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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... dialect . These are distinctions that have no meaning in terms of two of the three Grammars we discussed in Chapter ... Dialect only has meaning in terms of Grammar 2 . Distinguishing Dialect from Language What we find in distinguishing ...
... dialect . These are distinctions that have no meaning in terms of two of the three Grammars we discussed in Chapter ... Dialect only has meaning in terms of Grammar 2 . Distinguishing Dialect from Language What we find in distinguishing ...
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... dialect with an army and a navy ' ( Briand in Haugen , 1966 ) it has been said ; and again ' a dialect is a language that did not succeed ' . Language Variety : The Case of Gender One of the basic sociolinguistic concepts is that of ...
... dialect with an army and a navy ' ( Briand in Haugen , 1966 ) it has been said ; and again ' a dialect is a language that did not succeed ' . Language Variety : The Case of Gender One of the basic sociolinguistic concepts is that of ...
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... dialects possessing these or similar features would invalidate the point ipso facto ... it is virtually impossible to ... dialect within the acknowledged native speaker area . ( Crewe , 1977b : 100 ) To remind ourselves of the earlier ...
... dialects possessing these or similar features would invalidate the point ipso facto ... it is virtually impossible to ... dialect within the acknowledged native speaker area . ( Crewe , 1977b : 100 ) To remind ourselves of the earlier ...
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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