Latent semantic indexing

Matt Albert Period 2 10/15/15 Language Essay The internet is a place where people from all over the world have the opportunity to voice their opinion. However, this includes the misuse of hurtful words that can single people out. Time and time again I have witnessed people misuse the word retard, whether it be referring to something as “retarded” or even trying to insult someone by calling them a “retard”. The other day while discussing an upcoming test with one of my classmates, I heard the…

Discourse community is a group of people who communicate with each other with the same goal. James Paul Gee wrote “Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction”, James E. Porter wrote” Intersexuality and the Discourse Community”, and John Swales wrote “the Concept of Discourse Community”. They express the ideas on discourse communities; but they also have some similarities on the ideas of discourse communities. Gee and Swales have the similar idea on the importance of social practice in…

Answerable Question How does offensive behavior (as defined by the sessional contract) affect cohesion of the group? Operationalize Variables Cohesive as defined by the Merriam Webster dictionary is closely united or causing people to be closely united. Group cohesion is defined as the level of overall consistency among group members in their social interaction profiles with peers (Shi, B., & Xie, H. 2014). In a cohesive group members are more likely to have a greater influence on one another…

The world in consisted of many communities. It ranges from small book clubs to the medical team at a public hospital. These communities are called discourse communities and they consist of professionals who share a common goal for the public, have specific ways of communicating, “provide information and feedback” to each other, use different ways to expand their goals, possess their own jargon, and is consistently growing by mixing new with the experienced members (Swales 471-3). A discourse…

Mythological allusions can help elucidate prevalent themes in novels by connecting them to well-known myths. The novel Moby Dick, written by Herman Melville, is a tale that uses a confluence of mythological allusions to help strengthen its message about society. With these allusions the reader begins to understand the topic of discussion and is also exposed to the wisdom and knowledge Melville possess. Throughout the novel, biblical and Greek allusions help exemplify the nature of human defiance…

Swales defined discourse communities as "a group of people who link up in order to pursue objectives that are prior to those of a socialization and solidarity, even if these latter should consequently occur” (Swales, 220). This definition of a discourse community creates an expectation that a group must follow in order for it to be considered a discourse community. New members that are added to discourse communities also have an expectation that in order to become a full member, each individual…

What is a discourse community? What does it take to be a part of a discourse community? A discourse community describes the ways in which language use is defined by a certain community. Since there are many forms of communication, it is very imperative to understand how a discourse community communicate because the members basically have their own language and communication method. First you must obtain knowledge and have creditability in the particular field, topic, issue or area of interest…

The research done by Dunsmoor and Murphy focused on typicality and how it related to fear- that is, how the knowledge of fear is learned depending if it is first associated with a typical or atypical exemplar. To explain what an exemplar is, we must first explain what a category is in relation to this research. A category is a mental concept of an object, event, or person. These items are usually connected in some way and share properties with each other. (Murphy, 2017) A good example of this…

With regard to Swales’ (1990) Create-a-Research-Space (CARS) model, ESP genre is defined as move and step as an analytical tool to examine textual sequence for two levels of the analysis: microstructure (lexico-grammatical features) and macrostructure (rhetorical structures). ESP genre has been applied increasingly in US higher education (Johns, 2002). This approach is related to discourse communication and has been designed in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) language teaching and learning…

This is a movie poster for Marvel’s Ant-Man. The movie was directed under Peyton Reed and premiered in the United States on July 17, 2015. It is a PG-13 action/adventure film with a lot of science fiction. I believe you can tell just by looking at this poster that the movie looks suspenseful. I have seen the film and was very impressed with it and its elements. The creators of this movie poster are trying to tell a lot about this movie from everything that is included within it. The poster…