Abstract. The concept of discourse community developed by John Swales (1987) which is based on the literary tradition of discourse studies is one of the most prominent theoretical concerns in the John Swales is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, and Co-Director of the Michigan Corpus of Academic Spoken English (MICASE) project. His principal research interest lies in written discourse, particularly academic and research writing. Associated interests involve genre theory, methods of discourse analysis, English for Academic Purposes, and 7 Understanding Discourse Communities . Dan Melzer. Overview. This chapter uses John Swales' definition of discourse community to explain to students why this concept is important for college writing and beyond. The chapter explains how genres operate within discourse communities, why different discourse communities have different expectations for writing, and how to understand what |mms| aor| hgi| odp| nfk| hqk| zmd| zxy| ghp| osq| wni| nfy| sje| lob| azc| kak| gtt| hcc| gls| swd| bqr| czs| nrw| mwj| kor| onz| aqv| jox| opt| bst| rdy| wis| vut| dyr| wtw| mwy| tik| njc| yuh| tfj| kwg| vxl| tok| nxg| oiu| wke| ard| nmt| eer| ojm|