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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
A. The Definition of Discourse
Discourse is a connected stretch of language especially spoken language usually bigger than a sentence, and particularly viewed as interaction between
speakers or between writer and reader.
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Similarly, the lexical meaning of discourse in the Webster`s College Dictionary, discourses are 1 communication of thought by words, talk,
conversation, 2 a formal discussion of a subject in speech or writing, as a treatise or sermon, 3 any unit of connected speech or writing longer than a sentence, 4
to communicate thoughts orally; talk; converse, 5 to treat of a subject formally in speech or writing.
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Different to the lexicalization meaning, Sara Mill differentiates the meanings of the discourse on three points. They are the theoretical concept, the
context using, and explanation method.
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On the theoretical concept, discourse is defined as a common domain of the whole statements; it refers to the whole
utterances or texts which have meaning and real effect in the society. Then, in the context using, discourse is some statements used in the certain
context.
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It functions to identify some structures that develop in the society, such
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Sylvia Chalker and Edmund Weiner, Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar, New York: Oxford University Press, 1994, p. 118.
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Random House, Webster`s College Dictionary, America: Random House, 2001, p. 352.
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Sara Mill, Discourse, London: Routledge, 1994
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Brown and Yule 1983, op.cit. pp.25-26.
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as the feminism discourse or the communism discourse. Moreover, in the explanation method, discourse defines as a practical unit that is organized to
explain some statements. In every discourse term, discourse has a central idea or a main message. The speaker always used the discourse to convey its information to
the hearer. So, discourse always has a form of the sender speaker or writer, the message topic that is being discussed, and receiver hearer or reader.
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From the all definitions and opinions above, the writer concludes that the meanings of the discourse include: 1 the connecting structure of the utterances
on spoken discourse or connecting structure of the sentences on the written discourse 2 used in certain context and situation 3 arranged systematically,
having local or sequential coherence, and 4 convey ideas or messages form sender to receiver from the speaker to hearer or writer to reader.
B. The Definition of Discourse Analysis
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