pre-speechadj.n.

(in sense A.)Brit.

/ˌpriːˈspiːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˌpriˈspitʃ/ (in sense B.)Brit.

/ˈpriːspiːtʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpriˌspitʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, speech n.¹

Etymology: < pre- prefix + speech n.¹

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to the period before the development of speech or speech sounds.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > [adjective] > preceding speech development

preverbal1891

pre-speech1920

1920 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 306 The pre-speech type of communication or language, which is called the gestural form of language.

1963 H. Werner & B. Kaplan Symbol Formation i. 4 The holistic assumption..leads one to question the justification of relating the vocalization of animals or even of pre-speech infants to the actual speech sounds of a child.

2004 K. Lankasky in B. J. Kemp & L. Mosqueda Aging with Disability 10 My mother would spend most of her daytime hours..working with me on prespeech techniques.

2. Occurring before the giving of a speech.

ΚΠ

1928 Bee (Danville, Va.) 28 June 3/3 It was the first time that the convention had been treated to a pre-speech ovation.

1966 Times 14 July 15/7 Pre-speech nerves are more common among political leaders than the world outside Westminster imagines.

2003 M. Albright Madam Secretary xxi. 354 I began to feel better during our prespeech breakfast.

B. n.

1. A hypothetical spoken version of a language predating the earliest available written version. rare.

ΚΠ

1941 Language 17 190 There are no aspirated perfects in Homer, and if the aspiration is an inheritance from the pre-speech, it comes from an alternative or collateral tradition.

2. A form of communication preceding the development of speech or speech sounds; the sounds or utterances characteristic of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > [noun] > origin of language > form of communication preceding language

pre-language1940

pre-speech1976

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 24 July 20/1 The baby may or may not make sounds in prespeech, but a specific breathing pattern is seen.

1986 A. S. Byatt Still Life/Nature Morte in Passions of Mind (1993) i. 17 I found myself writing into my text ‘taxonomies’—..from children's pictures representing alphabets to a long discursus on a child's pre-speech.

2003 C. Trevarthen in J. Raphael-Leff Parent-Infant Psychodynamics iii. 29 Mother ‘talking with’ infants of about two months age show phrasing of their speech to allow the infant to take his turn and ‘have his say’ in prespeech.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-speech
释义	pre-speechadj.n. (in sense A.)Brit. /ˌpriːˈspiːtʃ/, U.S. /ˌpriˈspitʃ/ (in sense B.)Brit. /ˈpriːspiːtʃ/, U.S. /ˈpriˌspitʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, speech n.¹ Etymology: < pre- prefix + speech n.¹ A. adj. 1. Of or relating to the period before the development of speech or speech sounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > developmental psychology > [adjective] > preceding speech development preverbal1891 pre-speech1920 1920 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 26 306 The pre-speech type of communication or language, which is called the gestural form of language. 1963 H. Werner & B. Kaplan Symbol Formation i. 4 The holistic assumption..leads one to question the justification of relating the vocalization of animals or even of pre-speech infants to the actual speech sounds of a child. 2004 K. Lankasky in B. J. Kemp & L. Mosqueda Aging with Disability 10 My mother would spend most of her daytime hours..working with me on prespeech techniques. 2. Occurring before the giving of a speech. ΚΠ 1928 Bee (Danville, Va.) 28 June 3/3 It was the first time that the convention had been treated to a pre-speech ovation. 1966 Times 14 July 15/7 Pre-speech nerves are more common among political leaders than the world outside Westminster imagines. 2003 M. Albright Madam Secretary xxi. 354 I began to feel better during our prespeech breakfast. B. n. 1. A hypothetical spoken version of a language predating the earliest available written version. rare. ΚΠ 1941 Language 17 190 There are no aspirated perfects in Homer, and if the aspiration is an inheritance from the pre-speech, it comes from an alternative or collateral tradition. 2. A form of communication preceding the development of speech or speech sounds; the sounds or utterances characteristic of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > [noun] > origin of language > form of communication preceding language pre-language1940 pre-speech1976 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 24 July 20/1 The baby may or may not make sounds in prespeech, but a specific breathing pattern is seen. 1986 A. S. Byatt Still Life/Nature Morte in Passions of Mind (1993) i. 17 I found myself writing into my text ‘taxonomies’—..from children's pictures representing alphabets to a long discursus on a child's pre-speech. 2003 C. Trevarthen in J. Raphael-Leff Parent-Infant Psychodynamics iii. 29 Mother ‘talking with’ infants of about two months age show phrasing of their speech to allow the infant to take his turn and ‘have his say’ in prespeech. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1920
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