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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 31
Page 58
... called dialects of one another but are in practice called languages for political and national reasons . On sociolinguistic grounds therefore dialects are dialects of the same language because their speakers claim them to be so , and ...
... called dialects of one another but are in practice called languages for political and national reasons . On sociolinguistic grounds therefore dialects are dialects of the same language because their speakers claim them to be so , and ...
Page 111
... called miscarriage when it happens ' naturally ' so that women will refer to the miscarriage ( s ) they may have experienced . The term abortion in the common speech is restricted to the termination of pregnancy by deliberate means and ...
... called miscarriage when it happens ' naturally ' so that women will refer to the miscarriage ( s ) they may have experienced . The term abortion in the common speech is restricted to the termination of pregnancy by deliberate means and ...
Page 120
... called languages , dialects , accents or varieties , which occupy the middle ground between what all humans share ( Grammar 3 ) and what each human has alone ( Grammar 1 ) ? What is it that is systematically the case for groups of ...
... called languages , dialects , accents or varieties , which occupy the middle ground between what all humans share ( Grammar 3 ) and what each human has alone ( Grammar 1 ) ? What is it that is systematically the case for groups of ...
Contents
Psycholinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 9 |
Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 51 |
Lingualism and the Knowledges of the Native Speaker | 77 |
Copyright | |
7 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accept acquired adult applied linguistics argued argument attitudes Bartsch become a native behaviour bilingual British English Cambridge Chapter child claim cognitive communicative competence context Coppieters course culture define definition dialect discussion distinction distinguish example exceptional learners fact foreign language Gumperz his/her idealised identity idiolect individual input intelligibility interaction International English issue judgements Knowledges 1-3 Konkani language learning language proficiency language teaching langue linguistic competence means Medgyes membership monolingual mother tongue Multilingual native speaker native-speaker négritude non-native speakers norms Oxford perhaps possible problem psycholinguistic question recognise regarded relation relevant s/he Saussure Scottish English second language acquisition second-language learners semilingualism sense sentences share Singapore Singaporean English Singh situations social sociolinguistic speak speakers of English speech community standard language suggested target language teachers universal grammar University Press Urdu users Welsh writing