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[Houston Wood]

Susan wrote: "Even though "discourse" can easily be conceived of as
primarily verbal, I also believe that pictorial and gestural elements are
key components
in a definition of discourse- along with any social customs, psychological
perceptions, spiritual understandings, or other culturally shared
referents, perspectives, associations, or knowledge."

This seems to equate discourse with culture, and to define culture as
everything associated with humans. Is this generally what folks on this
list mean by "discourse"?


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