How do you use Discourse in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like address or talk, plus the exact meaning.
Discourse meaning
- Verbal exchange, conversation.
- Expression in words, either speech or writing.
- A conversation.
Synonyms of Discourse
Discourse vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Discourse
- The main meaning on this page is: Verbal exchange, conversation. | Expression in words, either speech or writing. | A conversation.
- Useful related words include: address, talk, speak, discuss.
- Possible Dutch translations are: conversatie, gesprek, gedachtewisseling.
- In the example corpus, discourse often appears in combinations such as: public discourse, the discourse, political discourse.
Context around Discourse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Discourse
- In this selection, "discourse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, daily, open, scientific, deixis, became and salience stand out and add context to how "discourse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a given discourse likewise there and and free discourse became proverbial. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "discourse" sits close to words such as bengal, casey and foundations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with discourse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A more regular discourse with Guardiola cannot be discounted. (9 words)
In The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, Vol 2: Dimensions of Discourse. (11 words)
Free open discourse only occurs when you can have free open discourse. (12 words)
In general, intuitionists allow the use of the law of excluded middle when it is confined to discourse over finite collections (sets), but not when it is used in discourse over infinite sets (e.g. the natural numbers). (38 words)
In 1755, Rousseau completed his second major work, the Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (the Discourse on Inequality ), which elaborated on the arguments of the Discourse on the Arts and Sciences. (36 words)
Moreover, because a discourse is a body of text meant to communicate specific data, information, and knowledge, there exist internal relations in the content of a given discourse; likewise, there exist external relations among discourses. (35 words)
And, in particular, the current moral panic also means that a really important question is missing from public discourse: what would a world suffused with this technology do to the planet? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Discourse Discourse deixis, also referred to as text deixis, refers to the use of expressions within an utterance to refer to parts of the discourse that contains the utterance — including the utterance itself.
In 1755, Rousseau completed his second major work, the Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (the Discourse on Inequality ), which elaborated on the arguments of the Discourse on the Arts and Sciences.
The language was mainly of a despairing or insulting variety yet still within the bounds of daily discourse (as, sadly, daily discourse has often become).
Free open discourse only occurs when you can have free open discourse.
Consequently, the question of whether God exists confuses the logical categories which govern theistic language with those that govern other forms of discourse (most notably, scientific discourse).
Furthermore, this universe of discourse is in the strictest sense the ultimate subject of the discourse.
His rough and free discourse became proverbial among Athenians as 'Scythian discourse'.
In a sense, the obviative can be defined as any third-person ranked lower on a hierarchy of discourse salience than some other (proximate) discourse-participant.
In general, intuitionists allow the use of the law of excluded middle when it is confined to discourse over finite collections (sets), but not when it is used in discourse over infinite sets (e.g. the natural numbers).
In The Handbook of Discourse Analysis, Vol 2: Dimensions of Discourse.
Moreover, because a discourse is a body of text meant to communicate specific data, information, and knowledge, there exist internal relations in the content of a given discourse; likewise, there exist external relations among discourses.
One task is identifying the discourse structure of connected text, i.e. the nature of the discourse relationships between sentences (e.g. elaboration, explanation, contrast).
The most unfettered discourse is that in which the words we use are understood in the widest possible application, and for them the limits of discourse are co-extensive with those of the universe itself.
The rule of thumb to distinguish the two phenomena is as follows: when an expression refers to another linguistic expression or a piece of discourse, it is discourse deictic.
Unscientific discourse, as in ethics and metaphysics, would be unfit for discourse by philosophers, newly tasked to organize knowledge, not develop new knowledge.
Alake said: “The Tinubu administration should continue to take the credit for sustaining the tempo of enlightened discourse and unfettered exercise of the freedom of the Press.
A more regular discourse with Guardiola cannot be discounted.
And, in particular, the current moral panic also means that a really important question is missing from public discourse: what would a world suffused with this technology do to the planet?
And it has to be said that football discourse has never been more furious either.
And there’s this weird argument, weird discourse where people who like the neural network stuff mostly don’t want to use symbols.
Common combinations with discourse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- public discourse 36×
- the discourse 28×
- political discourse 25×
- discourse and 24×
- discourse on 14×
- of discourse 10×
- discourse in 9×
- discourse is 8×
- discourse around 7×
- civil discourse 7×