LEADER 02874nam 2200661 450 001 9910811145803321 005 20230126203400.0 010 $a90-272-7120-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001118910 035 $a(EBL)1412265 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000999962 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11581922 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000999962 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10943968 035 $a(PQKB)11598946 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1412265 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1412265 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10767665 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522295 035 $a(OCoLC)879945549 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001118910 100 $a20130812d2013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCommunities of practice in the history of English /$fedited by Joanna Kopaczyk, Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich 210 1$aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia :$cJohn Benjamins Publishing Company,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 225 1 $aPragmatics & beyond new series,$x0922-842X ;$vvolume 235 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-5640-3 311 $a1-299-91044-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $apart I. Letter writers -- part II. Scribes and printers -- part III. Professionals. 330 $aLanguages change and they keep changing as a result of communicative interactions and practices in the context of communities of language users. The articles in this volume showcase a range of such communities and their practices as loci of language change in the history of English. The notion of communities of practice takes its starting point in the work of Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger and refers to groups of people defined both through their membership in a community and through their shared practices. Three types of communities are particularly highlighted: networks of letter writers; grou 410 0$aPragmatics & beyond new series ;$vv. 235. 606 $aEnglish language$xSocial aspects$xHistory 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$xHistory 606 $aLinguistic change$xHistory 606 $aLanguages in contact$xHistory 606 $aEnglish language$xHistory 615 0$aEnglish language$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation$xHistory. 615 0$aLinguistic change$xHistory. 615 0$aLanguages in contact$xHistory. 615 0$aEnglish language$xHistory. 676 $a420.9 701 $aKopaczyk$b Joanna$01682818 701 $aJucker$b Andreas H$0176829 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811145803321 996 $aCommunities of practice in the history of English$94053199 997 $aUNINA