speech community

The United States is an example of a multidialectical speech community.

And these conventions are not of common currency throughout a speech community.

To be considered part of a speech community, one must have a communicative competence.

Exactly how to define speech community is debated in the literature.

CA researchers do not believe that the researcher needs to consult with the talk participants or members of their speech community.

Some speech communities use "Nahuatl" as the name for their language although this seems to be a recent innovation.

When applied to languages, this theory operates around the various needs and pressures on a speech community.

Introduction: Mobility, contact and language change working with contemporary speech communities.

Prescription presupposes an authority whose judgment may be followed by other members of a speech community.

However, no viable Hawaiian speech communities were ever established abroad.