Communities of Practice. Penelope Eckert - 2 views

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  #1 chris mason on 07 Sep 13

   

  The article discusses what a community of practice is and the value it has to Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology. It describes how there are two conditions of a community of practice and how they are crucial in regards to making it conventional. Communities of practice need to be a shared experience over time and a commitment to shared understanding to be conventional. It goes on to discuss the importance of communities of practice for the speech community.
  
  http://www.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/eckert2006.pdf

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The article discusses what a community of practice is and the value it has to Sociolinguistics and Linguistic Anthropology. It describes how there are two conditions of a community of practice and how they are crucial in regards to making it conventional. Communities of practice need to be a shared experience over time and a commitment to shared understanding to be conventional. It goes on to discuss the importance of communities of practice for the speech community. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/eckert2006.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/eckert2006.pdf</a></div>

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