a list of discourse communities that I belong to:
NMSU
New Mexico
Santa Fe
college
facebook
myspace
Flickr
lomography
dance
couples
photography
blogging
youtube
english 211: Identity & Media
indie music
journalism majors
obama fans
women
A discourse community is a group of people that use language to achieve a common goal or purpose. I used to dance a lot in high school, and that discourse community had very specific vocabulary that helped us work together as a group. Without the knowledge of that language, you were not able to participate in the class or the larger dance pieces we were putting together. Each dance piece was put together from several different dance "moves" that are refered to by very specific vocabulary.
Three Identities
17 years ago
4 comments:
Wow great example! I would have never used dance but you're right, the moves and styles do have very specific vocab. Without that vocab, everyone in the number would be lost.
Nice list! So i just dance gangsta music! lol jk but i dance good choice
yeah i do still work there and it still is awesome i had alot of fun over there this summer! yeah the bbqs are sick i just went to it this past weekend.
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