Effective means achieving the purposes of the symbol user‚ whether that purpose is persuasion‚ clarity‚ beauty‚ or mutual understanding. • Rhetorical discourse is the messages crafted to the principles of rhetoric • Rhetor is the individual practicing preparing‚ presenting rhetorical discourse. 2. What are the marks or characteristics of rhetorical discourse
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down approaches to discourse analysis: Based on the different basis of the analysis‚ the two approaches were differently preceded. While top-down approach viewing genre move as purpose relies on identification of communicative purposes‚ bottom-up processing concerns content and function. Bottom up approach see language as a whole. Taking the so call lower level elements of language to some extent for granted‚ it is to be proceeded from the most detailed features of discourse towards the most general
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Discourse Analysis -> Popularized in the last 10-15 years -> aims to ‘understand’ the world better -> power behind the phenomenon -> the ‘way’ in which we talk about something has a major influence on the way we respond to it and interpret it Discourse about asylum seekers in Australia •queue jumping •illegal •equality •asylum rights •distinction b/w asylum seekers and refugees •border security •us+them •race‚ culture: ‘our way of life’ •assimilation •detention sentence •idea of threat
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several types of discourse communities‚ which have different goals‚ values‚ language‚ issues‚ effects and communication style. The discourse community that I identify myself with is the boarding family discourse community. This community may only be made up of a few members‚ yet the impact they have in their neighborhood is quite significant. They may not be related or even have known each other for more than five years‚ yet the bond and connection they have is so strong. My discourse community is composed
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What’s the BIG IDEA? A Student’s Guide to How “Academic Writing” becomes “Academic Discourse” By Dee Broughton You may think that the purpose of college is the education of students‚ and certainly‚ to some degree‚ that’s true. But your professors are not just teachers. They are academics who research and study in their chosen fields in order to contribute to the body of knowledge in that field. In short‚ your major field‚ such as ELT or chemistry or food science‚ exists in the university because
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respect that is so strong that it could last a lifetime or end in a minute. That’s why playing your best when you really need to is so important in sports‚ especially among friends and people you look up to‚ the people you go to when you need help with something. The experts of our community are usually the people who have been playing the longest. They are who lead us when we practice or make plays. The last thing you want to do is bring any kind of negativity to the basketball court because it
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traditions”(Newton D Baker). Through exploring the history‚ power structure‚ slang words‚ rushing process‚ membership obligation‚ the way Phi Gamma Delta members dress‚ and how students who are not in a fraternity see the members. We will see how this discourse community can seem bias to outsiders. Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1‚ 1848 by six men who graduated from Jefferson College in Pennsylvania. The Phi Gamma Delta Chapter‚ nicknamed Fiji or Phi Gam by the members‚ has a hundred and thirteen
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January 23‚ 2007 To: Teacher From: Student Subject: Analyzing a Discourse Community I am analyzing my bowling league for our homework assignment‚ in which we were required to identify specialized terms‚ proper topics‚ channels‚ and rules. Specialized terms During a bowling league there are many terms that a person that has never bowled might not understand such as getting tapped. What could sound a little vulgar really means that a bowler’s shot‚ or throw‚ was a good ball
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way communities communicate with each other and the specific ways they do so. In “Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice: Membership‚ Conflict‚ and Diversity”‚ Johns defines communities of practice as something that “refers to genres and lexis‚ but especially to many practices and values that hold communities together or separate them from one another” (500). Communities of practice are groups of people who use distinct language‚ objectives‚ and ideas‚ that are different from other communities
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they developed their literacy which is unique per person. The article Literacy‚ Discourse‚ and Linguistics by James Paul Gee goes through different theories he has on the correct and incorrect ways that language is used when communicating during different scenarios and why. The main cause of unique levels regarding literacy are the different Discourses a person may have. First and foremost are the primary Discourses which are basically what an individual is born into; this includes culture‚ parenting
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