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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Page 80
... difficult for language policy changes to be fully implemented , for , let us say , lecturers in Indian universities to switch com- pletely from English to the regional language or in Tanzania for secondary school teachers to switch from ...
... difficult for language policy changes to be fully implemented , for , let us say , lecturers in Indian universities to switch com- pletely from English to the regional language or in Tanzania for secondary school teachers to switch from ...
Page 212
... difficult to deny a claim of an applicant that s / he is a native speaker . ) All except ( 1 ) are contingent issues . In this way the question ' Can a second language learner become a native speaker of a target language ? ' reduces to ...
... difficult to deny a claim of an applicant that s / he is a native speaker . ) All except ( 1 ) are contingent issues . In this way the question ' Can a second language learner become a native speaker of a target language ? ' reduces to ...
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... difficult is to gain the speed and the certainty of knowledge relevant to judgements of grammaticality . But as with all questions of boundaries ( for the native speaker is a boundary that excludes ) there are major language differences ...
... difficult is to gain the speed and the certainty of knowledge relevant to judgements of grammaticality . But as with all questions of boundaries ( for the native speaker is a boundary that excludes ) there are major language differences ...
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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