An utterance is a complete unit of speech in spoken language. Speech refers to the processes associated with the production and perception of Sounds used in Spoken language. A spoken language is a human Natural language in which the Words are uttered through the Mouth. It is generally but not always bounded by silence.

It can be represented and delineated in written language in many ways. A written language is the representation of a Language by means of a Writing system. Note that utterances do not exist in written language, only their representations do.

See also

• Speech act
• Speech processing
• Pragmatics

References

• Mikhail Bakhtin The Problem of Speech Genres p. Speech act is a technical term in Linguistics and the Philosophy of language. Speech processing is the study of speech signals and the processing methods of these signals Pragmatics is the study of the ability of Natural language speakers to communicate more than that which is explicitly stated Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin ( Russian: Михаил Михайлович Бахти́н mʲɪxʌˈil mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪʨ bʌxˈtʲin ( November 17, 1895 68
• Seth Benedict Graham A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE RUSSO-SOVIET ANEKDOT 2003 p. 18