Quote 1: “The basic idea of a rhetorical discourse community arose in contrast to the longer-standing sociolinguistic concept of speech community.”

I founded this quote very interesting because it teaches us how the concept of a discourse community arises. Also, since it was created in contrast to the concept of a speech community it helps us understand the there is a considerable difference between them. Such as the six criteria that define them.

Quote 2: “The third and final main type of discourse community has characteristics of both local and focal DCs, which is why I have coined the fused term “folocal” as a neologistic amalgam of the “local” and “focal”.

This quote is interesting for me because “folocal” communities are my favorite ones between the three of them. It could include people that all live across the world and are interested in the same topic, have the same hobby or just share the same interest.