speech pattern
How someone talks
A speech pattern is the characteristic way a person or group uses language—including rhythm, pronunciation, word choice, and sentence structure.
Speech patterns identify regional accents, social backgrounds, or individual quirks: Her speech pattern marked her as a native Bostonian.
Therapists may work to modify speech patterns, while actors study them to portray characters authentically.
- YodaspeakSubject-object reversal dialect
- idiolectIndividual's unique speech patterns
- accentRegional speech pattern
- regional dialectGeographically distinct speech variety
- syntaxRules for arranging words
speaking style · cadence · sentence structure · sociolect · code-switching · grammar · word choice · uptalk · articulation · register · verbal fluency · inversion · intonation · prosody · vocabulary · turn of phrase · stuttering · verbal tic
- biometricsfingerprints, fingerprint scan, iris scan, face recognition, palm print
- character voiceaccent, dialect, pitch, tone, cadence
- speech patternstempo, articulation, pace, rhythm, enunciation
- characterizationprotagonist, trait, antagonist, hero, villain
- dialect mapsdialect atlas, linguistic atlas, word map
- speechspeaking, talk, diction, conversation, pronunciation
speech patternwriting style
Authorial expression method
written language · body language · sign language · nonverbal communication · written expression
speech patternsilence
Total lack of sound
muteness · speechlessness · taciturnity · wordlessness · voicelessness