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Occupation - Theories and theorist - Coggle Diagram
Occupation - Theories and theorist
John Swales
shared set of common goals
communicate internally using one or more mechanisnms and genre of communication
Identified a discourse community of having members who:
use specialist vocabulary and discourse primarily to provide information and feedback
have a required level of knowledge and expertes to be considered eligible to be part of the community
Sinclair and Couthlard
3 part converstaion
Works through authority such as a teacher in a class room
Initiation, response, feedback (IRF)
Holmes and Stubbs
Discusses the concept of 'communities of practice'
Groups who regularly engage in a service of joint enterprise who share a certain repertoire which enables them to communicate in a verbal short hand that is difficult for outsiders to understand
Norman Fairclough's influential and instrumental power
Instrumental power
Explicit and imposed by a higher authority
Imposed by government, legal systems, work places etc.
Sets clear expectations that people will follow the instructions and if they don't then penalties will be imposed
Little attempt to converge with the reciever
Bernard Spolsky
A specialised jargon serves not just to label new and needed concepts, but to establish bonds between members of the in-group and enforce boundaries for outsiders
Influential power
Tries to make people behave in a certain way, do something in a certain way to change opinions or attitudes
Often found in advertising
No 'force' is applied and no penalties