What is the purpose of Stein’s challenging essay? The purpose of Stein’s challenging essay is to give readers the idea that he wants to bring down his opponents. Also to emphasize his viewpoint of the Yankees fans at the time. This occurred during war time so, that is something which might’ve triggered in one area of his writing of Americans going to war.
- How does Swales explain what he means when he writes that speech communities are centripetal while discourse communities are centrifugal? (471) Swales explanation of speech communities being centripetal is that these tend to bring people and their goals closer together and discourse communities being centrifugal tend to send people further away. That separates them and their goals.
- According to Swales, what are the six defining characteristics of a discourse community? (471-473)
- broad agreed set of goals.
2. mechanism of intercommunication among 12 its members.
3. provides useful information and feedback
4.uses one or more genres in the communitative furtherance of its aims
5. acquires some specific lexis and genre.
6. has threshold level of members with suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise.
- In your own words, what does Swales point out as the problems of the concept of discourse community? (478) The problems that Swales points out as the problems of the concept of discourse communities is that they end up splitting with too much ideas still unveiling.
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