dialect, whether in a single geographical area or dispersed throughout various regions.
Webster's New World
(linguistics) A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language.
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Other Word Forms of Speech Community

Noun

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speech community
Plural:
speech communities

Origin of Speech Community

  • Probable calque of the German Sprachgemeinschaft.

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