1. Regarding discourse communities Swales is one of the most well-known authors and researchers. He discusses his six characteristics of a discourse community and makes it very simply to understand, which is awesome. Maybe this is a question that could be answered from browsing the section before the reading but how did Swales come up with these characteristics? Did he do it on his own or can we attribute the creation of these characteristics to others too? What type of research did he perform to form these characteristics? They questions are unimportant in the long run but it's interesting to know how these six characteristics came about.
2. Since we've began discussing and analyzing discourse communities more I've had a chance to understand each of the characteristics more. After having dealt with all the characteristics and how they relate to discourse communities I'm wondering if the fourth characteristic is necessary? Swales discusses the characteristics that discourse communities need including goals, outer communication, inner communication, genres, lexis and hierarchy. Why is the genres of communication needed as a characteristic of discourse communities? I feel like it's over kill.
3. I would also be interested to know of Glenn, Wardle and Swales who came out with their research first and did they influence each others texts. Swales, Glenn and Wardle all make relevant points about discourse communities but who's idea was the original idea?
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