Essays on Discourse Community

John Swales a well-recognized linguistic wrote a paper some decades ago titled ‘The Concept of a Discoursed Community’ in this paper he described the characteristics of a discourse community by having a broadly set of goals; having set ways of communication, enabling to provide information...

Going for my first semester at Sacramento State University can be stressing and a new experience for every student attending. Every student has to attend classes, see a counselor about their major take different classes to expand their knowledge and least but not last be...

In the years before I took English 1010, I did not know that a discourse community was a thing, let alone a widely known thing. After I read the information that my professor gave to me and researched a little bit about them I now...

Every career, club, and organization has its own type of community that defines it. A discourse community is defined as, “the focus of texts and languages, genres and lexis that enable members throughout the world to maintain their goals, regulate their membership, and communicate efficiently...

In public organizations and business discussion, various ideas and opinions are made. In order to reach agreement among participants, discussion is essential. During which, differences in the processing of forming an agreement will affect the final conclusion. So major statements should be analyzed to reach...

What is something that seems to get more addicting among young adults and teens with each passing day? Some people may say it’s phones or the rising influence or exposure of social media. Although I concur with these ideas and assumptions, I am referring to...

According to Foucault, discourse is the process where we define, generate certain ideas about anything around us and makes sense of the reality through verbal communication such as writing or discussing with others. It sets the borderline for members of the community to think or...