a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period | the mental faculty or power of vocal communication |
| the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication |
| a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols |
| (language) communication by word of mouth |
| the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number |
| a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline |