Culture in Discourse 1.0 Introduction Discourse‚ its etymology comes from Latin‚ discursus (which means “running to and fro”) is the term that concerns with spoken and written communication. In linguistics‚ discourse is a unit of language longer than a single sentence. More broadly‚ discourse could be the use of spoken or written language in a social context. According to Hinkel and Fotos (2002) in New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms‚ discourse in context
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My definition of a discourse community is basically any group of people who share similar interest and knowledge about a topic‚ have some common background or experiences‚ and share some way of communicating with each other. The student body here at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is my discourse community. The student body and I know how difficult it can be the first few days of college to navigate around campus and find the simple things like where to find the library‚ computer lab‚
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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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who 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
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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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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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_____RICHARD HAKLUYT___1584_____ A particular discourse concerning the great necessity and manifold commodities that are like to grow to this Realm of England by the Western discoveries lately attempted‚ Written in the year 1584 * known as DISCOURSE OF WESTERN PLANTING [Excerpts] 1. That this western discovery will be greatly for the enlargement of the gospel of Christ whereunto the princes of the reformed religion are chiefly bound among whom her Majesty is principal. . . . Then it is necessary
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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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In “Discourse on Education” students would study education in other countries and the role that colonization plays in the curriculum and ultimately‚ the culture of the students. How does the organization of a country or region’s schooling system impact student’s values? There is a lot of direction to go with this Critical Inquiry course‚ but I choose to focus on an education system’s effects. The students would first have overviews of how a country’s education works with lectures of the curriculum
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To appear in the Handbook of Discourse Analysis‚ edited by Deborah Tannen‚ Deborah Schiffrin‚ and Heidi Hamilton. Oxford: Blackwell. Computer-Mediated Discourse Susan C. Herring 1 Introduction 1.1 Definition Computer-mediated discourse is the communication produced when human beings interact with one another by transmitting messages via networked computers. The study of computer-mediated discourse (henceforth CMD) is a specialization within the broader interdisciplinary study of computer-mediated
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