different between interlocution vs locution

English

Etymology

inter- +? locution

Noun

interlocution (countable and uncountable, plural interlocutions)

1. Discussion or conversation.
   • 1905, George Grote, "Solon's Early Greek Legislation" in Rossiter Johnson (editor), The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 1 (2008 edition), ?ISBN, 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.

   • 2006, Alan Dean Foster, Running from the Deity, ?ISBN, 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.

2. An intermediate decree before final decision.

Translations

Related terms

• interlocutor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), fromloquor (“speak”). Compare the French cognate locution.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo???kju.?n?/

Noun

locution (plural locutions)

1. A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.

   The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions.
2. The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
   • 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)

     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".

3. (religion) A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

Derived terms

• circumlocution
• locutionary
• locutive
• elocution

Related terms

• colloquial
• colloquium
• colloquy
• eloquent
• grandiloquent
• illocution
• interlocutor
• interlocution
• loquacious
• perlocution
• soliloquy

Translations

References

• locution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• locution in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• locution at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin loc?ti?, loc?ti?nem (“speech”), from loqui (“speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.ky.sj??/

Noun

locution f (plural locutions)

1. phrase, locution

Derived terms

Further reading

• “locution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).