speaking style
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspeakingandstyle
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speaking
noun[U]
uk/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/us/ˈspiː.kɪŋ/
the act or skill of giving a speech at a ...
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style
noun
uk/staɪl/us/staɪl/
a way of doing something, especially one that is typical of a person, group of people, place, ...
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(Definition ofspeakingandstylefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, to inform the par ticipants of the study's aim prior to the recordings could have influenced theirspeakingstyle.
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Modifications to patterns in the data as a function ofspeakingstyleare also investigated.
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It is hardly a comfortablespeakingstylebecause few people speak in paragraphs.
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In addition to these utterance-level properties, there are also prosodic cues that are characteristic of a child-directedspeakingstyle.
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The effects of phonological context andspeakingstyleare also examined.
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The effects of the shift inspeakingstylebrought about by the switch from free conversation to the word elicitation task is discussed later.
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In this way, experimenter variables (such as differences inspeakingstyleor instruction given) that might influence responses were kept to a minimum.
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Similarly, the system should have aspeakingstylewhich induces users to provide input that is to the point and can be handled by the system.
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Others suggest that the subtle phonetic differences observed are better explained as a consequence of orthographic differences or as variation inspeakingstyle.
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For example, how will the system's ability to changespeakingstyleor express emotion through prosody affect the interaction with users?
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It is almost impossible to control the content of the speech data, either at the semantic, lexical or phonetic level, or for whatever concerns thespeakingstyle.
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They enteredspeakingstyle, gender, grammatical category, and following phonological environment as a set of factors to predict the presence or absence of -ing.
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Thisspeakingstylewas also the basis for his approach of starting several consecutive lines with the same phrase.
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He began saying his name that way after hearing another reporter use the samespeakingstyle.
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He had an engagingspeakingstyleand was personally involved with what he taught.
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Increasing speaking volume increases stress inflicted on the vocal folds "pitch" - the normalspeakingstylehas close to optimal pitch.
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He was quickly dubbed as the frontrunner, though his awkwardspeakingstyleand image as an establishment candidate hindered his campaign.
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His anticspeakingstyle, diminutive stature and pugnacious manner were his trademarks.
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He began giving lectures there based on his autobiography, soon attracting a small following due in part to his charismaticspeakingstyle.
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She did little to defuse the conflict, employing a crude, caustic and defensivespeakingstylethat exacerbated hostilities and attracted media attention.
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