speech way

English

Etymology

From speech +‎ way.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

speech way (plural speech ways)

1. (linguistics) A mode or manner of speaking (e.g. accent, lect, dialect, etc.).
   • 1991, David Hackett Fischer, Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America, page 263:

     Virginia speech ways rapidly created their own local variations in such number and variety that by the nineteenth century the birthplace of a native could be located within a few miles by subtle distinctions in the way that he sounded a and r.

   • 2006, Geoffrey Forward, Pro Speech, page 39:

     In this manner the speech ways of this social class conformed to those of London to a considerable extent.