speech pattern
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3.8
- noun
- /spiːtʃ ˈpætərn/
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patrón de habla
- Her speech pattern reveals her regional accent and unique intonation.
- unusual speech patterns
- speech patterns or mannerisms
Some people have a speech pattern that makes me very anxious.
- Some people have a speech pattern that makes me very anxious.
- And Hemingway gives us a specimen of the speech pattern of this very classifiable type.
- But I learnt how to like listen to their speech pattern.
- Someone like Alex Jones, their speech pattern is to pack as much of that stuff in as possible at the highest velocity that the person can speak.
- If I were to not be able to hear my own voice, would my speech patterns change?
- I mean, really it's I find myself, you know, some speech patterns the way that I think, the way that I parent, a lot of it is from Kurt.
Examples
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As he spoke, I noticed his speech pattern became more rapid when he was excited.
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Teachers' speech patterns and choice of language are critical in establishing an environment of collaboration and acceptance.
Academic text (2005) -
Her speech pattern is slightly different, it's very interesting.
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About Lee, some of us pick up odd speech patterns without any effort.
Blog text (11) -
Some people have a speech pattern that makes me very anxious.
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It's more than that; his speech patterns and behavior are truly bizarre.
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You don't make that kind of change in your speech patterns without very deliberate effort.
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His speech patterns and inflections would be impossible to imitate.
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Their varying cultural backgrounds, speech patterns, lifestyles, and values often do not correspond to those required in schools.
Academic text (1993) -
Some of Obama's best speeches have speech patterns like black church sermons.
Blog text (14)
Synonyms
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3.2
A way of pronouncing words that shows where a person is from
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1.0
The way a person uses words and voice when talking
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3.8
A person's usual way of talking that shows how they feel or think
How Distinctive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a distinctive manner of speaking' is directly and transparently built from 'speech' (the act or style of speaking) + 'pattern' (a characteristic or recurring manner). This simple noun+noun compositional pattern (type/kind of X) is cross-linguistically common and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Speech pattern comes from the picture of talking as a repeated design: speech is the way we talk and pattern is a repeated shape or rhythm, like a beat you can hear. So, the phrase means 'a regular or typical way of speaking'.