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A discourse is "a language or system of representation that has developed socially in order to make and circulate a coherent set of meanings about an important topic area."

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Discourse (Latin discursus, "running to and from") refers to communication that involves debate or argument. The term is today used mainly in semantics and discourse analysis. In semantics, discourses are linguistic units composed of several sentences; in other words, conversations, arguments, or speeches. NOTOC

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Jay Lemke William Trufant Foster Jürgen Habermas Ludwig Wittgenstein Richard Whately

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