Fake It ‘Till You Become It James Paul Gee and Amy Cuddy both touch upon how one must act in order to succeed in a certain discipline. In Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction, Gee introduces an idea that he calls “Discourses.” Discourses are ways of being in the world. They use acts, values, and beliefs along with the usual words. Before Gee’s concepts, the focus of linguistics involved only what is said (language and grammar). But with his texts, he … Continue reading First Discourse Paper