Charles Bazerman’s “Patents as Speech Acts and Legal Objects” chapter functions as a case study in rhetorical genre analysis with its use of informing the reader on how professionals in this scientific field tend to communicate. An example of where I noticed Bazerman informing his audience how professionals communicate is in “The Living Complexity of Located Speech Acts” and in “Genres as Speech Acts” sections. These sections define speech acts as “a generalized understanding of speech acts, illuminate the richness of an activity embodied by utterances within circumstances” (Bazerman, 17). Here, these sections talk about how one can alter their writing/ communication style and eliminate common mistakes “for the sake of analytical clarity” (Bazerman, 18). Overall, his tools employ how to clean up one’s writing style in order to better connect with a specific discourse community.
To begin, what I can steal from Bazerman in conducting my own analysis is utilizing his analysis of speech acts, and identifying common issues in its theory to enhance my communication style to my specific audience. In my initial proposal for my preliminary analysis, I am still interested in the behavioral and thinking side of finance with analyzing how people think and rationalize decisions; however, I plan to focus in on professionals in that field to get their knowledge on the subject. When interviewing a professional in the field of finance, some questions I may as are as follows; “When working with a client, what variables have the most impact on their investment strategy”, “Is there a substantial difference on how one will invest based not only on their gender, but their age as well”, and “What texts/ other resources could I consult to further gain insight on my preliminary analysis topic”. These three questions will give me a strong foundation on gathering vital information to achieve my overall objective, as well as analyzing how my analysis aligns with this course’s goal to truly understand its intended outcomes.
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Brian Hendrickson
2/14/2018 12:47:39 pm
Hey Luke. I finally have a link to your site posted. I found your interpretation of Bazerman pretty interesting. I definitely didn't read him as providing tips for writing clearly! Glad you got that out of him. I really like your topic idea, but make sure you're focused on how finance professionals use texts to figure things out and then tell others. It's not as important what variables impact a client's investment strategy as it is how professionals attempt to create a shared vision for an investment strategy through writing.
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Ethan Jordan
2/14/2018 02:45:11 pm
this is an interesting take on bazerman's work, you focus on refining the use of speech acts and their complex variations and you apply it to your own project plans.
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