2. Conceptualising discourse
1. Introduction
Discourse is one of the terms that are frequently used in all kinds of context, but hardly ever made explicit or delimited. It occurs in numerous titles of research monographs and academic journals across various research disciplines, referring to different, if not diverging concepts. Discourse may be used synonymously with text, denoting longer stretches of written or spoken language, it may refer to the semantic representation of some connected sentences, or it may refer to diverse communications about a particular issue, e.g. human rights discourse or discourse of the Holy Father.
The diversity of domains of research and application is also reflected in domain-specific and application-specific ...
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