Sentence examples for acts of discourse from inspiring English sources

This is why the meaning of acts of discourse is always open to new interpretations, particularly as time passes and the very context in which interpretation occurs itself changes.

So in practice, the analytic approximation to the speaker's performance of discourse act types is far removed from the complexity of the contextual factors which impinge on his or her actual utterance acts in some specific context.

And since Kant sometimes defines imperfect duties as duties to adopt ends (rather than engage in particular acts), supererogation and imperfect duty do not belong to the same level of discourse: by doing many acts of charity one does not act supererogatorily, since one cannot be more charitable than required (Guevara 1999, Baron 1987).

Despite their ever shrinking numbers, the Jews, along with other minorities, continued to be the "other" against which (Sunni Muslim) Turkishness has been defined, and the fire of anti-semitism continued to simmer, flaring up every now and then -- be it in the media, political discourse or actual acts of violence.

Although we will be studying the speech acts implicit in cryptographic protocols, it is easier to introduce the subject in the traditional setting of discourse analysis.

Then stir it all up with a lot of discourse, and of discourse about discourse.

"It's full of discourse and ideas.

I prefer more austere forms of discourse".

I am a lover of discourse.

This sort of discourse is not uncommon.

So much for freedom of discourse.