the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | a term formerly used for the part of phonology that dealt with the `correct' pronunciation of words and its relation to `correct' orthography |
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication | the way a word or a language is customarily spoken |
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 | |