Communities of practice: Legitimacy not choice

Journal of Sociolinguistics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 557-581

  Davies, Bethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Community of practice; Nerds; Social networks; Speech community

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244434078     PISSN: 13606441     EISSN: 14679841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-6441.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Review

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