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This system frees up space for speeches to be more interesting, as seen in Sheryl Lee Ralph’s musical interpolation of the acceptance-speech form.
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Vulture, 12 Sep. 2022
Tam argues that these speech forms are not just dialects but distinct languages, as different from one another as many of the languages spoken in Europe.
—Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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Vulture, 12 Sep. 2022
Tam argues that these speech forms are not just dialects but distinct languages, as different from one another as many of the languages spoken in Europe.
—Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
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“Speech form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speech%20form. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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