Look up: discourse

1. discourse
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2. discourse
   not an easy term to get to grips with, partly because it is used differently in different subject areas. In linguistics the term is commonly used to refer to an utterance larger than a single sentenceIn interpersonal communication, 'discourse analysis' refers to the analysis of the verbal and non-ve...
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3. discourse
   [n] - extended verbal expression in speech or writing 2. [v] - to consider or examine in speech or writing 3. [v] - talk or hold forth formally about a topic
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4. discourse
   an ordered and structured use of language which organizes the way in which people see their world.
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5. Discourse
   (Discourse / discourse analysis / discourse structure) This is a word that can lead to much confusion. When language is used in the real world by people who are using it to communicate their thoughts, whether it is spoken or written, they produce a piece of discourse. Discourse analysis is, theref...
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6. Discourse
   has come to refer, under the influence of Foucault, to systems of knowledge and their associated practices. More narrowly, it is used by discourse analysts to refer to particular systems of language, with a characteristic terminology and underlying knowledge base, such as medical talk, psychological...
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7. discourse
   the purpose for producing the text which determines the structure of the text Category: General • a sequence of sentences that display local coherence.These segments are organized hierarchically in any discourse Category: General • grammar which specifies the relationship bet...
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8. Discourse
   Dis·course' noun [ Latin discursus a running to and fro, discourse, from discurrere , discursum , to run to and fro, to discourse; dis- + currere to run: confer French discours . See Course .] 1.
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9. Discourse
   Dis·course' intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Discoursed ; present participle & verbal noun Discoursing .] 1. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and in...
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10. Discourse
    Dis·course' transitive verb 1. To treat of; to expose or set forth in language. [ Obsolete] « The life of William Tyndale . . . is sufficiently and at large discoursed in the book.» Foxe. 2. To utter or give...
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11. discourse
    verb to consider or examine in speech or writing; `The article covered all the different aspects of this question`; `The class discussed Dante`s `Inferno``
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12. Discourse
    • (v. i.) To treat of something in writing and formally. • (v. i.) To relate something; to tell. • (n.) The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of...
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13. Discourse
    Discourse (from Latin discursus, meaning "running to and from") generally refers to "written or spoken communication". The following are three more specific definitions: Discourse in the first sense is studied in corpus linguistics. Analysis of discourse in the second and third senses is carried out within a variety of traditions that investig...
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14. discourse
    
    • extended verbal expression in speech or writing
    • an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
    • an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
    
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15. Discourse
    Orderly communication of thought, or the power to think logically. -- C.A.B.
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16. discourse
    Spoken or written intercommunication. In linguistics, the term describes a group of sentences
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