The community of practice: Theories and methodologies in language and gender research

Language in Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 173-183

  Holmes, Janet ^a   Meyerhoff, Miriam ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Community of Practice; Discourse analysis; Ethnographic sociolinguistics; Gender; Sex; Social practice; Speech community

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033148721     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S004740459900202X     Document Type: Article

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