discoursaladj.
/dɪˈskɔːsl/, U.S. /dᵻˈskɔrs(ə)l/ Chiefly Linguistics.
Of or relating to discourse or a discourse (see discourse n. 7, 8).
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1967 Harvard Theol. Rev. 60 28 Even after we know the meaning of the individual words and individual sentences, we still fail to grasp the general idea which they are trying to express through their ‘paragraphal’ and ‘discoursal’ unity.
1980 M. Fortescue Disc. Production Model for ‘Twenty Questions’ i. 26 All that is required for a discoursal act to be performed successfully is recognition on the part of the hearer of the speaker's intention to produce a certain effect in him.
1993 Appl. Linguistics 14 174 Some linguists..will say that it is grammatical, but that its unacceptability derives from other causes, either pragmatic or discoursal.
2001 S. Benesch Crit. Eng. for Acad. Purposes iii. 39 Academic genres across disciplines share certain discoursal features.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1967- put to work
- put to wrack
- put to wrack and ruin
- put together
- put too fine a point on
- put too fine a point upon
- put too many irons in the fire
- put two and two together
- put two fingers up
- put two fingers up at
- put under
- put under bonds
- put under one's shoulder
- put under the button
- put under the microscope
- put under the sod
- put unto a stand
- put unto one's worse
- put unto the worse
- put up
- put up a bad show
- put up a bill
- put up a black
- put up a brave front
- put up a decent show