Diskursiivsetes

Diskursiivsetes is Estonian linguistic terminology referring to the inflected form of the adjective diskursiivne, meaning discursive or relating to discourse. In use, diskursiivsetes describes elements that pertain to discourse when talking about multiple items or in certain grammatical contexts. The form is common in academic writing across linguistics, communication studies, media analysis and literary studies, where researchers discuss how language operates within or across discourses.

In Estonian grammar, adjectives agree with nouns in number, case and definiteness. The form diskursiivsetes appears when describing plural nouns in a case requiring the -setes ending, such as in the inessive plural meaning “in discursive [texts, contexts, domains]”. For example, phrases like diskursiivsetes tekstides, diskursiivsetes kontekstides are used to refer to features found in discursive texts or contexts. This allows precise reference to discursive aspects across different sources and genres without repeating the noun.

Common usage includes analysis of how discursive strategies, structures or styles emerge in texts or utterances. Researchers may speak of diskursiivsetes meetodites (in discursive methods) or diskursiivsetes uurimustes (in discursive studies), illustrating how the term functions as a descriptor within broader discussions of discourse.

See also: diskursiivne, diskursus, diskursiivsus.