The Native Speaker: Myth and RealityLinguists, applied linguists and language teachers all appeal to the native speaker as an important reference point. But what exactly (who exactly?) is the native speaker? This book examines the native speaker from different points of view, arguing that the native speaker is both myth and reality. |
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... attitudes alone that matter ; and that A and B understand one another , are mutually intelligible if ( and only if ) they choose to be so ? I will answer this in two ways . First of all the negative is certainly true , that is that A ...
... attitudes alone that matter ; and that A and B understand one another , are mutually intelligible if ( and only if ) they choose to be so ? I will answer this in two ways . First of all the negative is certainly true , that is that A ...
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... attitude towards the law and to the culture ( s ) of the state . Similarly with language ( s ) : what makes a speech ... attitudes and norms of its members ; and we can summarise these norms as being concerned with language standard ...
... attitude towards the law and to the culture ( s ) of the state . Similarly with language ( s ) : what makes a speech ... attitudes and norms of its members ; and we can summarise these norms as being concerned with language standard ...
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... Attitudes Towards Language Variation . London : Edward Arnold . Ryan , E.B. , Giles , H. and Sebastian , R.J. ( 1982 ) An integrative perspective for the study of attitudes towards language variation . In E.B. Ryan and H. Giles ( eds ) ...
... Attitudes Towards Language Variation . London : Edward Arnold . Ryan , E.B. , Giles , H. and Sebastian , R.J. ( 1982 ) An integrative perspective for the study of attitudes towards language variation . In E.B. Ryan and H. Giles ( eds ) ...
Contents
Psycholinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 9 |
Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 51 |
Lingualism and the Knowledges of the Native Speaker | 77 |
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