Diskursiivseid

Diskursiivseid is the partitive plural form of the Estonian adjective diskursiivne, meaning discursive. It is used to describe nouns in the partitive case and appears in sentences that refer to a subset or unspecified amount of discourses, texts, practices, or analyses. In practice, it conveys that the thing being described relates to discourse or the use of language in social context.

In academic and public discourse, diskursiivne (and its inflected forms like diskursiivseid) is used to discuss how language shapes knowledge, power relations, identities, and social norms. The term is common in fields such as linguistics, sociology, media studies, communication science, and anthropology. Typical phrases include diskursiivseid tekste (discursive texts), diskursiivseid analüüse (discursive analyses), and diskursiivseid praktikaid (discursive practices).

Usage and nuance: the form diskursiivseid signals that the described items are part of a broader discursive field rather than singular, concrete instances. It aligns the discussion with language-driven processes that produce or reflect social meanings. The concept often appears in analyses of public discourse, policy talk, media representation, and interaction, where researchers examine how discourse constructs truths, categories, and actions.

See also: diskursus, diskursiivne, discursive studies, discourse analysis.