Written Communication Apr 2007

Parallels in Academic and Nonacademic Discursive Styles

E. Domínguez Barajas

Abstract

This article presents a rhetorical analysis of a Mexican woman's oral narrative performance using a discourse studies and interactional sociolinguistics framework. The results of the analysis suggest that the discursive practice of the oral narrative and that of academic discourse share certain rhetorical features. These features are (a) the fashioning of an authoritative voice, (b) the presentation of evidence for support of a claim, (c) the allusion to authorities for support of claims, and (d) the reaching of a general statement concerning the significance of the account. Given the parallels drawn out between this particular nonmainstream oral performance and the discourse of the academy, the assumptions concerning the link between form of expression and cognition must be reassessed to better understand the nature of constrative rhetorics, especially as this affects students of nonmainstream linguistic backgrounds in mainstream writing classrooms.

Journal
Written Communication
Published
2007-04-01
DOI
10.1177/0741088306298731
Topics
discourse analysis voice and style affect and writing

Citation Context

Cited by in this index (2)

  1. Barajas (2025)
    Writing for Perspective: A Case Study of Literacy Practices and Personal Agency…
    College Composition and Communication
  2. Roozen (2010)
    Tracing Trajectories of Practice: Repurposing in One Student’s Developing Disci…
    Written Communication

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