uistic form (or record) of discourse is called text . The same text may function as different discourses in different situations. E.g. “ what a nice day ” on a sunny spring day and saying so on a bitterly cold winter day are different discourses, yet they have the same text. Discourse is: ? lge above the sentence or above the clause ? a continuous stretch of spoken lge larger than a sentence, often constituting a coherent unit ? a stretch of lge perceived to be meaningful unified and purposive ; lge in use ?(viewed) as social practice determined by social structures ? Structural or textual definition of discourse : Discourse is a particular unit of lge (above the sentence). ? Functional definition of discourse : Discourse is a particular focus of lge use.
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