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Preface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

JANET HOLMES
JANET HOLMES
Affiliation:
School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, janet.holmes@vuw.ac.nz
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Abstract

This issue of Language in Society has been designed to explore the relevance of the concept of Community of Practice (CofP) – as presented by Lave & Wenger 1991 and by Wenger 1998 – to research in sociolinguistics, with a particular focus on its value in language and gender research. The contents of the issue grew out of a symposium at the Sixth International Conference on Language and Social Psychology, held at the University of Ottawa in May 1997. I invited the contributors whose work is represented in this issue to join me in exploring the usefulness of the CofP framework in relation to their own research.

Type
Research Article
Information
Language in Society , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 171 - 172
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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