John Pappas Mrs. Fogle English 101 9 December 2009 Frisch’s Discourse Community What is a discourse community? According to John Swales‚ a respected written communication analyst‚ a discourse community is described as a group of people that have the same goals or purposes‚ and use communication to achieve these goals. In addition‚ “A discourse operates within conventions defined by communities‚ be they academic disciplines or social groups” (Swales‚ 119). This is not be confused with a speech
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A qualitative method‚ the focus of discourse analysis (DA) is any form of written or spoken language‚ such as a conversation or a newspaper article. The main topic of interest is the underlying social structures‚ which may be assumed or played out within the conversation or text. It concerns the sorts of tools and strategies people use when engaged in communication (also known as linguistic repertoires)‚ such as slowing one’s speech for emphasis‚ use of metaphors‚ choice of particular words to display
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Ms. Newhouse English 101 section 61 9/16/14 A Discourse Community Have you ever been among people who are very much like you? That it does not matter what differences you have you all have a lot more in common. A member of 4-H constitutes a discourse community because of an agreed set of common public goals‚ level of membership‚ and something that provides information and feedback. An agreed set of public goals for our community is that as a whole group we do a lot of community
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history‚ there are major differences between mainstream Public and Oppositional discourse. From these differences‚ controversy and tensions arise. First‚ there is the difference of public discourse of having more of a structural basis to it than the marginalized group who has more of the ability to speak out with no restraints. Another‚ are the facts that are being reported directly from the source (public discourse) and the way the media (marginalized group) will report something. Native Americans
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Discourse on Colonialism - Group Work Connections with Things Fall Apart: In “Discourse on Colonialism” mentioned on page two‚ paragraph three‚ the author makes a connection with the misinterpretation of how the Europeans thought that those who did not practice Christianity were savages. “...is Christian pedantry‚ which laid down the dishonest equations Christianity=civilization‚ paganism=savagery‚ from which there could not but ensue abominable colonialist and racist consequences‚ whose victims
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The normalcy of racial discourse in everyday language can be accredited to the fact that it has loosely been a part of early childhood development‚ such as when children are first learning how to read. For example‚ several jokes books and photography books with titles such “How to Speak Chinese Funny” and “Lost in Translation” encourage children to find humor in foreign language’s translation mistakes. Additionally‚ these books encourage racist discourses at a young age‚ teaching children that mimicking
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Does Love Exist in Marriage?: An Analysis of Love in The Country Wife The Country Wife by William Wycherley is a comedy full of naughty laughs‚ and an elaborate game between men that illustrates several themes concerning men‚ and women. Throughout Wycherley’s play‚ he clearly shows the contrasts between the single life and married life in London during the 1670’s. Eventually‚ going as far as having the audience undoubtedly believing that love does not exist in marriage‚ shown specifically within
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References: Cook‚ G. (1989). Discourse. New York: Oxford University Press. Fasold‚ R. et al. (2006). An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. McCarthy‚ M. (1991). Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Radfold‚ A. et al. (2008). Linguistics: An Introduction. (2nd ed). Cambridge University
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Discourse markers (words like ’however’‚ ’although’ and ’Nevertheless’) are referred to more commonly as ’linking words’ and ’linking phrases’‚ or ’sentence connectors’. They may be described as the ’glue’ that binds together a piece of writing‚ making the different parts of the text ’stick together’. They are used less frequently in speech‚ unless the speech is very formal. Without sufficient discourse markers in a piece of writing‚ a text would not seem logically constructed and the connections
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Title A contrastive discourse analysis of warnings Author(s) Cheung‚ Wai-ling‚ Sonia.; _5ags². Citation Issue Date 2001 URL http://hdl.handle.net/10722/31894 Rights The author retains all proprietary rights‚ (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. Abstract of thesis entitled A contrastive discourse analysis of warnings submitted by Wai Ling Sonia Cheung a dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
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