Sentence examples for discourse uses from inspiring English sources

Christian discourse uses the portrayal of Jesus in the foundational documents of Christianity as a point of departure.

The aim of this paper is to shed new light on the various discourse uses of view-point adverbs in -wise and to provide an account within the Functional Discourse Grammar model.

At the same time, her hands moved with an efficiency completely at odds with her speech: she held the package now, and, without pausing in her discourse, used the letter opener to cut the red bow my mother had tied.

These ostensibly taboo words, which are at the same time an unavoidable part of our daily discourse, used and overheard everywhere except on television and in newspapers, became unaccountably funny when Mr. Carlin intoned them onstage, pausing for dramatic effect and every now and then wriggling with mock horror.

The discourse used between rival political leaders is not new.

Instead, the discourse used in 'public banking' is that of 'off-setting' and 'compensation'compensation

This paper presents a novel analysis of pedagogic discourse using genre and register theory.

"There's little trust of the current system and government and the vague discourse used by the regime over the past few years".

Teachers may also have an intuitive knowledge of discourse structures and are beginning to reflect on their own discourse using understandings of dialogic teaching.

Discourse used, such as needing 'immediate' replies, reflected different communication expectations than those found in traditional classroom environments where hours or days intervened between student/lecturer interactions.

Drawing from evidence in the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, we suggest that riparian negotiations offer an analogue that might be used to restructure the discourse used in the negotiations about Jerusalem.