In the article “Why be normal?”: Language and identity practices in a community of nerd girls.” Bucholtz first described what both speech community‚ and community of practice were? According to her definition‚ Speech community was a language-based unit of social analysis used in traditional sociolinguistics research. The community of practice‚ on the other hand‚ was an ethnographic‚ activity-based approach. In her research paper‚ she strongly agreed with the theory of community of practice. The reason
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In the poem “Cross”‚ by Langston Hughes have many different denotations in the title. Denotation is a dictionary meaning of a word. Connotation is a feeling that a word invokes to its literal or primary meaning. There are also many examples of connotation in the poem that Hughes uses. What different denotations does the title have? What connotations are linked to each of them? The title “Cross”‚ has many different denotations including a symbol of a religious belief‚ pass by‚ or an object. The
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Piyash‚ Mujahidul Professor Watson Science of Language 11/04/2014 Critical Analysis Essay Draft 1. Discourse means “the way of being” in a community. Discourse community is where a group of people involved and share their opinion‚ knowledge about a particular topic. Conflicts can be create when rebellion happens in a discourse community. Rebellion in a discourse community try to change the rules which creates conflict with leaders of the particular discourse community. It changes the particular
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As hard as it is to really admit that our society is broken up into small groups. These individual groups can 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
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Ann M. Johns‚ a well-known linguist has studied the 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
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For my analysis of a discourse community that I am a part of‚ I will be focusing on St. Xavier High School and Jesuit education. St. Xavier is a great example of a discourse community and is backed up by the scholarly articles written by John Swales and Joseph Harris. Joseph Harris focuses his argument about what makes a community a community around writing. Harris proposes that “our aims and intentions in writing are thus not merely personal‚ idiosyncratic‚ but reflective of the communities to which
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The purpose of this essay is to connect a discourse community I am a part of and finding a genre that focus on reading and writing. Every human being is a part of discourse community. A discourse community for me is where I am working at. I have been part of this discourse community for three years now. I work at Valle Optical it is an eye care clinic. It is located in Southwest Detroit. I am an assistant. Being an assistant means having to assist patients with any questions they have in regards
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BARRIERS IN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION /COMMUNICATION FALLOFF People in the world are not exactly alike. Cultures or countries are not the same. These differences‚ however‚ can cause problems in conveying your meanings. Each person’s mind is different from others. As a result‚ message sender’s meanings and the receiver’s response are affected by many factors‚ such as individual: Semantic barriers Conventions of meaning Physical Barrier Psychological barriers Emotional barriers Perceptual
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Ambition is that part of our emotions which craves for success. History has given it a negative connotation. Napoleon Bonaparte had an ambition: to become the ruler of Europe and consequently‚ the world. So did Alexander‚ William II and Hitler. This ambition drove them to massacre a million lives and thus the negative connotation arose. Aspiration on the other hand is described as the “will to succeed”. Having the Will to succeed is preferred over having a strong desire to succeed. Period. Aspiration
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1. An allusion occurs when an author makes a reference to a time‚ place‚ or character from another literary work. In Sinclair Lewis ’ "The Hack Driver" Lewis makes many references and comparisons. Specifically‚ he makes two allusions. The first allusion is to Heaven ’s gate and St. Peter. Lewis (1996) says of Bill‚ "When he gets to Heaven ’s gate he ’ll call St. Peter Pete ’" (P. 58). Lewis ’ second allusion is to the Amazon River while describing Lutkins ’ mother. His allusion is used
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