Collocations for speech - noun

slurred
She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking.

clipped
casual
connected, continuous, fluent
natural, normal, ordinary
spontaneous
direct
indirect, reported
free
The demonstrators were demanding free speech.

hate, hateful (esp. AmE)
racist hate speech

conversational, everyday
children's, human, etc.

pattern, style
He learned to successfully mimic American speech patterns.

defect (esp. BrE), impairment, impediment
therapist, therapy
community (technical)
The members of a speech community share many cultural attitudes.

recognition
These computers are capable of speech recognition.

code (esp. AmE)
Speech codes have been instituted by some universities (= to stop language that is sexist, racist, etc.).

act (technical)
marks (esp. BrE)
The author's punctuation goes outside speech marks.

in speech
the use of language in everyday speech
Certain grammatical rules must be followed when describing a conversation in reported speech.

a figure of speech
When we say we're ‘dead tired’, it's just a figure of speech.

freedom of speech
the right of/to freedom of speech

the power of speech
He temporarily lost the power of speech after the accident.

brief, little, short
interminable, long, long-winded, rambling
keynote, major
eloquent, excellent, good
emotional, impassioned, rousing, stirring
boring
impromptu
public
televised
political
presidential
campaign, conference (esp. BrE), convention (esp. AmE), floor (AmE), stump (AmE)
a Senate floor speech
The candidates gave their standard stump speeches.

Budget (BrE), inaugural, policy, State of the Union (AmE)
George Washington's inaugural speech
the Chancellor's Budget speech
a foreign policy speech delivered by the president
President Bush delivered his 2004 State of the Union speech.

acceptance, concession (AmE), farewell, resignation (esp. BrE), victory
The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech.

maiden (esp. BrE)
her maiden speech in the House of Commons

commencement (AmE), opening
He delivered the commencement speech at Notre Dame University.

closing (esp. BrE)
after-dinner (esp. BrE)

deliver, give, make, read
The President will deliver a major foreign-policy speech to the United Nations.

broadcast
His speech was broadcast on national radio.

write

writer (usually speech-writer)
the Prime Minister's speech-writers

in a/the speech
speech about, speech on
She gave a speech on the economy.
She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed.

speech to
He delivered his final speech to Congress.
In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.