official discourse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofofficialanddiscourse
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official
adjective
uk/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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discourse
noun
uk/ˈdɪs.kɔːs/us/ˈdɪs.kɔːrs/
languagespecialized
the use of language to communicate in speech or writing, or an example ...
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(Definition ofofficialanddiscoursefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofofficial discourse
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There is 'official'discourse(subject-matter related) and 'unofficial discourse' (other related).
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The value of studies that illuminate and explicateofficialdiscourseis that we are better able to see the workings of change over time.
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Purist discourse is a ridiculous fantasy, but imagined origins, genealogies, and bloodlines are willfully and pridefully constructed in defiance of hegemonicofficialdiscourse.
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It is also a refreshing antidote to the earnest but misleading dichotomies of muchofficialdiscourse.
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However, the dramatic decline of the birth rate - a result of rapid urbanization and increasing female employment - led to a re-direction ofofficialdiscourse.
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Second, following an old colonial tradition of statecraft, government situated itself at a level removed from society and, inofficialdiscourse, assumed its own autonomy.
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Careworkers are on their own in these areas, their practice is rendered invisible, something beyond the limits ofofficialdiscourse.
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Both in the reminiscences of the old residents and in theofficialdiscourse, gundilong was widely described in terms of its impoverishment, sordidness and maleficence.
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The orphanage situation replicated the discrepancy between theofficialdiscourseand reality in communism: beauty could hide oppression, as long as surface appearances did not reveal truth.
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Rural petitioners often used theofficialdiscourseof increased national agricultural production in aid of the war effort - and of national ' development ' more generally - against the government itself.
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Protocol,officialdiscourse, its limits, and new regulations and rights could be articulated to villagers up and down the country via petition writers.
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Development practice may diverge fromofficialdiscourse, may be shaped by local struggles and may inform and redefineofficialdiscourse.
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The absence of anofficialdiscourseof mestizaje, in retrospect, signals the drive to keep the mass of indigenous people separate from the culturally homogenised citizen-subjects of the nation.
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Yet they do point to an emergent strategy of governance, predicated on a different set of precepts and practices than those associated with theofficialdiscourseof mestizaje.
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Theofficialdiscourseof incentivising research and innovation is not enough to achieve this.
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The episode also exemplifies the carnivalesque, which includes humor, bodily excess, linguistic games that challengeofficialdiscourse, and the inversion of social structures.
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Thus, inofficialdiscourse, the second generation of leadership lasted from 1976 to 1992.
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The usual term inofficialdiscoursefor such a group is a leadership collective, which are counted in generations.
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Inofficialdiscourse, each group of leadership is identified with a distinct extension of the ideology of the party.
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