Quote 1: ” 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 lens, especially in terms of assumptions about shared beliefs, values, motives, and allegiances among its members (Harris 1989).”

This quote catches my eye because I donā€™t believe that all members of discourse communities agree on everything. People are different and in my opinion, if someone belongs to a community, must be prepared for compromise, to achieve common goals.

Quote 2: “These DCs have acquired many abbreviations and acronyms as well as some special words and phrases that are needed in order to get their jobs done more quickly and more efficientlyā€”terminologies that are not used, nor even often understood, by the general public.”

Iā€™ve connected this quote with a video from last week ā€œWhat is code switching?ā€ and how different groups can develop their own way of communicating.