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    Springboard Diving as a Discourse Community The world of diving has been around since the 1800’s and has been seen at the Olympic games since 1904. It first started off being called “fancy-diving” where the aim was to plunge into the water and see who could achieve the furthest depth underwater. It then progressed and became more complex involving specific skills and dives which first only men were allowed to participate in, and later women came into the society. To this day, diving is one of the

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    The Animal Science discourse community is community that dedicates their studies in having an immense knowledge on animal health, animal behavior, farm management, and livestock production. For the reason that people keep animals in captivity for recreational, educational, experimental, production or breeding, people within the animal science discourse community believe it is important come to understand the well-being of the animals we depend on. The common goal within the people in this field is

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    Mattei then goes on to talk about the different discourse styles of men in women. She says that while women tend to try and form connections, as shown previously in Tannen’s study on coherence, men see conversations as being “won” or “lost,” (as cited in Case 1994, 149; Luttrell 1995, 433; Tannen 1990). She says that men’s style of discourse puts them at an advantage in a place like Congress. Mattei states, “ Not coincidentally, the purpose of male communication is consistent with male’s retention

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    giving us the ability to adapt our small groups, of 2-4, with a unique discourse that is molded to our students. We only have one student we teach that is labeled as an English Language Learner but she speaks English fluently and at home the primary language spoken is English. I have learned that most of our student’s cultural discourse differs in many ways and being able to gather the difference in each and create one discourse that benefits all our students is difficult. Some students are used to

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    Norah Albaiz WRIT101 2/24/15 Rhetorical Summary In the article “Intertextuality and the Discourse Community” James Porter points out to the audience that there is no original piece or writing. Porter’s article addresses the concept of plagiarizing. He does not oppose that plagiarizing is wrong, rather he claims that it is inevitable. Porter argues that in all pieces of writing are intertexual. Intertexuality is the idea that all writings have traces and ideas from other past text. Intertextuality

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    Hussein Reda English 3010 Mr. Scott DeGregoris 31 January 2016 Project 1: Pharmacy Discourse Community • What is a discourse community? In today’s world, everyone takes part in different discourse communities such as involuntary or academic memberships (Johns, 501). A discourse community is a group of dedicated people who share the same ideas, goals, and forms of communication about the field they are interested in. A discourse community "has a broadly agreed set of common public goals” and “use communication

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    There are a number of things that I still need to do to revise my draft of the Discourse Community paper. First, I must check whether I have answered all the research questions required. I also must make sure I have completed all the activities that are also mandatory for this paper. For instance, I have to figure out where I will include the thirty-minute interview of the International Relations professor that I am going to conduct on Friday. Including the interview will allow me to properly answer

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    Draft Joining into a “fandom discourse community” has more extravagant depth than the simplistic “claiming a team” and representing them solely on game night. Authentic members develop deep emotional investment into the events that circulate around their team. Whether it be voluntary or unknowingly, these passionate individuals over any given subject or matter often find themselves surrounded with or acquainted with those of similar connotation. This is how discourse communities are developed, through

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    Impact of the Political Discourse Ethics System on the Consequentialist and Virtue Ethics in the Professional Athleticism of Iran Introduction: In the world today, professional sport championships require some new ethics based on which the measurement and evaluation of athletic behaviors could be realized. In the athletics and professional sports which have already become an industry like mercantilism, more and more profit is sought. Habermas’s theory of discourse ethics is an ethical approach

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    ADDICTION COUNSELING DISCOURSE COMMUNITY For every problem there is an obvious solution. If this was the case, we would not need addiction counselors. Some problems don’t have a solution at all. Yet, with Addiction Counseling if the client has the will, the counselor will help them find a way. If we look closely into the group we can quickly see that there are many tools and genres to assist in aiding the addict through the process of recovery. As we investigate further it becomes apparent that

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