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0 SPEECH COMMUNITY A speech community is a concept in sociolinguistic that refers to a distinct group of people who use language in a unique way that is mutually accepted among them. To be considered as part of a speech community, one must have a communicative competence, which is the ability of the speaker to use language in a way that is appropriate in the given situation. Wardhaugh (1998) considers the idea of a speech community from the idealized homogeneity to fragmented individualism, in that an individual within a community is dependent upon the impulse to identify one with others. Morgan (2004:4) states that for one to claim membership of a speech community, one must be conscious of the way language choice, variation and discourse represents generation, occupation, politics, social relationships, identity and more. This stresses the fact that it is only through the identification of the interconnectivity between the knowledge and communicative competence in micro and macro interactional level of practical activities to serve the special purposes and priorities can individuals be accepted as members of a particular speech community. A speech community can be members of a profession with a specialized jargon, distinct groups (school, church, and team) and event tight-knit groups (family, friends).