TY - JOUR N2 - The present article attempts to discuss whether a medical conference poster intended for a specific English-speaking discourse community shares the properties of discourse colony (Hoey 1986). The author analyses 12 e-posters, which were displayed during an international neurological conference, presenting findings on epilepsy treatment. First, the author characterises the conference poster, which is followed by a description of discourse community and discourse colony. Next, the analysis of the e-posters is carried out and the results of the analysis are presented. On the basis of these results it might be said that the medical conference poster could be considered a discourse colony as it shares some of its properties. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116435/PDF/2020-01-LINS-14-Pradela.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/116435 PY - 2020 EP - 263 DO - 10.24425/linsi.2020.133274 KW - conference poster KW - discourse colony KW - discourse community KW - specialised discourse A1 - Pradela, Jacek PB - Polska Akademia Nauk • Oddział w Katowicach VL - vol. 41 DA - 2020.07.24 T1 - The medical conference poster as an example of discourse colony SP - 249 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/116435 T2 - LINGUISTICA SILESIANA ER -