Discourse Community January 12, 2009

A discourse community is a group of people usually within the same living conditions who are are defined by that area by language and beliefs. There are an endless amount of these types of groups. A church congregation within a small town can be sectioned as a discourse community. A college full of students can be placed under this same category. When one is affected by this discourse community, their language and ideals are much different than other discourse communities. Example, beliefs in the west coast and slang will be much different than the east coast.