interlocution
Back-and-forth speech
Interlocution is conversation or dialogue—the exchange of speech between people.
The word is formal and uncommon, appearing mainly in academic or legal contexts: The interlocution between the witnesses revealed inconsistencies.
An interlocutor is someone who takes part in such a dialogue.
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- chatInformal verbal exchange
talk · colloquy · confab · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · parley · back-and-forth · give-and-take
Language-in-context study
- turn-takingAlternating speaker roles
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- speakerOne who talks
- hearerOne who perceives sound
Careful weighing of choices
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
- forumGathering place for discourse
conclave · summit · council · conference · diplomatic exchange · parley · mediation · arbitration
Logical argument through opposition
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- debateFormal argument on issues
- disputationFormal argumentative exchange
Socratic dialogue · rhetoric · questioning · cross-examination · rebuttal · counterargument · thesis · antithesis
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
chat · talk · colloquy · confab · tête-à-tête · heart-to-heart · parley · back-and-forth · give-and-take · repartee
pragmatics
Language-in-context study
- turn-takingAlternating speaker roles
- utteranceSpoken expression aloud
- speakerOne who talks
deliberation
Careful weighing of choices
- consultationMeeting seeking expert guidance
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
forum · conclave · summit · council · conference · diplomatic exchange · parley · mediation · arbitration · peace talks
dialectic
Logical argument through opposition
- argumentationSystematic reasoning process
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- debateFormal argument on issues
disputation · Socratic dialogue · rhetoric · questioning · cross-examination · rebuttal · counterargument · thesis · antithesis · philosophical dialogue
- dialogueconversation, line, lines, banter, talk
- dialogingtalking, chatting, speaking, discussing, conversing
interlocutionsilence
Total lack of sound
muteness · taciturnity · reticence · speechlessness · wordlessness
interaction, intermediate, loquacious, soliloquy, elocution, interlocutor, circumlocution, ventriloquism, allocution