- In
spoken language analysis, an
utterance is a
continuous piece of speech, by one person,
before or
after which there is
silence on the part of the person...
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First Utterance is the
debut album of the
progressive folk band Comus. It was
released in 1971, with the
opening song "Diana"
being released as a single...
- In the
philosophy of
language and
speech acts theory,
performative utterances are
sentences which not only
describe a
given reality, but also
change the...
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length of
utterance (or MLU) is a
measure of
linguistic productivity in children. It is
traditionally calculated by
collecting 100
utterances spoken by...
- An
excited utterance, in the law of evidence, is a
statement made by a
person in
response to a
startling or
shocking event or condition. It is an unplanned...
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after some
reference point. The
reference point could be the time of
utterance, in
which case the verb
expresses absolute tense, or it
could be a past...
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Relevance theory is a
framework for
understanding the
interpretation of
utterances. It was
first proposed by Dan
Sperber and
Deirdre Wilson, and is used...
- the
philosophy of language, a
locutionary act is the
performance of an
utterance, and is one of the
types of force, in
addition to
illocutionary act and...
- A roar is a type of
animal vocalization that is loud, deep and resonating. Many
mammals have
evolved to
produce roars and
other roar-like
vocals for purposes...
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removed the constitution's
requirement to
criminalise "publication or
utterance of
blasphemous matter". The
amendment was
effected by an act of the Oireachtas...
