locution

Word family adjectivelocutionarynounlocutionlocutory

Related topics: Linguistics

lo·cu·tion /ləʊˈkjuːʃən $ loʊ-/ noun technical

1. [uncountableU]SL a style of speaking 讲话的风格

2. [countableC]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

Examples from the Corpus

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 locution

Origin locution

(1400-1500) Latin locutio, from loqui “to speak”

词汇	locution
释义	locution Word family adjectivelocutionarynounlocutionlocutory Related topics: Linguistics lo·cu·tion /ləʊˈkjuːʃən $ loʊ-/ noun technical 1. [uncountableU]SL a style of speaking 讲话的风格 2. [countableC]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 Examples from the Corpus 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 locution Origin locution (1400-1500) Latin locutio, from loqui “to speak”
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