Blog # 3

Swales - The concept of a discourse community.

In this article Swales introduces the term Lexis which is just a fancy way of saying language. Lexis is used to determine the terminology used within a group.

Analysis - is when you look at something and pick it apart in order to make a conclusion about the community. When you analyze a discourse community you are picking it apart by looking at all of its parts , which sometimes can be looking at the LEXIS within the group in order to make a conclusion of the groups functions.