Commentary: speech communications, spoken communication, voice communication, oral communication, manner of speaking, delivery - language or manner of speaking
Examples:
His speech was garbled.
He recorded the speech of the streets.
His speech was quite abrupt.
Her speech was barren of southernisms.
I detected a slight accent in his speech.
Mappings:
PropBank: speech.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2 4 5
Commentary: actor's line, words - words making up dialogue (often of a play)
Examples:
He could hear them uttering merry speeches.
The actor forgot his speech.
Mappings:
PropBank: speech.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3 7
Commentary: talking to - a lengthy rebuke, a reprimand
Examples:
A good speech was my father's idea of discipline.
The teacher gave him a speech.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: SPEECH[+event] formal address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
Examples:
He listened to an address on minor Roman poets.
His speech lasted for almost an hour.
Mappings:
PropBank: speech.01
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: language - the mental faculty or power of vocal communication (typically linguistics jargon)
Examples:
Speech sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals.
Mappings:
PropBank: NM
WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 8