And the meaning of a speech can vary with the speaker.

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Young children pick up language, patterns of speech, ways to respond, meaning in image and word.

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If he delivers a Jakarta speech, his words will carry special meaning with the Muslim world because of his own experience living within a multireligious and multiethnic Muslim nation.

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Watson has also gotten much smarter over the past year: For one, it's a much better conversationalist, with the ability to understand intent and meaning in language, as well as produce more realistic sounding speech.

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But several cabinet ministers, including Theresa May, Michael Gove and Andrew Lansley, are said to be against the plan, meaning it is now unlikely to feature in the Queen's Speech.

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