Reference no: EM133203410
Swales Discourse Community Characteristics
Discourse Community:
How are you a member of this discourse community?
Describe the history of your membership here
has a broadly agreed set of common public goals.
List the "broadly set of common public goals" for this discourse community
has mechanisms of intercommunication among its members.
How do the group members communicate?
uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback.
How do members participate in the discourse community - and give feedback?
utilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of its aims.
What genres does the group use to communicate - between members and with the public?
has acquired some specific lexis
What specialized vocabulary (terms, language, etc.) does the group use to work/communicate?
Has a threshold level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise.
How many members belong to the organization?
How many members are in management and/or decision-making roles?
How many members are 'allowed' to speak for the group?