02874nam 2200661 450 991081114580332120230126203400.090-272-7120-8(CKB)2550000001118910(EBL)1412265(SSID)ssj0000999962(PQKBManifestationID)11581922(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999962(PQKBWorkID)10943968(PQKB)11598946(MiAaPQ)EBC1412265(Au-PeEL)EBL1412265(CaPaEBR)ebr10767665(CaONFJC)MIL522295(OCoLC)879945549(EXLCZ)99255000000111891020130812d2013 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCommunities of practice in the history of English /edited by Joanna Kopaczyk, Andreas H. Jucker, University of ZurichAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Publishing Company,2013.1 online resource (299 p.)Pragmatics & beyond new series,0922-842X ;volume 235Description based upon print version of record.90-272-5640-3 1-299-91044-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.part I. Letter writers -- part II. Scribes and printers -- part III. Professionals.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; grouPragmatics & beyond new series ;v. 235.English languageSocial aspectsHistoryEnglish languageVariationHistoryLinguistic changeHistoryLanguages in contactHistoryEnglish languageHistoryEnglish languageSocial aspectsHistory.English languageVariationHistory.Linguistic changeHistory.Languages in contactHistory.English languageHistory.420.9Kopaczyk Joanna1682818Jucker Andreas H176829MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811145803321Communities of practice in the history of English4053199UNINA