Discourse as a Social Practice | Discourse, Language and Power in Urdu/Hindi

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Discourse as a Social Practice | Discourse, Language and Power in Urdu/Hindi
Discourse:
According to a linguist Michael Halliday, discourse is "a unit of language larger than a sentence and which is firmly rooted in a specific context."
Social Practices:
"Social practices shape everyday life and are familiar to all members of the community, even if not everybody participates in them. Distinctive social practices that are specially relevant to a community and help reinforce a sense of identity and continuity with the past." - UNESCO
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