2020-11-02
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด L - Locution - circumlocution
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Locution = ‘loh-KYOO-shuhn’
ออกเสียง circumlocution = ‘sur-kuhm-loh-KYOO-shuhn’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Did You Know?
In The King's English, grammarian H.W. Fowler advised,
"Prefer the single word to the circumlocution."
Alas, that good advice was not followed by the framers of "circumlocution."
They actually used two terms in forming that word for unnecessarily verbose prose or speech. But their choices were apt; circumlocution derives from the Latin circum-, meaning "around," and locutio, meaning "speech - so it literally means"roundabout speech."
Since the 15th century, English writers have used "circumlocution" with disdain,
naming a thing to stop, or better yet, to avoid altogether.
Charles Dickens even used it to satirize political runarounds when he created the fictional Circumlocution Office, a government department that delayed the dissemination of information and just about everything else.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Circumlocution
Circumlocution is a combination of Latin circum-, meaning "around," and locutio, meaning "speech" and itself from the Latin verb loqui, "to speak." Circumlocution literally denotes "roundabout speech" and has been circling in English since the early 16th century to point out an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea or verbal evasion.
A leading work in the field is Susan Sontag's Regarding the Pain of Others, a book-length essay that explores war photography and its effect on the viewer, securely away from the front lines. Sontag doesn't speak directly where circumlocution is possible.…
—Jonathan Clarke, City Journal, 18 Oct. 2019
Circumlocution
noun 1 : the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea 2 : evasion in speech
There's no way around it.
Or maybe there is. Circumlocution is firmly in the second camp.
While the word first referred to the use of many words to express an idea that could be expressed in many fewer,
it has also for a long time referred toevasion in speech.
Its origin is Latin: circum-, meaning "around," and locutio, meaning "speech."
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
locution – circumlocution
Locution means “a style of speech,”
“a manner of oral expression,”
“phraseology,”
“a particular form of expression”:
“The locution of native-born speakers differs from that of immigrants.”
The locution of deaf persons sometimes seems strained and awkward.”
Circumlocution derived its meaning from its prefix, circum-,
an element meaning “around” and “about.”
That is, circumlocution is locution that is roundabout, indirect, or wordy.
“At this point in time” is a circumlocution for nowor today.
