Blog 3

In a couple weeks, we've managed to run through a number of terms in the discussions. Known or not, they are to be learned to be used in further discussions. Those terms included:

1) Lexis - Language used within a discourse, or Jargon.

2) Discourse - Language in use, or Communication.

3) Discourse Community - A group of people that are members of a certain discourse and are familiar with the lexis within the discourse.

4) Analysis - The examination of an element in detail by explaining the pieces of the element to give the entire element meaning.

5) Genre - A categorization based on expected events or language.

These were only a few that were mostly mentioned. More terms were given during class, but of the many, these were the terms that were most used.