Language Development Terms

noun the state of being dumb or lacking the ability to speak

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• The professor lectured on the dangers of intellectual dumbness in society.
• I can't believe the dumbness of some people on social media.
• Sheesh, the dumbness of that decision is off the charts.
• The cloud of dumbness seemed to hang over the entire meeting.

noun a rapid, unintelligible speech or chatter

verb to speak rapidly and unintelligibly

• The lecturer's speech was so full of gibber that it was hard to follow.
• I couldn't understand a word of what she was saying, it was all gibber to me.
• Stop talking gibberish, I have no idea what you're trying to say.
• His mind was filled with gibber, unable to focus on anything important.

noun a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance, or quality

• The professor dismissed the student's presentation as mere nonsense talk.
• Stop with the nonsense talk and get to the point!
• I can't stand all this nonsense talk, it's driving me crazy.
• His promises were nothing but empty nonsense talk.

noun a word that consists of more than one syllable

• The word 'polysyllable' refers to a word with more than two syllables.
• I struggle with pronouncing polysyllable words.
• I always get confused with those big polysyllable words.
• Her speech was like a beautiful tapestry woven with polysyllables.

noun a conversation or discussion

verb to communicate by speaking

adjective pertaining to or involving talking or conversation

adverb in a manner that involves speaking or communication

• I would like to schedule a time to talk about the upcoming project.
• Let's have a chat about our weekend plans.
• We should catch up and have a little gossip session.
• The colors in this painting seem to talk to each other, creating a harmonious composition.

verb a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, in this case, the act of speaking or communicating verbally

• The professor was talking about the importance of research in the field of science.
• We were just talking about our plans for the weekend.
• She's always talking smack about other people behind their backs.
• The painting seems to be talking to me, telling a story of its own.

noun A word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.

• The research study aimed to address the word gap between children from different socioeconomic backgrounds.
• There's a noticeable word gap between the way she speaks and the way her peers communicate.
• Dude, there's a huge word gap between us when it comes to using tech jargon.
• The word gap between their ideologies seemed impossible to bridge.

noun a composite speech sound consisting of a stop consonant followed by a fricative or spirant consonant, as (ch, j), (psh, bzh), etc.

• The affricate sound in the word 'church' is a combination of a stop and a fricative.
• I find it difficult to pronounce the affricate correctly in certain words.
• Some people struggle with saying the affricate sound, but with practice, it gets easier.
• The affricate symbolizes the blending of two distinct sounds to create a new phonetic element.