Summary:
In the article "Materiality and Genre in the Study of Discourse Communities," DeVitt, Bawarshi, and Reiff attempt to show the audienece how genre relates to the study and definition of discourse community. They argue that studying genre can help one understand the concept of discourse community.
Synthesis:
One can relate this article to a few of the articles we have read. The articles written by Gee and Swales both deal with what a discourse means by definitions that they created. This article defines discourse community based upon genre.
Personal Response:
I thought that this article was helpful becasue it opened my eyes to yet another way to define a discourse community. This comes in handy as I think of discourse communities to choose for project three. It gives me a few more options to choose from, I guess.
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