different between locution vs soliloquy
locution
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)
- 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.
- 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".
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
- (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)
- phrase, locution
Derived terms
Further reading
- “locution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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soliloquy
English
Etymology
1595–1605; From Late Latin s?liloquium in the title of St. Augustine's Soliloquiorum libri duo ("Two Books of Soliloquies"), from s?lus (“only, sole”) + loquor (“I speak”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?l?l??kw?, IPA(key): /s??l?l?kwi/
- Hyphenation: so?lil?o?quy
Noun
soliloquy (countable and uncountable, plural soliloquies)
- (drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.
- Coordinate term: aside
- (authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.
- Synonym: monologue
- Antonyms: colloquy, dialogue, dialog
Usage notes
Primarily used of theater, particularly the works of William Shakespeare, as a term of art, particularly for finely-crafted speeches. An archetype is the “To be, or not to be” soliloquy in Hamlet. In informal speech or discussions of popular culture, the term monologue is used instead. However, the terms are not precisely synonymous; a monologue is held in the presence and directed towards other characters on the stage, whereas a soliloquy does not acknowledge the presence of any other stage characters if present, and is directed to the audience.
Hypernyms
- locution
- oration
Derived terms
- soliloquist
- soliloquize
Related terms
- solo, solitude
- locution – see other terms on same loquor root
Translations
See also
- apostrophe
- stage whisper
Verb
soliloquy (third-person singular simple present soliloquies, present participle soliloquying or soliloquing, simple past and past participle soliloquied)
- (very rare) To issue a soliloquy.
Synonyms
- soliloquize (much more common)
Further reading
- soliloquy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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