noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
Refers to the act of speaking or something spoken; used in linguistics and everyday contexts. Can be used as a noun, with の, or as a する verb (both transitive and intransitive).
彼の発話はとても明瞭だった。
His utterance was very clear.
言語学
In linguistics, we study speech acts.