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There are many discourse in any one text, with one usually dominating. For example, "What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure."This quote by Thomas Jefferson is using the political discourse (the dominant one) to argue a pro-war angle. The words "patriots" and "tyrants" are indicative of the political discourse. However, Jefferson also employs a natural discourse, that is, of nature - "tree" and "natural manure". When combined, these two discourses help with the persuasiveness of Jefferson's speech.

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Sentence for discourse?

The word 'discourse' is a noun. An example of a sentence using the word would be: The student seemed nervous during her discourse, even though she was prepared.


What does 'meta-discursive' mean?

meta-discursive is a strategy that is used in discourse to pointing to something that has occurred or that has been mentioned in the prior discourse. For example, if in a prior discourse you encountered the word "meta-discursive", and you are relating it in a novel discourse, you may need to highlight the term or the way in which the term has been define or use in the previous discourse, by using words such as " by which I mean", "so-called" simply to indicate that you have brought it into the discourse from somewhere.


How do you change direct discourse to indirect discourse?

That case is simple..As the word defines itself..Direct discourse-that is, a direct quotation or a direct question-means the identical words the writer or speaker used; as,- "I hope you have not killed him?" said Amyas.-Kingsley.Indirect discourse means reported speech,-the thoughts of a writer or speaker put in the words of the one reporting them.Therefore to change direct discourse to indirect discourse it to simply REPORT what the speaker directly says or the writer wrote.In other words, paraphrase the words so as to avoid using QUOTATION MARKS..


What the difference between discourse analysis and critical discourse analysis?

Discourse analysis is the study of language use in context, analyzing how language shapes and is shaped by social interactions. Critical discourse analysis goes a step further by examining how power dynamics, ideology, and social inequalities are manifested and reproduced through language use. Critical discourse analysis aims to uncover hidden biases and question societal assumptions present in discourse.


What is dominant discourse?

It's an expression from the field of media criticism, and was influenced by two important theorists of communication-- Michel Foucault and Stuart Hall. A "discourse" is a particular way of talking about a subject-- it contains meanings that are understood by groups of people or by a particular culture. For example, there is a "discourse" about illegal immigrants, or a "discourse" about mental illness. The discourse contains particular ideological beliefs: for example, there are many ways to talk about illegal or undocumented immigrants-- some people are in favor of letting them eventually become citizens (and tend to prefer the term "undocumented"), some are 100% opposed to citizenship (and their discourse focuses on "illegal"); the discourse each group uses contains not just their words, but their opinions and attitudes. A "dominant discourse" is created by those in power, and it becomes the accepted way of looking at (or speaking about) the subject, since it is repeated so much. During the war in Iraq, there was a dominant discourse about patriotism, created by the president and his administration and disseminated through the media. People who dissented from that discourse were criticized and called unpatriotic. Dominant discourses can change-- eventually, other discourses about the war emerged and drove out the one that had been dominant-- but the people in power will always resist allowing other discourses to take over, and will often use the media to repeat and reinforce what they want the public to believe.

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Example and meaning of indirect discourse?

My friend said that she loves sex.


Give examples of 5 direct DISCOURSE and indirect too?

5 example of sentence direct discourse->describes the direct reporting of what someone said in another context.


What does 'meta discursive' mean?

meta-discursive is a strategy that is used in discourse to pointing to something that has occurred or that has been mentioned in the prior discourse. For example, if in a prior discourse you encountered the word "meta-discursive", and you are relating it in a novel discourse, you may need to highlight the term or the way in which the term has been define or use in the previous discourse, by using words such as " by which I mean", "so-called" simply to indicate that you have brought it into the discourse from somewhere.


Sentence for discourse?

The word 'discourse' is a noun. An example of a sentence using the word would be: The student seemed nervous during her discourse, even though she was prepared.


What is discourse?

what is a discourse


What is prescriptive discourse?

Prescriptive discourse is any discourse that promotes what should be thought, spoken, or done. For example, the sentence 'That window is open' normally expresses a certain descriptive thought (proposition, statement), namely, that that window is open. By way of contrast, the sentence "You should open that window" would normally be used to tell someone what to do, to prescribe a certain action. So prescriptive discourse is normative discourse. It is discourse about what ought to be the case rather than descriptive discourse about what is the case.


What does 'meta-discursive' mean?

meta-discursive is a strategy that is used in discourse to pointing to something that has occurred or that has been mentioned in the prior discourse. For example, if in a prior discourse you encountered the word "meta-discursive", and you are relating it in a novel discourse, you may need to highlight the term or the way in which the term has been define or use in the previous discourse, by using words such as " by which I mean", "so-called" simply to indicate that you have brought it into the discourse from somewhere.


How do you change direct discourse to indirect discourse?

That case is simple..As the word defines itself..Direct discourse-that is, a direct quotation or a direct question-means the identical words the writer or speaker used; as,- "I hope you have not killed him?" said Amyas.-Kingsley.Indirect discourse means reported speech,-the thoughts of a writer or speaker put in the words of the one reporting them.Therefore to change direct discourse to indirect discourse it to simply REPORT what the speaker directly says or the writer wrote.In other words, paraphrase the words so as to avoid using QUOTATION MARKS..


When was Reverse Discourse created?

Reverse Discourse was created in 2002.


When was Discourse on Inequality created?

Discourse on Inequality was created in 1754.


When was Heavenly Discourse created?

Heavenly Discourse was created in 1927.


When was Discourse Studies created?

Discourse Studies was created in 1999.