Language and Occupation Theory

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John Swales (2011)

Discourse communities:

  • Share common goals
  • Communicate internally
  • Have specialist lexis
  • Possess a required level of skill and knowledge to be eligable
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Almut Koester

Personal chat is important for effective working

It enables employees to work together

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Drew and Heritage (1993)

There are strong heirarchies of power within organisations

Knowledge over time is built up over time and used, e.g. subject specific jargon

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