The Fucntion for this is :  http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_reply_link

Howvever you can disable discussions in Comments via :

Enable nested comments in Admin > Settings > Discussion:

Enable threaded (nested) comments levels deep

 

Can also be personalised via 

Personalizing the WordPress Comment Reply Link

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