seaspeak

(ˈsiːˌspiːk)

(Sailing) the language used by sailors to ease communication between ships

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(2) Among these textbooks, Weeks et al.'s (1988) Seaspeak, developed as a result of the cooperation between master mariners and applied linguists is the most renowned and "probably the best manual on marine communications published to date" (Diaz Perez, 2002: 654).

The language of seafaring: standardized conventions and discursive features in speech communications

Referring to the subject of this report, one can state that it is a rather revolutionary topic within criminology, although it has predecessors like Seaspeak and Airspeak in the field of communications sciences.

PoliceSpeak: Police Communications and Language in the Channel Tunnel Report with English-French Lexicon

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