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Oral Language
He who hasn’t hacked (apart) language as a youth has no heart. He who does so as an adult has no brain.
-John Moore
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Characteristics of Oral Language
Meaning: A shared knowledge and understanding of language
Vocabulary: All the word symbols that make up a particular language
Structure: The way different parts of language are arranged
Grammar: The basic understandings and rules that regulate language
Sound: The observable characteristics of oral language
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Characteristics of Speech Sound
Diction: The degree of clarity and distinctness in a
person’s speech
Pronunciation – the standard set for the overall sound of a
word
Articulation – clearly and distinctly uttering the consonant sounds of a word
Omission: leaving certain sound out.Addition: adding certain sounds to
a word.Substitution: changing one consonant sound to another.
Enunciation – clearly and distinctly uttering the vowel sounds of a word
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Characteristics of Speech Sound
Dialect: A unique combination of speech sounds that identify speech with a particular group of people
Regional Dialect – speech sounds identified
with a particular region
Ethnic and Cultural Dialect –speech sounds identified with
an ethnicity or culture
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Implications of Oral Language
Projecting Image: Your use of oral language can lead others to perceptions about
you.
Conveying Attitude: Your use of language tells people What you think of yourself and others.
Determine success: Employers value strong verbal
skills.