different between perlocution vs locution

English

Etymology

per- +? locution

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?l??kju??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p??l?kju??n/

Noun

perlocution (plural perlocutions)

1. (linguistics) The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.

Derived terms

• perlocutionary

Related terms

• locution
• illocution

Translations

Anagrams

• prelocution

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).