‘I think we should just accept … our horrible lowly status’: Analysing Teacher–teacher talk within the context of community of practice

Language Awareness

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 173-189

  Vaughan, Elaine ^a  

^a Children s Research Network   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Backstage discourse; Community of practice; Humour; Professional discourse; Teacher teacher talk

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249156642     PISSN: 09658416     EISSN: 17477506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/la456.0     Document Type: Article

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