Quote 1: “In consequence, when a university becomes established in a town, the presence of this constellation of discourse communities influences the wider urban environment; as a result, the urban … Read More
Category: Week 2 Work (Page 4 of 4)
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“A third problematic area is that both the discourse community concept and that of communities of practice tend to view their objects of study through an overly idealistic … Read More
Quote 1: “The basic idea of a rhetorical discourse community arose in contrast to the longer-standing sociolinguistic concept of speech community. The latter was premised on a homogeneous assemblage of … Read More
Quote 1: ” Thus, members of a DC may have different first languages, different religions, and belong to diverse ethnicities.”
Response: I agree with his quote because every race comes … Read More
Quote 1: ”The latter was premised on a homogeneous assemblage of people who share place, background, language variety and who largely share social, religious, and cultural values. Such communities tend … Read More
Quote 1: “However, it is unclear whether, in this era of cell-phones, family dispersion, a fluid and uncertain job market for the young, the rise of international trade, and … Read More
In ¨ Reflections on the concept of discourse community¨ by John M. Swales, the first quote that I found interesting was , ¨ has a threshold level of members with … Read More
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 … Read More
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| “Indeed, many types of discourse communities develop shorthand expressions, such as abbreviations and acronyms, to aid speed of communication. Members of such groups can be of different nationalities, |
