discourse
Extended scholarly exchange
Discourse is a somewhat formal word that describes particular aspects or examples of language.
A discourse is also a detailed or scholarly talk or essay about a subject.
Discourse also has technical meanings related to speech and conversation, and in fact a conversation can be called a discourse.
As a subject matter in linguistics, discourse is a unit of connected speech that is longer than a sentence
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- interactionReciprocal action between parties
interlocution · colloquy · back-and-forth · turn-taking · spoken · verbal · face-to-face · informal
Systematic fact-finding effort
- publicationIssued written material
- journalRecord of daily events
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
dissertation · methodology · citation · conference · symposium · lecture · monograph · analysis
Reasoned case or dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
dissent · rebuttal · refutation · deliberation · opposition · dialectic · counter-argument · disputation
Convincing through reasoning
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- ethosCollective moral character
- pathosPity-evoking quality
logos · sophistry · demagoguery · figurative · anaphora · chiasmus · hyperbole · irony
Wholeness through cohesion
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- cohesionTendency to bind together
structure · organization · sequencing · logic · narrative · comprehensibility · intelligibility · articulation
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- discussionExchange of ideas
- talkVerbal exchange between people
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
interaction · interlocution · colloquy · back-and-forth · turn-taking · spoken · verbal · face-to-face · informal · everyday
research
Systematic fact-finding effort
- publicationIssued written material
- journalRecord of daily events
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
thesis · dissertation · methodology · citation · conference · symposium · lecture · monograph · analysis · theory
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- polemicAggressive argumentative discourse
disagreement · dissent · rebuttal · refutation · deliberation · opposition · dialectic · counter-argument · disputation · controversy
persuasion
Convincing through reasoning
pathos · logos · sophistry · demagoguery · figurative · anaphora · chiasmus · hyperbole · irony · metaphor
unity
Wholeness through cohesion
- flowUnbroken forward movement
- continuityUninterrupted progression or coherence
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
cohesion · structure · organization · sequencing · logic · narrative · comprehensibility · intelligibility · articulation · connectedness
truth
Accordance with reality
existence · logic · subject · object · epistemology · knowledge · power · ideology · hegemony · subjectivity
- free speechfree expression, freedom of speech, protected speech, speech rights, speech protection
- readingfluency, read, comprehension, readers, books
- speechspeech, speaking, talk, diction, conversation
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- written worksessay, novel, anthologies, history books, letter
discoursesilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness · reticence
- civil discourseRespectful exchange of views
- online discourseDiscussion conducted via internet
- direct discourseExact words cited
- public discourseOpen societal conversation
- political discourseDiscussion of government matters
- civic discourseCollective conversation about governance