15 Definition about Discourse,
Analysis, and Discourse Analysis
- Discourse is generally used to designate the forms of representation, codes, conventions and habits of language that produce specific fields of culturally and historically located meanings.
2.
The use of words to exchange thoughts and ideas .A long
talk or piece of writing about a subject.
3.
In Linguistic,
discourse refers to a unit of language
longer than a single sentence.
4.
discourse is the use of spoken or written language in a
social context
5.
Discourse is the way in which language is used socially
to convey broad historical meanings. It is language identified by the social
conditions of its use, by who is using it and under what conditions. Language
can never be 'neutral' because it bridges our personal and social worlds
6.
Discourse
analysis (DA), or discourse studies, is a general term
for a number of approaches to analyze written, vocal, or sign language use, or
any significant semiotic event.
7.
Discourse analysis is sometimes defined as the analysis
of language 'beyond the sentence'. This contrasts with types of analysis more
typical of modern linguistics, which are chiefly concerned with the study of
grammar: the study of smaller bits of language, such as sounds (phonetics and
phonology), parts of words (morphology), meaning (semantics), and the order of
words in sentences (syntax). Discourse analysts study larger chunks of language
as they flow together.
8.
Discourse analysis is a broad term for the study of the
ways in which language
is used in text
and context.
Also called discourse studies.
9.
Discourse analysis is concerned with language use as a
social phenomenon and therefore necessarily goes beyond one speaker or one
newspaper article to find features which have a more generalized relevance.
This is a potentially confusing point because the publication of research
findings is generally presented through examples and the analyst may choose a
single example or case to exemplify the features to be discussed, but those
features are only of interest as a social, not individual, phenomenon.
10. Discourse
analysis] is not only about method; it is also a perspective on the nature of
language and its relationship to the central issues of the social sciences.
More specifically, we see discourse analysis as a related collection of
approaches to discourse, approaches that entail not only practices of data
collection and analysis, but also a set of metatheoretical and theoretical
assumptions and a body of research claims and studies.
11. Analysis
is a careful study of something to learn about its parts, what they do, and how
they are related to each other
12. Analysis
is an explanation of the nature and meaning of something
13. Analysis
is proof
of a mathematical proposition by assuming the result and deducing a valid
statement by a series of reversible steps
14. Analysis
is a method in philosophy of resolving complex expressions into simpler or more
basic ones
15. Analysis
is the process of breaking up a concept, proposition, linguistic complex, or
fact into its simple or ultimate constituents.
