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discourse upon — index comment Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
discourse upon — 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 … Useful english dictionary
discourse upon something — disˈcourse on/upon sth derived (formal) to talk or give a long speech about sth that you know a lot about • He discoursed for hours on the problems of the education system. Main entry: ↑discoursederived … Useful english dictionary
discourse on — phrasal verb discourse on or discourse upon [transitive] Word forms discourse on/upon : present tense I/you/we/they discourse on/upon he/she/it discourses on/upon present participle discoursing on/upon past tense discoursed on/upon past… … English dictionary
discourse — I n. (grammar) direct; indirect discourse II v. (formal) (D; intr.) to discourse upon * * * [ dɪskɔːs] indirect discourse (formal) (D; intr.) to discourse upon (grammar) direct … Combinatory dictionary
discourse — I UK [ˈdɪskɔː(r)s] / US [ˈdɪsˌkɔrs] noun Word forms discourse : singular discourse plural discourses * 1) a) [countable] formal a long and serious speech or piece of writing on a particular subject discourse on: a powerful discourse on art b)… … English dictionary
discourse — n Discourse, treatise, disquisition, dissertation, thesis, monograph designate in common a systematic, serious, and often learned consideration of a subject or topic. Discourse, the widest of these terms, may refer to something written or spoken… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Discourse 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… … Wikipedia
Discourse 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… … Wikipedia
discourse — discourse, discourse analysis The study of language , its structure, functions, and patterns in use. For Ferdinand de Saussure , language in use (or parole) could not serve as the object of study for linguistics, since as compared tolangue (the… … Dictionary of sociology
