As John Swales’ once said in his excerpt “The Concept of Discourse Community,” “a discourse community is a group of people involved in and communicating about a particular topic, issue, or in a particular field”(Swales). Within these societies, they form their own type of subgroup, of people with similar goals who work toward said objective. I encountered a discourse community...
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Introduction The concept of intertextuality, which refers to the relationship between texts and how they influence each other, plays a crucial role in understanding discourse communities. The article, "Intertextuality and the Discourse Community," explores these intricate relationships by examining how texts within a community contribute to shared knowledge and collective identity. This essay critically reviews the article, highlighting its strengths,...
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Journalist, Jeremy Rifkin in his newspaper article “A Change of Heart about Animals,” published in Los Angeles Times (2003) addresses the topic of animal science and argues that animals are similar to humans in multiple aspects as in emotional, somewhat mental, and behavioral. Jeremy Rifkin supports his claim by presenting multiple animal studies conducted at different research institutions. Questioning old...
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Suits and Ties Studying the habits of human beings, theorists have proposed different ways in which humans interact with one another. Humans associate with people through similar passions, interests, backgrounds, or beliefs. I currently want to pursue a career as a financial analyst. A financial analyst is someone that helps prevent financial risks for large enterprises and companies. So in...
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Genre is defined as typical rhetorical ways of responding to a situation that repeatedly occurs within a scene. To help better understand that a scene is a place in which communication happens among groups of people with some shared objectives. Lastly, a situation are various rhetorical interactions happening within a scene, involving participants, subject, setting, and purposes. To further analyze...
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What is cognitive dissonance? Cognitive dissonance, coined by Festinger (1957) refers to an unpleasant psychological state in which an individual's beliefs and knowledge do not align with their actions. Cognition refers to people's ideas and knowledge about the external world, their immediate environment, and aspects about themselves which include attitudes, emotions, behaviours and beliefs. Persons seek to reduce unpleasant states...
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A discourse community is a group of people who share a set of goals, which are basic values and assumptions, and ways of communicating about those goals. The ability to communicate is very important to a discourse community. It is important because without communication the community would not be able to convey information to each other, and they wouldn’t have...
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The Lost Decade The Stock Market crash is the most substantial economic crisis of its time. Beginning in 1929, all flourishing technological advances, financial security, and emotional well being were halted. Many people lost their careers; as a result, their self-worth promptly diminished. It would take around a decade for the nation to get back on its feet. Four years...
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One might say that language is just the way we speak to one another. But what some people do not understand in English is that language can be misleading. One may easily know how to apply grammar corrections to their papers, but they may not know how to use language properly. Using language properly can lead to the proper facilitation...
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In this day and age technology is the way of life. Everyone is always on their phone and never pays attention to the outside world. Even thought that is a major change in society, technology does have its perks. I have read an article by John Swales about discourse communities, and since then I never realized how many different communities...
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Introduction Discourse community is defined in the Genre Analysis as the “Increasingly common assumption that discourse operates within conventions defined by communities, be they academic disciplines or social groups”. (Herzberg Pg. 21). As this is a very simple break down of the term discourse community, the work that goes into keeping a discourse community continuously relevant and going is a...
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First lecture Our first lecture of Global Business Communication started with the definition of BELF (Business English as a lingua franca). BELF has three contextual features which are important to communicate efficiently in a business environment: “its domain of use, the role of its users, and the overall goal of the interactions” – in other words, global businesses, business professionals...
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Speaker: I'm qualified to speak about this issue because I'm passionate about learning history. I think it's crucial to draw ties between similar social movements because you might be able to prevent repeating history. Purpose: The purpose of this letter is to inspire those in the Climate Change movement to learn from their opponents and not view the incoming hate...
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The Sneakerhead Discourse Community The Sneaker discourse community is a diverse one, which encompasses the minds of many creative members ranging from a plethora of diverse backgrounds. To communicate ideas with a central focus on modern and retro footwear, members of this group use specific terminology in their dialect. This “sneakerhead language” allows a smooth transfer of ideas between one...
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When Shevonda Minor walked into the first Tiger Leadership Institute meeting, she felt hesitant and shy. She sat in the front, somewhat away from everybody, and talked in a soft voice, “Hi everyone! My name is Shevonda and I’m in the Tiger Leadership Institute because I am shy but I need to break away from that. I’m going to need...
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The first established death penalty laws date as far back as the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes. The vast majority of individuals facing execution were convicted of crimes that are indistinguishable from crimes committed by others who are serving prison sentences, crimes such as murder...
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A global initiative to thrive corporate sustainability has congregated pace in recent years. The skills, knowledge and sophistication associated with leading corporate sustainability initiatives have developed to enhance sustainability moves from the edges to the mainstream of corporate activity. (Klettner, 2014). Woodside is a gas producer company whereas Evolution is a gold mining company. Woodside is the largest natural gas...
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1. Introduction After spending 30 years on the “endangered” list, China’s wild pandas have risen in numbers. Due to a population rise, panda nature reserves have grown from 40 to 67 since last surveyed. Traditional methods such as supporting the construction of roads and railroads, mining, deforestation, and poaching have steadied to a decline, resulting in an increase in the...
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Introduction to Migrant Laborers During the Great Depression Are workers who travel to different parts of the country to find work or employment, this can be because they can not find work anywhere close by, so they have to go around asking for jobs. A ”migrant worker is an individual who either moves inside their nation of origin or outside...
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Current estimates on the number of species present on Earth vary widely but a census conducted by Hawaii University concluded that this number stands at 8.7 million species. Of this number, 1.3 million have been entered into a database so far. This diversity is fundamental for ecosystem stability and ultimately essential if we are to support our continued existence on...
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Introduction The wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax, is an iconic raptor native to Australia, renowned for its expansive wingspan and commanding presence in the skies. As apex predators, these eagles play a crucial role in the ecological balance of their habitats. However, increasing human encroachment and environmental changes pose significant threats to their survival. The development of effective husbandry guidelines is...
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Introduction “A Leader is summoned to the fore by the needs of the time”. - (Smith, 2008) We stand today at a time of change and challenge. At a time when humanity faces its greatest and most complex challenges, we are unfortunate to have a dearth of leadership. Competence has become a rare commodity among some of the world’s most...
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Systemic lupus erythematosus is the most known kind of lupus. It is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system strikes its own tissues, inflicting extensive inflammation and tissue injury in affected organs. It affects the joints, skin, brain, lungs, and kidneys. Lupus doesn`t have a cure, however medical interventions and lifestyle changes helps contain it. ('Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)...
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Introduction Rhetorical strategies are words or phrases that are used to inform, educate, convey meaning, provoke a response from a listener or reader and persuade during communication. Although the strategies are ordinarily used in literature, we often use these types of words in our everyday conversations without notice. For example, the metaphor, it's raining cats and dogs. This is a...
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In the 19th century, women in the United States had few legal rights and most of all did not have the right to vote. This speech on the women's right to vote was given by Susan B. Anthony after her arrest for casting an illegal vote in the presidential election of 1872. Anthony was then tried and fined $100 but...
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Introduction to The Law of Sea India has managed to build a rich Maritime history in the course of time even before the rise of the European Maritime laws. During the ancient period, Indian ships would sail across international seas and transport all sorts of valuable goods to the neighbouring Asian and Middle Eastern countries. After the advent of the...
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“Best In Class” can be seen as full of rhetorical strategies and rhetorical appeals. Margaret Talbot uses exemplification as a rhetorical strategy in order to capture the audience's attention. Throughout the essay, she introduces many rhetorical situations, many being about becoming valedictorian. Talbot writes about issues of naming students valedictorian. She states that there are too many factors that can...
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The enourmous growth in the use of the Internet over the last decade has led to radical changes to the way that people consume and share information. This growth whose effects we mainly see through social media functions as an undeniable factor in the way people communicate.People use the advcancements of technology at an increasing rate to share information through...
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Introduction Reliance industries Limited (RIL), an Indian conglomerate holding company located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, functions in five major areas exploration and production, refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and telecommunications. In 1960s, the firm was set up as Reliance Commercial Corporation by Rakesh Ranjan and his cousin Champaklal Damani; in the year 1965, with the culmination of the partnership, Mr Dhirubhai...
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Whilst the country is grappling with the effects of COVID, the federal government, although not short of any criticism regarding the states’ individual responses to the corona virus, is seeking to hand off the jurisdiction of approving major infrastructure projects to them, right under our noses. Changes to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999 (EPBC Act) have...
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