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Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.
Kenneth L. Pike

Meaning of "universe of discourse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE

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Universe of discourse is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Domain of discourse

In the formal sciences, the domain of discourse, also called the universe of discourse, is the set of entities over which certain variables of interest in some formal treatment may range. The domain of discourse is usually identified in the preliminaries, so that there is no need in the further treatment to specify each time the range of the relevant variables. Many logicians distinguish, sometimes only tacitly, between the domain of a science and the universe of discourse of a formalization of the science. Giuseppe Peano formalized number theory taking its domain to be the positive integers and the universe of discourse to include all individuals not just integers. For example, in an interpretation of first-order logic, the domain of discourse is the set of individuals that the quantifiers range over. In one interpretation, the domain of discourse could be the set of real numbers; in another interpretation, it could be the set of natural numbers. If no domain of discourse has been identified, a proposition such as ∀x is ambiguous.

Definition of universe of discourse in the English dictionary

The definition of universe of discourse in the dictionary is the complete range of objects, events, attributes, relations, ideas, etc, that are expressed, assumed, or implied in a discussion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE

as a matter of course
Bourse
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Synonyms and antonyms of universe of discourse in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «universe of discourse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE

Find out the translation of universe of discourse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of universe of discourse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «universe of discourse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

话语的宇宙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

universo de discurso
570 millions of speakers

English

universe of discourse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रवचन के ब्रह्मांड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكون الخطاب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Вселенная дискурса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

universo de discurso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বক্তৃতা মহাবিশ্বের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

univers du discours
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alam wacana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Diskursuniversum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

論議領域
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

담론 의 우주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alam semesta
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

vũ trụ ngôn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரபஞ்சத்தின் பிரபஞ்சம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रवचन विश्वाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Söylem evresi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

universo del discorso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uniwersum dyskursu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Всесвіт дискурсу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

univers de discurs
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σύμπαν του λόγου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heelal van diskoers
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

universum av diskurs
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

univers av diskurs
5 millions of speakers

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Kenneth L. Pike
Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total coherent system of these integrating with each other, and with behavior, context, universe of discourse, and observer perspective.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE»

Discover the use of universe of discourse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to universe of discourse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shakespeare's Universe of Discourse: Language-Games in the ...
This book makes ample use of approaches to language within linguistics, semiotics, the philosophy of language and sociology, in order to do justice to the subtlety of Shakespeare's verbal artistry.
Keir Elam, 1984
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Teaching the Universe of Discourse
"... The present book sketches a pedagogical theory of discourse that may provide both a fuller rationale for the curriculum, ..."-Foreword.
James Moffett, 1983
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An Introduction to Symbolic Logic
(A) The Universe of Discourse The total collection of all those and only those elements which belong to a formal context is called a Universe of Discourse. In ordinary conversation, we assume the limitations of such a universe, as when we say: ...
Susanne Katherina Knauth Langer, 1967
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John Dewey's Theory of Art, Experience, and Nature: The ...
A universe of discourse is the immediate informing context for the significance of a situation. The system of meanings which renders an experiment in biology significant is a different type of system from that which constitutes the background for ...
Thomas M. Alexander, John Dewey, 1987
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Novels and Arguments: Inventing Rhetorical Criticism
At the end of chapter 3 we concluded that "the universe of discourse is a universe of themes and variations in which a novel can be treated as a treatise and a treatise as a novel because both are interpreted by means of fictive argument.
Zahava Karl McKeon, 1982
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Information Structure and Sentence Form: Topic, Focus, and ...
The model makes no claim to originality but simply serves to establish certain background assumptions for the discussions to follow. The universe of discourse is divided into two parts:2 (a) the TEXT-EXTERNAL WORLD, which comprises (i)  ...
Knud Lambrecht, 1996
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Transformations
By writing "psycho-analytic" invariants, variables and parameters I have limited the universe of discourse ; only within this universe of discourse can these terms be described as representing invariants or parameters. There is opportunity for ...
Wilfred R. Bion, 1984
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Writings of Charles S. Peirce: 1879-1884
P 268c: 182-86 Boole, De Morgan, and their followers, frequently speak of a " limited universe of discourse" in logic. An unlimited universe would comprise the whole realm of the logically possible. In such a universe, every universal ...
Charles Sanders Peirce, Max Harold Fisch, Christian J. W. Kloesel, 1989
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A Paradigm Theory of Existence: Onto-Theology Vindicated
Part of the problem here is that Sommers seems to slide from 'universe of discourse' to 'universe,' from 'domain under consideration' and 'world' in the logical sense of 'domain of a claim' to 'external world' and 'real world.' It is one thing to say ...
W.F. Vallicella, 2002
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Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest
It mixes the universe of discourse of baseball with that of hockey and football; hence, it is incomprehensible. It is nonsense, not as an essay in English syntax and grammar, but as a description of something which we know from our experience.
David R. Blumenthal, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE»

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Offended by something you read? Don't demand an apology, argue …
A universe of discourse that cherishes such distinctions has set itself at war with modernity. Like the mediaeval church, the theory supposes that we will build a ... «The Straits Times, May 15»
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If you're offended, don't expect an apology
A universe of discourse that cherishes such distinctions has set itself at war with modernity. Like the Medieval church, the theory supposes that we will build a ... «The Japan Times, May 15»
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Offended? Don't Demand an Apology
A universe of discourse that cherishes such distinctions has set itself at war with modernity. Like the Medieval church, the theory supposes that we will build a ... «Bloomberg View, May 15»
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The Miraculous, a Book About Art That Is a Work of Art Itself
Hence the importance of names, as shorthand for the universe of discourse each has produced. If you don't “get" what you are seeing, you look down at the wall ... «artnet News, Oct 14»
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It's not that Ann Coulter says vile things to get attention
... if nothing else, you'd think that people would demand that conservative media no longer consent to welcoming such vileness into its universe of discourse. «Patheos, Aug 14»
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A Familiar Name Fights Presbyterian Divestment
“It was no wonder to me that these two friends found each other so congenial, not only in this shared universe of discourse, but also in their dependence upon ... «Tablet Magazine, Jul 14»
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Special Report The Sixties' Road to Rutgers and Beyond
Where did adults learn such hostility for free discourse? ... methods and concepts, serve to enclose the mind within the established universe of discourse and ... «American Spectator, May 14»
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Inspiration, Intellectuals & Iconoclasts on the Internet: Interview with …
In the 1960s, when there's only newspapers, radio and television, Herbert Marcuse talks about 'closing the universe of discourse', that there's no way of getting ... «Village, Dec 13»
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In Spite of Myself by Nicola Gunn
This is Gunn versus the narrow universe of discourse that is academic high-art practice and consideration; a show in which she appears as curator and ... «The Guardian, Oct 13»
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Reframing the agents of resistance at Gezi Park
We have been pushed into a universe of discourse which interprets these events as 'black and white', especially with reference to the deeds of Erdoğan. «Open Democracy, Jul 13»

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