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Communities of practice in the history of English / edited by Joanna Kopaczyk, Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Pragmatics & beyond new series ; v. 235.
- Pragmatics & beyond new series, 0922-842X ; volume 235
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Social aspects--History.
- English language.
- English language--Variation--History.
- Linguistic change--History.
- Linguistic change.
- Languages in contact--History.
- Languages in contact.
- English language--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Languages change and they keep changing as a result of communicative interactions and practices in the context of communities of language users. The articles in this volume showcase a range of such communities and their practices as loci of language change in the history of English. The notion of communities of practice takes its starting point in the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger and refers to groups of people defined both through their membership in a community and through their shared practices. Three types of communities are particularly highlighted: networks of letter writers; grou
- Contents:
- part I. Letter writers
- part II. Scribes and printers
- part III. Professionals.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789027271204
- 9027271208
- OCLC:
- 879945549
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