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How to pronounce “avoidance speech”
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- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of avoidance speech with real speech in context.
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- 8 YouTube examples
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- Finding Jefferson
- Definition summary
- (linguistics) a special restricted speech style in certain languages used to refer to taboo subjects, or as a sign of respect in the presence of certain people, while doing certain activities, following a death, etc., distinguished by a specialized lexicon.
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How to pronounce avoidance speech
Finding Jefferson
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (linguistics) a special restricted speech style in certain languages used to refer to taboo subjects, or as a sign of respect in the presence of certain people, while doing certain activities, following a death, etc., distinguished by a specialized lexicon.
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