Speech Speech Speech is human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of a limited set of perfectly articulated and individualized vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are the same word, e.g., "role" or "hotel"), and using those words in their semantic character as words in the lexicon of a language according to the syntactic constraints that govern lexical words' function in a sentence. In speaking, speakers perform many different intentional speech acts, e.g., informing, declaring, asking, persuading, directing, and
Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus The Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus was awarded from 1959 to 1960. In 1961 the award was split into two awards for Best Performance by a Vocal Group and Best Performance by a Chorus. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. 1st Annual Grammy Awards winner: Keely Smith and Louis Prima for "That Old Black Magic" Other nominees: 2nd Annual Grammy Awards winner: Richard Condie (choir director), for "The Battle Hymn of