Locution can refer to:
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figure of speech
A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is a word or phrase that intentionally deviates from ordinary language use in order to produce a rhetorical effect. Figures of speech are traditionally classified into '' schemes,'' which vary the ordinary ...
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Locution (paranormal), a mode of supernatural revelation
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Locution (catchphrase)
A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass ...
, a particular word, phrase, or expression, especially associated with a particular person, region, group, or cultural level
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Interior locution, the phenomenon when a person reportedly receives a set of ideas, thoughts, or visions from an outside spiritual source
See also
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Locutionary act
In linguistics and the philosophy of language, a locutionary act is the performance of an utterance, and is one of the types of force, in addition to illocutionary act and perlocutionary act, typically cited in Speech Act Theory. Speech Act Theor ...
, the performance of an utterance in linguistics and the philosophy of mind.
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