English Explanatory Dictionary

speech community

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of people sharing a language, or a particular way of using that language

Word forms

speech community speech communities speech-community

Etymology

Probably a calque of German Sprachgemeinschaft.

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