Analyze Discourse Community on People Against Canada Goose
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HomeworkHelp.docx1. A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of common public goals. Primary goal? Secondary goal?
2. A discourse community has mechanisms of intercommunication among its members. Media? Platforms? Channels?
3. A discourse community uses its participatory mechanisms primarily to provide information and feedback. What are the participatory mechanisms? What kinds of information are shared? What does feedback look like in the community? What do members do with feedback?
4. A discourse community utilizes and hence possesses one or more genres in the communicative furtherance of its aims. What are some of the genres utilized in the community? To what genres do your three primary sources belong?
5. In addition to owning genres, a discourse community has acquired some specific lexis. What are some lexical features that distinguish the group? What are some examples of distinct lexis in the three primary sources?
6. A discourse community has a threshold level of members with a suitable degree of relevant content and discoursal expertise. What is the threshold for membership in the community? Who are the members? What constitutes 'expertise' in the community, and who are some experts? What is the dynamic between experts and novices?
