discourses

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plural of discourse
discourse
Expression in words, either speech or writing
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Verbal exchange, conversation

Two or three of the gentlemen sat near him, and I caught at times scraps of their conversation across the room. At first I could not make much sense of what I heard; for the discourse of Louisa Eshton and Mary Ingram, who sat nearer to me, confused the fragmentary sentences that reached me at intervals.

discourse
Any rational expression, reason
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To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse
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To debate
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To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse
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To relate something; to tell
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{n} conversation, talk, speech, treatise
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{v} to talk, reason, preach, treat upon
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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
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Conversation; talk
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If someone discourses on something, they talk for a long time about it in a confident way. He discoursed for several hours on French and English prose. see also direct discourse, indirect discourse. discourse on/upon to make a long formal speech about something, or to discuss something seriously
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To treat of something in writing and formally
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  The recounting or communication of the story versus the content or events of the story   "How" the story is conveyed  
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A discourse is a serious talk or piece of writing which is intended to teach or explain something. Gates responds with a lengthy discourse on deployment strategy
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Verbal expression, either in speech or writing
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The means by which language, broadly understood, through the production, distribution, and reception of texts, conveys meaning (especially ideology) on a conscious and unconscious level
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an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
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The art and manner of speaking and conversing
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{f} discuss, talk, converse
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Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc
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Discourse is spoken or written communication between people, especially serious discussion of a particular subject. a tradition of political discourse
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Connected communication of thought sequences; continuous expression or exchange of ideas
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The literary critical term for structure and purpose of a narrative or other literary work, which coexists with the story told (events [actions, plot] + elements [characters, space]) The level of discourse is the more subtle level at which the author's judgment and interpretation operate
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Dealing; transaction
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An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault)
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Words and their power Primarily we will be talking about speaking and listening, but also any presentation of symbols including writing and iconography
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extended verbal expression in speech or writing talk or hold forth formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
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extended verbal expression in speech or writing
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as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty
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A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written
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written or spoken language, especially when it is studied in order to understand how people use language
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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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To talk to; to confer with
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carry on a conversation
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the totality of codified linguistic usages attached to a given type of social practice E g : legal discourse, medical discourse, religious discourse
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an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic; "the book contains an excellent discussion of modal logic"; "his treatment of the race question is badly biased"
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In order for communities to function within a democracy, community members must engage in discussion and dialogue, which includes diverse voices and opinions, through which they arrive at shared ideas and visions for their community Discretionary funds Discretionary funds or budgets are pools of money set aside for specific people on campus to support projects that arise through-out the year These are very flexible budgets that can vary in sizes The Chief Academic Officer may use their funds to support a student research project or development of a new class The Dean of Students may give small grants for unique collaborative events sponsored by a number of clubs on campus The key question you must answer when applying for funds from these budgets is how your event/project will benefit the greater campus College deans and department chairs may also have discretionary funds in their budgets Empowerment Recognizing power inequalities and seeking to reduce them by working together
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The use of language at levels beyond the sentence
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To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason
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A term sometimes used to translate parole(more usually rendered ''speech'') Ferdinand de Saussure separated language (langue), conceived as a self-contained system of formal differences, from speech (parole), the actual utterance of individual speakers He did so for the purpose of making language for the formal object of linguistic and he thought that the study of language should focus on language, not speech or discourse
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To utter or give forth; to speak
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(N) -communication of thought by words; talk; conversation
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talk or hold forth formally about a topic; "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century England"
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To treat of; to expose or set forth in language
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To write or speak formally and at length
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all the ways of representing, thinking, talking, agreeing, and disagreeing that students and teachers engage in Discourse may take a variety of forms: oral, written, pictorial, symbolic, and graphic
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the most comprehensive level of linguistic analysis, which encompasses language use at the level beyond the sentence, such as in conversation, in paragraphs and so on
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Utterances or text larger than a sentence Our course has had strong interests in discourse analysis, looking at sequences of sentences and interchange and their relation to social interaction, dominance, and collaboration (see Thomas and Tchudi 84-86 for an example) A Power Point presentation on discourse is available under the Classdat folder for our course in campus computer labs
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{i} discussion, dialogue, speech, lecture
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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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According to Foucault, a group of statements that provide a way of representing knowledge about a particular topic at a historical moment; it produces and frames knowledge through language
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A unit of language greater than a sentence
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{f} dissertate
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