I took a class on discourse analysis.
The discourse was only about eachother, therefor no one else was involved.
Yes. The definition is communication of thought by words. There are plenty of words that you can use to make a sentence with that word.
Discourse is key to an open, trustworthy,and understanding relationship.
"The political leaders hoped for meaningful discourse on the economy.""In the last few decades, there has been increased discourse on the subject of gay rights."