Communities of practice in the history of English / / edited by Joanna Kopaczyk, Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich
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| Titolo: |
Communities of practice in the history of English / / edited by Joanna Kopaczyk, Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 420.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Social aspects - History |
| English language - Variation - History | |
| Linguistic change - History | |
| Languages in contact - History | |
| English language - History | |
| Altri autori: |
KopaczykJoanna
JuckerAndreas H
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | part I. Letter writers -- part II. Scribes and printers -- part III. Professionals. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Communities of practice in the history of English |
| ISBN: | 90-272-7120-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811145803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Pragmatics & beyond new series ; ; v. 235.