Discursive vs Nondiscursive - What's the difference?
discursive | nondiscursive |
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
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(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
Not discursive.
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As adjectives the difference between discursive and nondiscursive
is that discursive is tending to digress from the main point; rambling while nondiscursive is not discursive.discursive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
Derived terms
* counterdiscursiveSee also
* discourse ----nondiscursive
English
Adjective
(-)- This viewpoint is especially relevant to the interpretation of
such things as the dance, music, religious ritual, and the
representative arts. In all of these, one person can enter into a
significant relationship with another by means of a nondiscur-
sive sign system. Using a pharmaceutical analogy, it is as if the
language—dance, art, etc.—were the vehicle in which the
active ingredient—human contact—is suspended and con-
tained. Many things that people do together have mainly this
function, whether it be playing tennis, going hunting with a
friend, or attending a scientific meeting.
