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Article: Tracing the emergence of a community of practice: Beyond presupposition in sociolinguistic research
Title | Tracing the emergence of a community of practice: Beyond presupposition in sociolinguistic research |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Citation | Language in Society, 2014, v. 43, n. 1, p. 61-81 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This study examines the language-driven aspects of the formation of a classroom-based community of practice (CoP), placing emphasis on ways in which researchers can verify the status of observed practices. Discourse analysis is reinforced by such an evidence-based understanding of the social milieu of a research site. When determining whether an aggregate of people is functioning as a CoP, however, the nature of the measuring stick is a vital question. When institutional forces have brought a group of participants together, how can an observer verify empirically the dynamic development of mutual engagement, joint enterprise, and shared repertoire? In a sample case study, representative features outlined by Wenger (1998:130-31) are identified, and their emergence traced, via analysis of ethnographic fieldnotes and audio recordings. These features provide evidence of the development of localised practices (i.e. ways of doing grounded in this community) as distinct from more widely recognisable practices. Identifying the difference increases the likelihood that results of discourse analysis can be useful to educators. (Community of practice, discourse analysis, nexus of practices, warranting)* Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/262646 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.876 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | King, Brian W. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-08T02:46:37Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-08T02:46:37Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Language in Society, 2014, v. 43, n. 1, p. 61-81 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0047-4045 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/262646 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines the language-driven aspects of the formation of a classroom-based community of practice (CoP), placing emphasis on ways in which researchers can verify the status of observed practices. Discourse analysis is reinforced by such an evidence-based understanding of the social milieu of a research site. When determining whether an aggregate of people is functioning as a CoP, however, the nature of the measuring stick is a vital question. When institutional forces have brought a group of participants together, how can an observer verify empirically the dynamic development of mutual engagement, joint enterprise, and shared repertoire? In a sample case study, representative features outlined by Wenger (1998:130-31) are identified, and their emergence traced, via analysis of ethnographic fieldnotes and audio recordings. These features provide evidence of the development of localised practices (i.e. ways of doing grounded in this community) as distinct from more widely recognisable practices. Identifying the difference increases the likelihood that results of discourse analysis can be useful to educators. (Community of practice, discourse analysis, nexus of practices, warranting)* Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Language in Society | - |
dc.title | Tracing the emergence of a community of practice: Beyond presupposition in sociolinguistic research | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0047404513000870 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84896447292 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 43 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 61 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 81 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1469-8013 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000339566800003 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0047-4045 | - |