In the article, “The Concept of Discourse Community” by John
Swales is as the title explains it. Swales’ redefines what a discourse
community is to him. Swales’ comes up with six characteristics that a discourse
community has to have. He also demonstrates that discourse communities all use
genres.
I can relate “The Concept of Discourse Community” by John
Swales to James Porter’s “Intertexuality and the Discourse Community” because
they both mention how the discourse community has an impact on writing. Porter
argues that what we write is shaped by our specific discourse community and
Swales challenges that a little bit with his definition of a discourse
community.
Before You Read:
2. I come from a city where there are so many Greeks; we get
off of school for their holidays. I remember going to a Greek fest, and
although being friends with many Greeks in my town, I felt a little out of
place. They have never made me felt this way, but being the only one of color
in a whole building can cause some discomfort.
QD:
5. As silly as it sounds, the only discourse community I can
relate to is being a cheerleader. As a cheerleader, you must sign an agreement
of public goals, or expectations. As for participatory mechanisms primarily to
provide information and feedback I was captain of the squad and that position
not only meant leading, but providing info and feedback to my coach. The
different genre’s I was exposed to on the squad was that being a cheerleader
you were held up to a certain expectation as a leader. A specific lexis that
was required was creating different and various routines. Lastly, the threshold
level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal
expertise would be the try out process.
I enjoyed the article, “The Concept of Discourse Community”
by John Swales. I really liked the concept of the six characteristics of what
makes a discourse community. I can easily relate what Swales was presenting to
discourse communities that I have been apart of.
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