discourses
Formal spoken exchanges
Discourses are extended discussions or treatments of a subject, whether spoken or written.
The word often appears in academic contexts for formal treatises or lectures: Descartes' Discourse on Method.
In linguistics and philosophy, discourse refers to language in use—how ideas are expressed and communicated within particular communities or traditions: political discourse, medical discourse.
The verb discourse means to speak or write at length: He discoursed on the virtues of patience.
Spoken exchange between parties
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- debateFormal argument on issues
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- talkVerbal exchange between people
colloquy · interaction · dialog · chat · negotiation · deliberation · symposium · parley
Formal public speech
- sermonClergy's worship address
- addressSpeak to formally
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- homilyReligious discourse on scripture
monologue · presentation · pronouncement · declamation · rhetoric · oratory · keynote · disquisition
Account of events
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- hegemonyDominant group's control
- powerEnergy transfer rate
framing · representation · Foucault · postmodern · critical theory · paradigm · cultural · institutional
Formal scholarly composition
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
paper · analysis · scholarship · critique · commentary · exposition · monograph · theory
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- debateFormal argument on issues
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
talk · colloquy · interaction · dialog · chat · negotiation · deliberation · symposium · parley · interlocution
oration
Formal public speech
homily · monologue · presentation · pronouncement · declamation · rhetoric · oratory · keynote · disquisition · harangue
narrative
Account of events
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- hegemonyDominant group's control
power · framing · representation · Foucault · postmodern · critical theory · paradigm · cultural · institutional · dominant
treatise
Formal scholarly composition
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
- essayShort argumentative prose work
lecture · paper · analysis · scholarship · critique · commentary · exposition · monograph · theory · seminar
- writingsessay, essays, article, articles, stories
- Academic talksphysics lecture, keynotes, seminars, symposia, debates
- philosophical writingstreatises, dialogues, meditations, critiques, essays
- sermonsSunday sermon, homilies, Easter sermon, exhortations, messages
- classical Chinese prosehistorical records, political essays, memorials, edicts, proclamations
- Rousseausocial contract, Emile, Confessions, noble savage, natural state
discourseschatter
Light, rapid speech
chitchat · small talk · chit-chat · banter · gossip
discoursessilence
Total lack of sound
muteness · grunts · monosyllables · platitudes · clichés
discoursessilence
Total lack of sound
silences · muteness · speechlessness · wordlessness · taciturnity
- 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