ABSTRACT
The concept of discourse is most closely associated with twentieth-century French philosopher and psychoanalyst Michel Foucault. In articulating and describing the concept of discourse, Foucault created a vivid theoretical description of the structures and functions of knowledge in contemporary society. Applied to multiple academic disciplines and a variety of social science research, the Foucauldian concept of discourse provides a structured analysis of that which is knowable. The description of this concept bounds modes of production of knowledge and the restriction of distribution of knowledge in all its forms. Jackendoff's Frame or Script theory and the theory of default values provide insight into the development of knowledge based upon the representation of external reality in print language. These theories characterize what an individual may know and how that person came to this knowledge through both conscious subconscious processes using stimuli available in their immediate representational environment.
