For
my discourse community I believe I will focus on Greek life in
general instead of just fraternities. I believe that Greek life is
its own discourse community because it fills all the requirements of
one.
All
Greek organizations have a set of goals even though the =y vary form
organization to organization. In general most Greek organizations
strive to meet certain GPA requirements and almost all of them have a
code that they try to live by. Also as an organization we are
required to fulfill community service as well.
Another
way Greek life is a Discourse community is that we a means of
communication. We have a messaging service that allows us to talk to
each other. We can use Chapter Spot or even a Facebook group to
communicate quickly.
We
also exchange information and ideas at weekly meetings and provide
each other feedback.
Another
element we have is that we have formal procedures and a hierarchy we
follow and respect.
We
have also developed many specialized words not found outside of Greek
life we use when we wish to communicate.
The
last way we are a discourse community is that we are selective about
who we accept and we keep our numbers limited.
I
am interested in this community because I am apart of it and I am
passionate about it as well. I believe I will interview two of my
friends, one guy, and one girl, to get both sides of the group. I
can also use our message board to add to my paper.
