The term discourse refers to
a. a sentence in which the speaker has made a speech error, and the listener fails to detect this error.
b. an interchange between two or more people, in which one person tries to convince the listener or listeners.
c. a series of sentences that describes a sequence of events, organized in terms of the date of occurrence.
d. language units that are more than a sentence in length.
Ans: d
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