educated speaker

collocation in English

meaningsofeducatedandspeaker

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educated
adjective
uk
/ˈedʒ.u.keɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈedʒ.ə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
having learned a lot at school or university and having a good level ...
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speaker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspiː.kər/us
/ˈspiː.kɚ/
a person who gives a speech at a ...
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(Definition ofeducatedandspeakerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, they are almost invariably led by the highest status group, which ordinarily includes the most-highly educated speakers.
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The young author soon realises that most educated speakers of her language are embarrassed to be caught reading or writing in 'vernacular'.
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Therefore, attesting a deviation from the norm in the vernacular of educated speakers testifies to the robustness of the change.
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Although one would expect prescriptive rules to have an effect on the language use of educated speakers, this is not expected to be the case with less educated speakers.
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Elsewhere, velarization is common, though alveolar /n/ can appear among some educated speakers, especially in the media or in singing.
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Even many educated speakers, however, still make no distinction between voiced and voiceless plosives in regular speech if there is no fear of confusion.
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Educated speakers will usually use, or aim to use, the formal standard in public settings and in most forms of written language.
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More educated speakers, and/or those where the substrate language(s) have larger phoneme inventories, may have as many as 10 distinct vowels.
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Originally published in 1926, it was extensively revised for the 1996 third edition, and remains a primary reference for many educated speakers and editors.
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This is taught to all educated speakers and is used in radio broadcasts, formal discussions, etc.
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There are also several peculiarities at the levels of morphology, syntax and usage, some of which can also be found among educated speakers.
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In such cases, the aspiration was likely produced only by educated speakers.
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