Look up: discourse

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   discourse
   speech lecture 
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   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-verbal aspects of an interaction; it analyses the verbal and non-verbal rules and conventions which apply, as well as the context in which the interaction takes place, the content of the utterances etc. Discourse analysis often forms a part of ethnographic studies. In cultural studies, the term is generally thought of as having been most usefully developed by the French post-structuralist philosopher Michel Foucault. While here the analysis of discourse is concerned with the meanings of language and other codes, the focus is primarily on the power relationships embodied in those codes. Codes and their meanings do not stand somehow outside society and history; rather they are always subject to the historical and social context of the time and prevailing power relationships and conflicts, each discourse being a limited range of possible statements, by that very limitation defining what it is possible and not possible to say. Some discourses are considered more 'legitimate' than others, these others receiving little recognition. Thus, there are the discourses of, say, radio and television news, the discourses of medicine, science, academia and so on. In society there is a constant ideological struggle between discourses; for example, the discourse of free-market capitalism is now dominant, hegemonic, whereas the discourse of Marxism is defined as irrelevant. -
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   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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   discourse
   an ordered and structured use of language which organizes the way in which people see their world.
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   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, therefore, an analysis of such a stretch of language. A ...
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   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 language, or the language of democratic politics.
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   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 between meaning and form.It establishes a mapping between a type of semantic relationship and a list of...
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   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. 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 ...
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   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 inferring; to reason. [ Obsolete] 'Have sense or can discourse .' Dryden. 2. To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose ...
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    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 forth; to speak. « It will discourse most eloquent music.» Shak. 3. To talk to; to confer with. [ Obsolete] &# ...
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    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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    Discourse
    `Discourse` is communication that goes back and forth (from the Latin, `discursus`, `running to and from`), such as debate or argument. The term is used in semantics and discourse analysis. In semantics, discourses are linguistic units composed of several sentences ` in other words, conversations, arguments or speeches. Studies of discourse have roots in a number of theoretical traditions, such as modernism, structuralism and feminism, that inv...
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    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 reasoning faculty. • (v. t.) To utter or giv...
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    discourse
    
    1. extended verbal expression in speech or writing
    2. an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
    3. an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic
    
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    Discourse
    Orderly communication of thought, or the power to think logically. -- C.A.B.
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