Collocations for speech - noun

careful, clear, clipped | casual | impaired | slurred
She could tell by his slurred speech that he had been drinking.

connected, continuous, fluent | natural, normal, ordinary | spontaneous | direct | indirect, reported | free
The demonstrators were demanding rights of assembly and free speech.

conversational, everyday | children''s, female, human, etc. | middle-class, working-class, etc.

have
Most people have speech, but significantly fewer have writing.

act | style | defect, impairment, impediment | therapist, therapy | community
phonological variation in a speech community

in ~
Certain grammatical rules must be followed when describing a conversation in reported speech.

a figure of speech
When we talk about ‘selfish’ genes it is 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 | opening | closing | acceptance, after-dinner, Budget, campaign, conference, farewell, inaugural
The prizewinner gave an emotional acceptance speech. | the Chancellor''s Budget speech

maiden
her maiden speech in the House of Commons

deliver, give, make | broadcast
His speech was broadcast on national radio.

write

in a/the ~ | ~ about/on
She made a stirring campaign speech on improving the lot of the unemployed.

~ to
In her speech to the House of Commons, she outlined her vision of Britain in the 21st century.