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discourse analyses

discourse analyses is the plural of discourse analysis.

Meaning of discourse analysis

Noun

discourse analysis (usually uncountable, plural discourse analyses)

  1. (usually) Any of a number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken or signed language use.
    • Discourse analysis is not just one approach, but a series of interdisciplinary approaches that can be used to explore many different social domains in many different types of studies. (Phillips and Iorgenson 2002: 1)2012, Brian Paltridge, quoting Phillips and Iorgenson, Discourse Analysis: An Introduction, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 14

Questions about discourse analyses

What is discourse analyses the plural of?
Discourse analyses is the plural of discourse analysis.

Words near discourse analyses in the dictionary

  1. discouring
  2. discours
  3. discoursal
  4. discoursally
  5. discourse
  6. discourse analyses
  7. discourse analysis
  8. discourse analyst
  9. discourse analysts
  10. discourse marker
  11. discourse markers

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