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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John Baugh in his article “Linguistic Profiling” (2003) discusses “linguistic discrimination based on speech or writing” (2003‚ p. 155). The article discusses the negative and positive effects that linguistic profiling has on people‚ specifically on the people with an “undesirable accent or dialect” (2003‚ p.155). Much like racial profiling and its negative effects on people of color‚ linguistic profiling is the practice of imposing certain social characteristics on people who speak with a particular
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01/23/14 The importance of literacy. Literacy is known as the ability to read and write. It is the ability to communicate with each other‚ and to understand the concepts of everything. It does not mean that you will find literacy in a book because it can be found at any place on a daily basis. For example‚ while watching television‚ reading a magazine‚ when communicating with people in social networks‚ and especially in school. All of that has something related to literacy because there are words and
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Literacy is the ability to read and write[1]. The inability to do so is called illiteracy or analphabetism. Visual literacy includes in addition the ability to understand visual forms of communication such as body language‚[2] pictures‚ maps‚ and video. Evolving definitions of literacy often include all the symbol systems relevant to a particular community. Literacy encompasses a complex set of abilities to understand and use the dominant symbol systems of a culture for personal and community development
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Linguistic Segregation Draft 3 Throughout the history of the United States‚ the issues of racism‚ sexism and segregation have always been stressful because of all the immigration. When it came to the education of immigrant children who did not speak English and stood out otherwise‚ we often did not know what to do. We have always been striving to eliminate these prejudices‚ and even though we recovered from most types of segregation‚ we are still trying to eliminate the problem of language differences
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English 1302 6 Feb 2013 My Definition of Literacy Literacy is a term that can be defined indefinitely by a number of people‚ depending on their circumstances and situations‚ but to me it deals with an individual’s ability to read and write‚ communication‚ and one’s ability to convey meaning to others. Some words have multiple meanings and what it means to one individual‚ may not be the case for another person. We define words based on our life experiences and the certain situations that we have
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Marisa Homan Professor Paul Lee English 1301 28 September 2014 Clear Eyes. Full Hearts. Can’t Lose. An instance of me joining a discourse community was the time I joined my high school varsity tennis team. This discourse community was founded on athletic skills‚ mental toughness‚ and academic success. In order to contribute to this discourse community and to become a successful tennis player I needed each of these qualities. Through the three appeals of logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos I will acquire
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Discourse Analysis Discourse Analysis is a range of research approaches that are based on the use of language. Parker (1994 cited in Willig 2001‚ p. 107) presents discourse as a “system of statements which constructs an object and an array of subject positions" and in 1999 as patterns of meaning used to organize various symbolic systems in which people reside‚ enabling the exchange of meaning. Discourse analysis considers that that there is no one true view or interpretation. Interpretations
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wording is why a literary text loses so much in paraphrase or translation. However‚ despite this importance of precise wording‚ the meanings of literary works are often disturbingly imprecise. Apparently‚ the linguistics choices in literature are not the concern of applied linguistics. It does not have the same kind of direct social and economic consequences as language education policy‚ or the spread of English as lingua franca. Yet‚ it is wrong to decrease the value of the impact and importance
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Activity Report on Discourse Communities Communication is key for every organization or group to make progress and achieve results. Whether an organization be purely academic or for entertainment‚ it is through communication both will meet their goals. Discourse communities as defined by Swales are communities of individuals who meet together to achieve a goal. Although‚ having a goal and communication does not make any community or group a discourse community. The definition of discourse communities relies
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