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The excerpt “Arkansas Boys” from Paul Clemens book Made in Detroit is a clear example of a discourse community. The main reasons that the Arkansas boys are a discourse community is because of their profession, where they spend time, and how they interact with one another. One thing that relates to all of the Arkansas boys and makes them a discourse community is their profession. All of them are salvagers working at an automotive plant in Detroit. This fits into Swales concepts of a discourse community because all the workers have a common goal in salvaging the automotive plant. Additionally, within the group itself there are different levels of experience, an example of this would be comparing Terry to Terry Junior, in which Terry is the expert.
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