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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.

Finally, discourse (Rede) is primarily related to the present. By discourse, Heidegger 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.

is a communicating system which refers to a world that it claims to describe, express, or to represent.

1. (A) a language system is viruta and hence timeless. (B) discourse always occurs at some particular modment of time. 2. (A) a languge system is self-contained. (B) discourse always refers to persons who say or write or hear or read3. (A) A language system is a necessary condition for communicaiton (provides codes), but does NOT itself communicate. (B) communicates among interelocutors. (A) the signs in a language system refer to other signs in it. (B) 'refers to a world that it claims to describe, express, or to represent'

is a form of power that circulates in the social field and can attach to strategies of domination as well as to those of resistance.

Foucault defines discourse as a form of power that circulates in the social field and can attach to strategies of domination as well as to those of resistance' (Sawicki, 1991: 43)

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.

In ancient Greek, Discourse means to make manifest, in the sense of revealing what one is talking about in the discourse. In this way discourse was similar to the ancient Greek definition of Logos (words/language) which also meant 'to show something', or 'to let it be seen', (Aristotle called it uncovering). Thus the Greeks defined the function of language (the logos) in terms of the 'making manifest' of discourse. (munday) In the discourse, the 'that,' which is made manifest is discourse itself. This underscores the fact that discourse is never a fiat (a fiat is an act of creation by speaking, like in Genesis, Chapter 1, verse 3, when God said 'let there be light' and there was light). In reality however, the things one talks about are not actually created or called into being merely by the talk. Discourse, in this sense, is therefore 'just talk.' However, things which do not exist, (like ideas and myths) can appear to be existent when announced in discourse, for example we can talk of 'pink elephants' or 'pigs that fly'. In this sense discourse makes these things manifest and seemingly real. For example, a person who is troubled by a problem is advised to get it out into the open by talking about it 'a problem shared is a problem halved.' But the reasoning behind such advice is predicated on a notion that Heidegger is trying to articulate here. Namely that discourse objectifies thoughts and presents them as things which show themselves and can therefore be dealt with for straightforwardly as we deal with other existent things in the world. [ref. 7, page 56] (mundey)

is a practice of exclusion that includes but is not limited to language. The purpose of discourse, according to foucault, is to establish a will to a specific truth'.

Foucault defines discourse variously and perhaps most famously as a practice of exclusion that includes but is not limited to language. The purpose of discourse, according to Foucault, is to establish a will to a specific truth' (Trigo 2013)

is a structural totality of differences. Discourse is not a practice but the result of a practice.

he defines discourse as a structural totality of differences (but because discourse cannot be fixed in place or maintained by locating something outside discourse to define itself in relation to, it collapses from within). Furthermore, Laclau defines discourse as not a practice but the result of a practice and argues that discourse analysis is in opposition to deconstruction and that the two work in a circular relationship to each other.' (Key Terms in Discourse Analysis By Paul Baker, Sibonile Ellece)

is a system consisting solely of sentences but naturally forming the object of a second linguistics. It has its units, its rules, its 'grammar' beyond the sentence.

is a system in which the signified is never absolutely present outside a system of differences.

This was the moment when language invaded the universal problematic, the moment when, in the absence of a center or origin, everything became discourse-provided we can agree on this word-that is to say, a system in which the central signified, the original or transcendental signified, is never absolutely present outside a system of differences. The absence of the transcendental signified extends the domain and the play of signification infinitely.

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