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Communities of practice in the history of English /
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 co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2013.
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| Colección: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
235. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 291 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027271204 9027271208 9789027256409 9027256403 1299910440 9781299910447 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |