locution
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lo·cu·tion /ləʊˈkjuːʃən $ loʊ-/ noun technical 1. [uncountable]SL a style of speaking 讲话的风格2. [countable]SL a phrase, especially one used in a particular area or by a particular group of people 〔某领域或某群体使用的〕惯用语；行话
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locution• Speech act theory assumes that there is one neat, verbally expressible illocution to each locution.• Petrey seems to equate locution with semantics and illocution with pragmatics, but does not say so explicitly.• His locution puzzled me, disturbed me, but I was a guest at his table so I said nothing.• It seemed an extremely odd locution for a scientist to be using about contaminated water.• This is most serious during the discussion of locution and illocution.• Even that locution, his appointment, seemed odd to him.• a Yiddish locutionOrigin locution (1400-1500) Latin locutio, from loqui “to speak”lo·cu·tion nounChineseSyllable
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locution
lo‧cu‧tion /ləʊˈkjuːʃən $ loʊ-/
noun technical
2. [countable] a phrase, especially one used in a particular area or by a particular group of people
lo‧cu‧tion /ləʊˈkjuːʃən $ loʊ-/
noun technical Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: locutio, from loqui 'to speak'
1. [uncountable] a style of speakingLanguage: Latin
Origin: locutio, from loqui 'to speak'
2. [countable] a phrase, especially one used in a particular area or by a particular group of people