| 单词 | speech-community |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspeech-community speech-community n. Linguistics a group of persons sharing a language or variety of a language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > speech community speech-community1894 1894 G. E. Karsten in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. IX. 327 It is pre-eminently the speech-community which moulds the individual's language. 1911 L. Bloomfield in Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 10 629 A language is formed (i.e., a new speech-community is segregated) by definite changes in the outer surroundings of a group of people. 1950 R. A. Hall Leave Your Lang. Alone! x. 153 Theoretically, it might be possible to keep an otherwise-normal speech-community hermetically sealed off from all outside sources of borrowing. 1978 K. Hudson Jargon of Professions 10 Speech communities are no longer as self~contained as they were. < as lemmas |
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