There are many interesting points in John Swales ”Reflections on The Concepts of Discourse Community ” One of his quotes that i found very intriguing is ” when a university gets established in a town, the presence of the constellation of discourse communities influences the wider urban environment .
The reason i find this quote compelling because it shows how interdependent each discourse community is to the other and how they can influence eachother in positive ways
The following quote i found compelling is when John says ” Consider the situation of the local branch of your bank, or a car dealership in your area. The people who work in such places have both their own ways of going about their tasks, and their own conventionalized ways of talking about those tasks and with their customers. However, they also are in contact and receive instructions from regional or national offices that in part determine how they carry out their duties. In effect, they are subjected to both centripetal and centrifugal forces”.
The reason i find this quote compelling because i wonder if the people in these communities are conflicted with trying to balance these two communities or just lean towards one or the other communities.
The first discourse community I am apart of is my job work team I picked them because we communicate very we’ll and have the same goal . Another reason I picked this community was because since we have the same goal we all help each other perform exams like putting patients on the table and starting exams for each other
The second discourse community im apart of is my football team . My footbal means a great deal to me we all have the same objective which is to win. The reason I like this community is because we push each other to be better at the game.
The third and final discourse community i am apart is my family . I consider my family a discourse community because we do have the same goal of making sure everyone is helping each other out and progressing through life .Im also very lucky in the sense of my family does everything they can to motivate me to keep going in life. sometimes we are not the best at communicating but we get our point across
Some things to think about:
I like your question about conflicts between DCs–its a great observation. that we can belong to multiple DCs and that these can be in conflict with each other.
You should refer to the author as Swales or John Swales but not by first name–it is convention.
Finally, think more in depth about each of your DCs. For example, what is your job? Radiology? So what are the DCs you participate in there–is it all radiology? Are CT techs different than MRI techs or X-Ray techs? Or is it different to be a tech in an emergency room than to work for a local clinic? Do any of these things change the way the group in each place thinks, believes, or communicates. Likely, yes.