Discussing Discourses Many people find the concept of a discourse community to be important enough to write about but many have failed to create a clear and universal definition. Three scholars: Porter‚ Swales‚ and Gee each attempt to create their own definition of the concept. Each of their articles has major differences in their interpretation of the notion of discourse communities while still having underlying similarities. The articles all build off the work of others while also introducing
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Outline 1. Cognitive Linguistics: some basic facts 2. Branches of Cognitive Linguistics 1. Cognitive Linguistics: some basic facts What is cognitive linguistics? Cognitive linguistics is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the conceptual structures and cognitive processes that underlie linguistic representation and grammar in language. [3] Cognitive linguistics is the study of language in its cognitive function‚ where “cognitive” refers to the crucial role of intermediate
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Julia Allgeier 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
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My Soccer Discourse Community Soccer has been a huge part of my life since I was young. Ever since I can remember‚ I’ve joined the school soccer team when I was given the option. Of all the years I was involved in soccer‚ my high school freshman year was the most memorable. Due to my advanced skills‚ I was put in the senior soccer team‚ a feat quite difficult to accomplish for any incoming athlete. That year our school hired a highly experienced coach; he made our school team feel like a real discourse
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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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primary discussion focuses on discourses‚ which are essentially the specific words or ways of thinking that people use when they are around certain groups of people (51). He explains how they apply to the ideologies of all cultures and communities‚ stating that the individuals use discourses every time they communicate with each other (54). Lastly‚ Gee highlights the differences between learning and acquiring knowledge and ties everything to his definition of literacy‚ which is the ability to effectively
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employs a host of expressive means ranging from linguistic to paralinguistic and extralinguistic features. It is the natural language‚ however‚ whose systematic variation on all levels of its structure (phonology‚ morphology‚ lexicology and syntax) offers the widest possibilities of suiting its use to fit communicative functions of discourses in various contexts. Thus linguistic expressive means‚ which are systematically identified and cetegorized by linguistic stylistics (stylolinguistics)‚ lie at the
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that has stuck out in particular to me is Gees ideas about Discourse. A Discourse is “ a socially accepted association among ways of using language of thinking and of acting that can be used to identify oneself as a member of a socially meaningful group or social network” (Gee 274). Literacy can be seen differently though everyone’s eyes because we all have different interpretations of it. Gee believes that literacy is all about Discourses. This connects to all of the literary critics works in how
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To discuss this issue‚ one must discuss Ferdinand de Saussure’s linguistic revolution. However‚ this cannot be achieved without mentioning pre-Saussurean linguistics. Throughout nineteenth and early twentieth century‚ the science of language was philology‚ and not linguistics. Philologists’ scope of activity was fairly limited to the analysis of the alterations that happened to a particular phenomenon in language‚ for example word or sound‚ throughout long expanses of time. Their main approach to
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Emergent Literacy During the last 3 decades‚ increased attention has been focused upon the effects of emergent literacy in an early childhood education environment and children ’s later knowledge (Roberts‚ Jurgens‚ & Burchinal‚ 2005). It was once believed that children learned to read and write only when they entered elementary school and received specific instruction. However‚ most research now indicates that a preschool environment is critical in the development of a variety of cognitive
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