Discourse
21discourse — I. noun Etymology: Middle English discours, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin discursus; Medieval Latin, argument, from Late Latin, conversation, from Latin, act of running about, from discurrere to run about, from dis + currere to run more at car …
22discourse — (Lat., discursus, a running from one place to another) A continuous stretch of language containing more than one sentence: conversations, narratives, arguments, speeches. Discourse analysis is the social and linguistic description of norms… …
23discourse — 1. noun 1) they prolonged their discourse outside the door Syn: discussion, conversation, talk, dialogue, conference, debate, consultation; parley, powwow, chat, confab; formal confabulation, colloquy 2) a discourse on critical theory …
24discourse on — dis ˈcourse on/upon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they discourse on/upon he/she/it discourses on/upon present participle discoursing on/upon past tense discoursed …
25discourse — discourser, n. n. /dis kawrs, kohrs, dis kawrs , kohrs /; v. /dis kawrs , kohrs /, n., v., discoursed, discoursing. n. 1. communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse. 2. a formal discussion of a… …
26discourse — 1. noun a) 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 …
27discourse — noun Discourse is used before these nouns: ↑analysis …
28discourse — I. n. 1. (Rare.) Reason, reasoning faculty, reasoning. 2. Dissertation, treatise, disquisition, homily, sermon. 3. Conversation, talk, converse, oral communication, verbal intercourse. II. v. n. 1. Speak, expatiate, hold forth, deliver a… …
29Discourse ethics — Discourse ethics, sometimes called argumentation ethics, refers to a type of argument that attempts to establish normative or ethical truths by examining the presuppositions of discourse. Contents 1 Habermas and Apel 1.1 Presupposition 1.2… …
30Discourse representation theory — (DRT) is a framework for exploring meaning under a formal semantics approach. One of the main differences between DRT style approaches and traditional Montagovian approaches is that DRT style approaches include a level of abstract mental… …
