Discourse

A. Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis (1989, 1995) 1. This theory is used to critically analyze relationship between language, ideologies, and society to reveal the portrayal of women in the film. 2. Fairclough (1995) clarifies that discourse is not only written and spoken language, but it also visual part that has meaning (p.54). 3. According to Fairclough (2010), in Critical Discourse Analysis, language is viewed as a social practice because it shapes and is shaped by society. 4. According

Discourse analysis is the analysis of language in use. This goes beyond the use of words or clauses, or even sentences. It has to do with the study of speeches and the analysis of what we see, hear, or even face in everyday life. Discourse analysis has many approaches: for example, we have speech acts, pragmatics, critical discourse analysis, conversational analysis and the ethnography of speaking. I will start by giving brief definitions of each of the approaches. Austin (1962) defined speech acts

Discourse is a broad term with various definitions which “integrates a whole palette of meanings” (Titscher et al., 2000, p.42), covering a large area from linguistics, through sociology, philosophy and other disciplines. According to Fairclough (1989) the term refers to “the whole process of interaction of which a text is just a part” (Fairclough, 1989, p.24). As pervasive ways of experiencing the world, discourses refer to expressing oneself using words. Discourses can be used for asserting power

defines a discourse community as an exclusive group of people brought together by a common goal. According to John Swales (1990), every discourse community has six characteristics that makes them a discourse community. Overall the group must have a shared goal, in which they communicate with each other through different genres and lexis they have developed; genres are different types of communication that the group employ and lexis is the specialized language utilized by that particular discourse community

make reference to a discourse community. According to John Swales, discourse communities are unions where individuals have a common purpose, and communicate to achieve this. There are six characteristics that make up a discourse community. They are a set of common public goals, mechanisms of communication among its

A discourse community might be considered a “class of communicative events, the members of which share some set of communicative purposes” (Kehus, Walters and Shaw, 1). This concept is particularly useful if defined as a social relation of participants who share some set of communicative purposes: common public goals, mechanisms of intercommunication and participation. Greek life in American universities can be considered a discourse community, since they share a particular type of communication:

Critical Discourse Analysis Social communication is increasingly becoming a subject of scientists’ discussions from different disciplines, as well as ordinary language users. In contemporary social sciences, especially in linguistics, we see a clear shift to discourse. Discourse allows us to talk about use of the language, as well as the language as a socio-cultural activity. In this sense, discourse, on one hand, reflects the social reality, on the other hand, it shapes it, therefore participate

A discourse community is “is a group of people who share a set of discourses, understood as basic values and assumptions, and ways of communicating about those goals.” Many organizations and groups of people can be considered a discourse community. One in particular being Cheerleading. Whether it be competitive, high school, collegiate or NFL cheerleading, they all have similar common goals and communications skills. I have found multiple blogs and websites that talk about cheerleading as a discourse

resources to aid you in these emotions, by having plenty of discourse communities you can join, or even offering you the opportunity to create your own. As quoted by Herzberg in The Concept of Discourse Community, “the idea of a “discourse community” is not well defined yet” (469). Despite the vague concept John Swales offers, he further goes on to elaborate on what six characteristics discourse communities can be identified through. A discourse community which one of my roommates participates in is the

In the field I am only thinking about the ball and making a goal. That is a discourse community I can identify myself being a part of. What is a discourse community you may ask? A discourse community is a familiar community you engage on the daily or feel connected because you are a member. Through my high school years, I was labeled a soccer player. I played for three years straight. Being an athlete isn’t like the movies, when the jocks and any athlete can get easy A’s or not turn in their homework