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A Discourse is a linguistic expression sequences that express a cohesive narrative (share a topic).
- Context:
- It can range from being a Coherent Discourse to being an Incoherent Discourse.
- It can range from being a Two-Agent Discourse to being a Multi-Agent Discourse.
- It can range from being a Verbal Discourse (spoken items) to being a Written Discourse (written items).
- It can range from being a Pleasant Discourse to being a Neutral Discourse to being a Difficult Discourse.
- It can be modeled by a Discourse Theory, such as centering theory.
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- Example(s):
- a Conversation.
- a Linguistic Argument.
- a Speech.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Text.
- See: Discourse-level Analysis, Pragmatics Theory, Discourse Relation.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/discourse Retrieved:2023-7-24.
- Discourse is a generalization of the notion of a conversation to any form of communication. [1] Discourse is a major topic in social theory, with work spanning fields such as sociology, anthropology, continental philosophy, and discourse analysis. Following pioneering work by Michel Foucault, these fields view discourse as a system of thought, knowledge, or communication that constructs our experience of the world. Since control of discourse amounts to control of how the world is perceived, social theory often studies discourse as a window into power. Within theoretical linguistics, discourse is understood more narrowly as linguistic information exchange and was one of the major motivations for the framework of dynamic semantics, in which expressions' denotations are equated with their ability to update a discourse context.
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/discourse Retrieved:2015-7-24.
- Discourse denotes written and spoken communications such as:
- In semantics and discourse analysis: A generalization of the concept of conversation within all modalities and contexts.
- The totality of codified language (vocabulary) used in a given field of intellectual enquiry and of social practice, such as legal discourse, medical discourse, religious discourse, et cetera. ...
- Discourse denotes written and spoken communications such as:
- ↑ The noun derives from a Latin verb meaning “running to and fro”. For a concise historical account of the term and the concept see Dorschel, Andreas. 2021. "Diskurs." Pp. 110–114 in Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte XV/4: Falschmünzer, edited by M. Mulsow, & A.U. Sommer. Munich: C.H. Beck.
2011
- (Prasad et al., 2011) ⇒ Rashmi Prasad, Susan McRoy, Nadya Frid, Aravind Joshi, and Hong Yu. (2011). “[10.1186/1471-2105-12-188 The Biomedical Discourse Relation Bank].” In: BMC Bioinformatics 2011, 12:188. doi:10.1186/1471-2105-12-188
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=discourse
- S: (n) discourse (extended verbal expression in speech or writing)
- S: (n) sermon, discourse, preaching (an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service))
- S: (n) discussion, treatment, discourse (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"
- S: (v) discourse, talk about, discuss (to consider or examine in speech or writing) “The author talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"
- S: (v) converse, discourse (carry on a conversation)
- S: (v) hold forth, discourse, dissertate (talk at length and formally about a topic) "The speaker dissertated about the social politics in 18th century Englan
2009
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discourse?rdfrom=Discourse
- 1. (uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.
- 2. (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- 3. (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
- 4. (countable) Any rational expression, reason
- 5. (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can be said about a specific topic (after Michel Foucault).
2009
- http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~billw/nlpdict.html#discentity
- A discourse entity (DE) is a something mentioned in a sentence that could act as a possible antecedent for an anaphoric reference, e.g. noun phrases, verb phrases and sentences. For example, with the sentence "Jack lost his wallet in his car", the DEs would include representations of "Jack" "his wallet", "his car", "lost his wallet in his car" and the whole sentence.