Dictionary Definition
utterance n : the use of uttered sounds for
auditory communication [syn: vocalization]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- an act of uttering
- something spoken
- The ability to speak.
- manner of speaking
Quotations
- Mathematics and Poetry are... the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart. — Thomas Hill
Translations
an act of uttering
something spoken
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: وته
The ability to speak
manner of speaking
- ttbc French: expression
- ttbc Portuguese: expressão , enunciado
- ttbc Spanish: expresión , enunciado
Extensive Definition
An utterance is a complete unit of speech
in spoken
language. It is generally but not always bounded by
silence.
It can be represented and delineated in written
language in many ways. Note that utterances do not exist in
written language, only their representations do.
See also
References
- Mikhail Bakhtin The Problem of Speech Genres p.68
- Seth Benedict Graham A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE RUSSO-SOVIET ANEKDOT 2003 p.18
utterance in Spanish: Enunciado
utterance in Galician: Enunciado
utterance in Japanese: 発話
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Parthian shot, address, adjectival phrase,
affirmance, affirmation, allegation, announcement, annunciation, answer, antonym, apostrophe, articulation, assertion, asseveration, attack, averment, avouchment, avowal, clause, comment, conclusion, construction, crack, creed, declaration, delivery, dictum, enunciation, exclamation, expression, free form,
greeting, headed group,
homograph, homonym, homophone, idiom, idiotism, interjection, ipse dixit,
lexeme, linguistic act,
linguistic form, locution, logos, manifesto, manner of speaking,
mention, metonym, minimum free form,
monosyllable,
note, noun phrase, observation, paragraph, parol, parole, peculiar expression,
period, phonation, phrasal idiom,
phrase, polysyllable, position, position paper,
positive declaration, predicate, predication, proclamation, profession, pronouncement, pronunciation, proposition, protest, protestation, question, reflection, remark, say, say-so, saying, sentence, sequence of phonemes,
set phrase, speaking,
speech act, stance,
stand, standard phrase,
statement, string, subjoinder, syllable, synonym, syntactic structure,
term, the spoken word,
thought, tongue, turn of expression, turn
of phrase, usage,
utterance string, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, verbum, vocable, vocalization, voice, voicing, vouch, way of speaking, word, word of mouth,
word-group