Interlocution vs Locution - What's the difference?
interlocution | locution | Related terms |
Discussion or conversation.
* 1905 , (editor), The Great Events by Famous Historians , Volume 1 (2008 edition), ISBN 9780554352145,
* 2006 , , Running from the Deity , ISBN 9780345461612,
A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
* 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.
Interlocution is a related term of locution.
As nouns the difference between interlocution and locution
is that interlocution is discussion or conversation while locution is a phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.interlocution
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Noun
(en noun)p. 304:
- [T]wo actors were introduced to sustain fictitious characters and carry on a dialogue in such manner that the songs of the chorus and the interlocution of the actors formed a continuous piece.
p. 131:
- Contrary to Storra's hope, however, the conversation between Flinx and his new visitor was going very well indeed. ¶Experienced in the ways of political intrigue, if not interspecies interlocution , Treappyn had settled himself into a comfortable squat.
locution
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(wikipedia locution)Noun
(en noun)- The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions .
- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
