Utterance

: For the legal term, see uttering.

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An utterance is a complete unit of speech in spoken language. it is generally but not always bounded by silence.

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It can be represented and delianiated in written language in many ways. Note that utterances do not exist in written language, but just their representations.

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See speech act, speech processing.

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