COM 557 Reading Guide Questions for January 22 - Irwin Mallin, IPFW Communication

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COM 557, Spring 2008 – Reading Guide Questions for January 22

For Scheutz Ch. 1

DISCOURSES

1. In your own words, what does it mean to call something a discourse (as the term is used here)?

2. What characterizes something as an example of professional discourse? What are examples of professional discourse? Who gets to engage in it? What makes professional discourse necessary/desirable – or not?

3. What characterizes something as an example of representational discourse? What are examples of representational discourse? Who gets to engage in it? What makes representational discourse necessary/desirable – or not?

4. What characterizes something as an example of prosaic discourse? What are examples of prosaic discourse? Who gets to engage in it? What makes prosaic discourse necessary/desirable – or not?

LANGUAGE

1. Put the distinction she makes between legal language and rhetorical language in your own words.

2. What is the practical importance of the distinction?

3. What makes each type of language useful – or not?

ARGUMENTATION

1. In your own words, what gets emphasized in an argumentation perspective (as the term is used here)?

2. In your own words, what’s the distinction between traditional and contemporary legal argumentation? What are examples of each? What’s the practical importance of the distinction

NARRATIVE

1. What exactly is the narrative paradigm?

2. What is the role of stories in jury trials?

3. Where do these stories come from?

DRAMA

1. What are the different ways trials can be seen through a dramatic perspective?

2. What is the practical benefit of seeing trials through a dramatic perspective?

GAMES

1. What are the different ways trials can be seen through a gaming perspective?

2. What is the practical benefit of seeing trials through a gaming perspective?

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