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  1. rwu.pressbooks.pub › thinkingrhetorically › chapterDiscourse and Discourse Community – Thinking Rhetorically ...

    The term discourse community combines two key concepts—community and discourse. Generally speaking, community refers to the local groups we live and work with, our neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.

    • Christian J. Pulver
    • 2020

  2. guides.libraries.uc.edu › 2089 › introResearch Guides: English Composition 2089: Researching ...

    Aug 15, 2024 · A discourse community is a "social group that communicates at least in part via written texts and shares common goals, values, and writing standards, a specialized vocabulary, and specialized genres."

    • Erin Rinto
    • 2012

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  4. guides.library.appstate.edu › cRC 2001 Research Guide: Discourse Communities and Research

    Sep 13, 2024 · A discourse community may describe a group of people with common interests or a group of people who use highly technical language; any group that uses a common language to communicate the group’s goals may be defined as a discourse community. Examples and Implications for Your Research.

  5. writingcommons.org › audience › discourse-communityDiscourse Community – Community of Practice - Writing Commons

    • Why Is The Concept of Discourse Communities Important to Writers?
    • What Are The Three Major Types of Discourse Communities?
    • What Are The Six Defining Characteristics of A Discourse Community?
    Understanding Audience
    Effective Communication
    Building Credibility
    Engagement and Persuasion

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    John Swales (2017, n.p.) proposes there are three major types of discourse communities: 1. Local Communities 1.1. “These are groupings of people who all work at the same place (as in a factory or a university department), or at the same occupation in the same area (all the bakers in a town). These DCs [Discourse Communities] have acquired many abbr...

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    Swales theorizes that six characteristics guide community formation and evolution: 1. Shared Goals: 1.1. Members of a discourse community have shared objectives or purposes. 2. Methods of Communication: 2.1. The community has one or more mechanisms for communicating among its members. 3. Participatory Communication Mechanisms: 3.1. There are mechan...

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  6. pressbooks.gvsu.edu › writingspaces3 › chapter7 Understanding Discourse Communities - Grand Valley State ...

    Writing teachers and scholars have come up with the concept of “discourse community” to describe a community of people who share the same goals, the same methods of communicating, the same genres, and the same lexis (specialized language). What Exactly Is a Discourse Community?

  7. pressbooks.pub › eng121slu › chapterDiscourse Communities – Writing @ Saint Leo

    The Oxford Dictionary definition of a discourse community is “a group of people sharing a common and distinct mode of communication or discourse, especially within a particular domain of intellectual or social activity”. What goes into a discourse community though is much more.

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  9. compositionforum.com › issue › 37The Concept of Discourse Community - Composition Forum

    A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values and assumptions, and ways of communicating about their goals. Linguist John Swales defined discourse communities as “groups that have goals and purposes, and use communication to achieve their goals.” {1}