Discourse Analysis on the Role of Sports in Bridging International Trade Barriers

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Discourse Analysis
In the excerpt, the writer majorly looks at how sports have helped in bridging the
informal barriers of international trade especially as it pertains importation and exportation.
These barriers include lack of information, absence of trust between venders and purchasers and
the varied cultural difference between buyers and sellers from different countries. From the
excerpt, one realizes that soccer, one of the sporting activity, has proven more than once to
bridge these barriers. Citing the 2010 FIFA World cup, the writer states that the said event
increased the GDP of the host country. This can be explained by the high number of tourists that
visited the country during the event and hence accommodated at a cost. At the same time, sports
have a positive impact on tourism activities to the host country.
Since academic writing is formal writing, there are various features that are of use when
writing these scholarly articles, (Celce-Murcia & Marianne, 143-158). The major features that
can be easily be identified in the excerpt are relevance, grammatical complexity and vocabulary
choice. In addition to the mentioned basic features, the writer should ensure that the excerpt has a
smooth flow of ideas that captivates the reader as demonstrated in the given excerpt. For one to
successfully write an academic work, he or she must follow the above mentioned basic features
of academic writing, (Celce-Murcia 143-158).