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    The community “are a groups of disciples and social group” (Swales‚ 217)of engineers which are referred to as a Discourse Community. Essentially‚ Thorat’s audience and discourse community are those of who are highly anticipating new technology and basic engineering skills. His articles focus on engineering concepts. He mostly focuses on softwares and design projects to support those who want

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    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

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    There are a large number of Discourse communities exist in the world. Different people may stay in their different community or someone may take many communities. Discourse community is a way let different people‚ who have a same interests‚ using language‚ action‚ interaction‚ values‚ beliefs‚ symbols‚ objects‚ and tools together to place in such a way that other people can recognize them as member of their community (Gee 446). Which means those people may have their special things to show each other

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    A discourse community can be defined as a group of people who share knowledge of a certain topic‚ share similar backgrounds‚ and have a common goal. A lot of them also had unique ways of communicating with each other which outsiders could not understand. They give everyone something that makes them feel like they belong somewhere and are important too. Being in one of these communities is a good way to be a part of something with people who are easy to relate to and can help you grow fundamentally

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    Environmental Discourse Analysis as Applied to Ecosystems Environmental Sociology FRANCYS JANE DERRICK Environmental Discourse Analysis as Applied to Ecosystems What is an ecosystem? At first glance‚ this seems to be a straightforward question‚ one to be answered by environmental scientists. However‚ the concept of an ecosystem‚ or more specifically‚ the action that posits the existence of an ecosystem‚ raises a series of questions that challenge some basic assumptions about the environment

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    Emma Luster HIS 282 November 6‚ 2011 A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government Nakae Chomin wrote A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government in 1887. It is a work of debate literature that presents us with multi-dimensional characters with very specific and indefinable beliefs about how Japan should be run. Nakae Chomin studied in France for some time and this certainly must have influenced his thoughts and writings. In our textbook‚ Modern East Asia‚ we learned about many different

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    of this‚ exposition‚ the intention is to explain something: for instance‚ to make some idea clear to the reader‚ to analyze situation‚ to define a term‚ to give directions. The intension‚ in short‚ is to inform. One of the four major forms of discourse‚ in which something is explained or “set forth” EXAMPLE: Outdoor Education remains my favorite field trip of all time due to all of the memorable activities we experienced. For instance‚ I was able to touch and hold a wide variety of animals

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    men acquire by contact with great personalities‚ or when admitted to partnership in great 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

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    his new way of thinking in his Discourse on Method‚ published in 1637. The Discourse was only one the first part of the volume in which it was published. The three other parts addressed the sciences of optics (the study of light)‚ meteorology‚ and geometry. In the first three parts of the Discourse‚ Descartes sets the foundation for his method.With that foundation‚ Descartes unleashed his famous groundbreaking statement in Part Four:In the first part of the “Discourse‚” Descartes describes his background

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    Models in Discourse Processing Teun A. van DIN INTRODUCTION In this chapter it is shown that models play an important role in both oral and written discourse processing. Although the term model has several other meanings‚ it will here exclusively be used to denote a specific kind of knowledge structure in memory. 1 In particular‚ the notion of model is intended here to account for the role of personal knowledge people have about real or imagined situations in the process of discourse production

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