Discourse (n.) is (rede) primarily related to the present and means not only speech and speaking as such, but also and primarily the inner dialogue that we have with ourselves, the inner articulation of our thoughts.
Discourse (n.) is a kind of 'making manifest' in language. It objectifies thoughts, ideas (i.e. Pink elephants) and presents them as things that show themselves so that they can be dealt with.
Discourse (n.) is that in which what is made manifest is discourse itself.
Discourse (n.) is the articulation of the intelligibility of the world.
Discourse (n.) is a structure of dasein involving the way we discuss, in a second-order fashion, the way in which we break up the world at its joints, taking a piece of the world out of the totality, by using a piece of equipment in order to articulate it.
Discourse (n.) is not necessarily a linguistic phenomenon at all, but rather any way in which the referential structure of significance is articulated, either by deeds (e.g., by hammering) or by words.
Discourse (n.) is realized as reticence (as keeping silent, ignoring the chatter of idle talk) when realized authentically so that I may hear the call of conscience.
Discourse (n.) is that through which the intelligibility of Being-in-the-world expresses itself.
Discourse (n.) is the articulation of the world into recognizable, communicable patterns of meaning.
Discourse (n.) is what makes language possible.
Discourse (n.) organizes the world that is opened up by moods and grasped by understanding.
Discourse (n.) is the meaningful patterns that make it possible for me to share my situation with others in language.
Discourse (n.) is an ability to deal with patterns of meaning, as important in speaking as it is in listening and keeping silent.
Discourse (n.) is what constitutes being-in-the-world with others by making things apparent; we see, hear, and feel the things that discourse makes apparent to us.
Discourse (n.) accounts for the fact that, oddly, we do not say what we see but rather we see what one says.
Discourse (n.) is what articulates, that is to say, sorts out in meaningful wholes the intelligibility of being-in-the-world, and it does so as a precondition rather than the result of any use of language for a purpose set by us.
Discourse (n.) is what it is only because it is about something, said, shared (communicated), and made known.
Discourse (n.) is the existential-ontological foundation of language.
Discourse (n.) is what accounts for the fact that there are entities. Only by virtue of language does the world holds sway.
Discourse (n.) is constitutive of the way Dasein exists and discloses itself, articulating disposition and understanding within an intelligibility even before it is ever even interpreted.