Re: dD (Gee!)
Francoise Herrmann (fherrmann who-is-at igc.apc.org)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 07:59:15 -0800 (PST)
> Francoise,
> My apologies. I never know what people know & don't know. Anyway, Gee
> (1990) makes a distinction between discourse (e.g., conversations,
> stories, research articles, etc.) and Discourse--"a socially accepted
> association among ways of using language, of thinking, feeling,
> believing, valuing, and of acting that can be used to identify oneself
> as a member of a socially meaningful group or 'social network,' or to
> signal that one is playing a socially meaningful role'" (p. 143).
> Discourse (with the capital D), then, is a "sort of 'identity kit' that
> comes complete with instructions on how to act, talk, and often write,
> so as to take on a particular social role that others will recognize"
> (p. 142).
>
> Lenora
>
> >
> >
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Hi Lenora, Thnak you for the explanation. Sounds interesting. Akin
to a performance competence distinction at the conversation level.
Francoise
Francoise Herrmann
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