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colloquial speech

collocation in English

meanings of colloquialand speech


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colloquial
adjective
uk /kəˈləʊ.kwi.əl/ us /kəˈloʊ.kwi.əl/
(of words and expressions) informal and more suitable for use in speech than ...
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speech
noun
uk /spiːtʃ/ us /spiːtʃ/
the ability to talk, the activity of talking, or a piece of ...
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Examples of colloquial speech


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This feature occurs very frequently in colloquialspeech.
Yet, in colloquialspeech, it may also be used as a subordinating element.
All pre-targeted predicates were selected based on their frequent usage level in everyday colloquialspeech.
English verbs used in monolingual conversations have no verbalising suffix, even when they are derived from nouns, as in the verbs to input or to rubbish (in colloquialspeech).
The verb-final constraint is strictly observed in writing and formal speech; but different orders are acceptable in colloquialspeech with the exception of embedded clauses, with slightly different pragmatic effects.
Despite the lack of significance, the general pattern of results suggests that when literary sentences are used, people may have a tendency to ignore prosodic patterns found in colloquialspeech.
Double negatives nearly always resolve to a positive meaning even in colloquialspeech, while triple negatives resolve to a negative meaning.
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Some auxiliary verbs and personal pronouns are often contracted, especially in colloquialspeech.
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It is however very common in colloquialspeech involving distances greater than ten kilometers.
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Because words such as "mataserareru" are considered to be difficult to pronounce, frequently in colloquialspeech, the middle part of the causative passive would contract.
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They may, however, appear when transcribing colloquialspeech, for example in comic books.
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The resulting propaganda messages often borrowed heavily from military colloquialspeech.
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In colloquialspeech "shall" and "ought" are scarce, "must" is marginal for obligation and "may" is rare.
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The word intensity as used here is not synonymous with strength, amplitude, magnitude, or level, as it sometimes is in colloquialspeech.
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In colloquialspeech, the pronoun "me" can not be omitted without confusion, unlike when using the standard forms "menemme" (indicative) and "menkmme" (imperative).
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Colloquialspeech in many northern dialects has more extensive erhua than the standardized language.
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Nowadays, it is used only in colloquialspeech.
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Although his work maintained the directness of colloquialspeech, it could also be lyrical and rhapsodic.
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In colloquialspeech, plants may be classified as trees, shrubs, herbs (forbs and graminoids), etc.
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