An 'utterance' is a complete unit of
speech in
spoken language. It is generally but not always bounded by silence.
It can be ''represented'' and delineated in
written language in many ways. Note that utterances do not exist in written language, only their ''representations'' do.
See also
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Speech act
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Speech processing
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Pragmatics.
References
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Mikhail Bakhtin ''The Problem of Speech Genres'' p.68
★ Seth Benedict Graham ''
A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE RUSSO-SOVIET ANEKDOT'' 2003 p.18