mówienia

Mówienie (Polish for "speaking") is a noun meaning the act of speaking or spoken language. It denotes the process of producing spoken utterances and, in broader terms, oral communication. In everyday Polish, it is used to refer to speaking as a skill or activity, and it can contrast with writing or other modes of language use.

In linguistics, mówienie describes speech production—the cognitive and motor sequence that turns thoughts into spoken language. This includes planning linguistic content, selecting words, and articulating sounds, as well as prosody, intonation, and rhythm that convey meaning beyond the words themselves. The concept is often discussed alongside listening and comprehension as components of oral language competence.

Morphologically, mówienie is a nominalized form (gerund) of the verb mówić, from which other related words derive: mówca (speaker), mowa (speech), mówiony (spoken). In Polish grammar, mówienie can appear in constructions such as "mówienie po polsku" (speaking Polish) or "mówienie zależne" in the sense of reported speech, though the latter more commonly uses phrases like mowa zależna.

Mówienie is a central focus in language education and speech-language pathology, where it is evaluated and developed as part of communicative competence, fluency, pronunciation, and articulation. The study of mówienie intersects with sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and psycholinguistics, highlighting how context, intention, and social norms shape spoken communication.