A Discourse Community and Cosmetology To some people a cosmetologist may not have the perfect job. However they have been around for centuries. Cosmetologists didn’t have the name they have today‚ but they date back to Ancient Egypt‚ China‚ Rome‚ and Greece. Every culture has incorporated beauty into their everyday lifestyle. The field of cosmetology is somewhat of a more broader field than others. Cosmetologists can decide to style hair or he/she can chose to incorporate hair‚ skin‚ and nails
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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
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A discourse community is a group of people who speak and share the same interests in certain topics‚ knowledge‚ and vocabulary; they also use similar jargons specific to that community. I belong to several discourse communities ranging from family‚ friends‚ and church to my ethnic group‚ weight watchers‚ and my classmates. The discourse community that I am going to discuss in this paper is the one that gets me motivated and eager to take part every Tuesday; it is the women’s bible club at my church
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Learning about discourse community in writing is very essential because it helps students learn about their discourse communities. I learned a lot about the use of language in a discourse community. This essay has not only taught others about Pakistani community I have also learned new things about my community. This essay has also helped me move away from five-paragraph essay format. I have also read articles which described the discourse community the author entitled too. This essay has taught
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be classified as a discourse community. For example‚ a youth choir at church‚ a football team‚ and Girl Scouts are all classified as a discourse community. What is this so called discourse community? Well‚ a discourse community is a group of people who all share a set of common goals with each other. Although‚ there are numerous of discourse communities‚ they all use different languages to communicate with the members that are within the group. McCarthy states that “community members share characteristic
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My discourse community that I chose is law. I chose this direction because law is something I’m passionate about. Whether it be defending the rights of an individual‚ or an entire business‚ this is something I see worth doing. Sometime this year‚ I met a friend that shared his passion for law with me. He chose law because of the fifth amendment‚ stating‚ “everyone has the right to not self-incriminate oneself. For example‚ when the government knows you have a document that is self-incriminating‚
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“Its gotta be the shoes!” (Mars Blackmon) There are many groups/discourse communities I belong to. A discourse community is a group of people who have a common interest. They also have their own way of speaking‚ writing‚ behaviors and values. My favorite one is the sneaker head community. What is a sneaker head? A sneaker head is a person who buys shoes to wear and collect. It has become a culture‚ and has made this sneaker loving community have its own way of speaking‚ writing‚ behaving‚ and showing
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played those kind of games as a kid. There is also a little bit of Kung-Fu‚ Karate Judo and etc. influences on the styles. In this ethnography‚ I will discuss how MMA is more than just a combination of different fighting systems; it is also a discourse community‚ in other words according to John Swales‚ it is a made up of individuals who share “a broadly agreed upon set of common public goals”. This form of fighting can be traced back since the Greco-Roman times during the ancient Olympics when the
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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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A discourse community is essentially a group of people that aggregate together at a time when their interest may meet. I’m a member of an immoderate number of discourse communities‚ as are others I’m sure. Interestingly‚ when I mull over what community I can say I find most attractive‚ there is almost no confusion on which community that is. Quite astonishing‚ really‚ since most would likely have multiple favorite discourse communities. It wasn’t until I thought deeply about this particular matter
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