In the media, elocution allows clear and forceful expression through voice.
The concept of locution , derived from the Latin word locutio , refers to the action and the way of speaking : pronouncing words, communicating through them. The notion usually appears in the field of media and in the field of grammar .
Voice expression
In the case of the media, locution is associated with expression through the voice . Voice over, in this framework, is the career studied by those who wish to use their voice on radio, television, digital media and with a live audience.
The voiceover expert is known as a voiceover artist . This is a professional who, thanks to his training and practice, knows how to use his voice to communicate with precision, transmitting the emotions he wants according to each need.
Many of the radio and TV hosts are voiceover specialists. So are those who host different events and even, sometimes, those who work in the field of dubbing . Using the voice at a professional level requires a combination of breathing, positioning and the choice of tessitura to achieve the best possible results.
Breathing correctly is necessary to prevent the air from rubbing the vocal cords too hard; It is necessary to let it out gradually, to extend its usefulness and protect the speaking apparatus. Placing the voice means making use of the resonators, the bone cavities, to project it so that we achieve higher levels of brightness, volume and intensity with the least possible effort. The tessitura is the region of the voice in which we feel most comfortable; Using the one that corresponds to us is another way to enhance its quality and take care of your health.
in grammar
In grammar, on the other hand, phrases are sets of words that, by functioning as a single lexical piece , have a unitary meaning . Furthermore, the stable combination of different words that constitutes a particular class of words is called a locution.
Locutions, in this sense, act as a unit that has its own meaning. This meaning does not come from the literal meaning of the terms that compose it.
Adverbial phrases
Adverbial phrases , for example, are similar to adverbs in terms of their meaning or their syntactic functioning. In general, they have a prepositional construction structure , that is, they are formed by a preposition that acts as a syntactic nucleus and assigns case to another phrase, which comes next.
Furthermore, it is normal that they fulfill the function of adverbs of manner, such as four hands , at medium temperature or by chance . Another characteristic is that they can be replaced by adverbs: again is a phrase that is equivalent to again .
Adjective phrases
To express the meaning of an adjective through a series of words, the adjective (or adjectival ) phrase is used. Normally, they are used together with nouns to modify them: a man of few words , a random number , a dream house .
Locutions are constructions with the meanings and functions of individual words, such as adverbs or adjectives.
substantive phrases
Substantive phrases have the grammatical behavior of nouns. Generally, the meaning they designate is not the mere sum of its parts: smoke screen , for example, does not have a literal meaning, nor does dead fly .
verbal locutions
In the case of verbal phrases , we are dealing with full verbal phrases (which have a complete meaning by themselves) or partial (which require other words to be completed). In the first group we have examples such as doing good and screwing up , while in the second they are taking points and smashing them to smithereens .