Term: Utterance

Definition:

An utturence is a complete unit of speech (what one speaker says before the next starts), ranging from a single word to the longest uninterrupted speech possible.

See Also: Text; Sentence; Minor Sentence; Major Sentence

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Grammar Topic: Word & Text

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Anaphora
Cataphora
Cleft Sentences
Deixis
Dyad
Ellipsis
Endophora
Exophoric
Major Sentences
Minor Sentence
Paragraphs
Phrases
Sentence
Sentence Fragment
Simple Sentences
Text
Topic Sentences
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