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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... distinctions between languages which are manifestly different languages but still related , such as , for example , French and German . - There are two ways of approaching this : the first states that such distinctions are arbitrary or ...
... distinctions between languages which are manifestly different languages but still related , such as , for example , French and German . - There are two ways of approaching this : the first states that such distinctions are arbitrary or ...
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... distinction between a language and a dialect . These are distinctions that have no meaning in terms of two of the three Grammars we discussed in Chapter 3 either for the individual ( the speaker of Grammar 1 ) or for the abstract level ...
... distinction between a language and a dialect . These are distinctions that have no meaning in terms of two of the three Grammars we discussed in Chapter 3 either for the individual ( the speaker of Grammar 1 ) or for the abstract level ...
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... distinction among players , first of all in terms of knowledge . Let us take two tennis players , both equivalent in terms of Knowledge 1 , 2 and 3. Player 1 ( P1 ) plays better than Player 2 ( P2 ) not only because , let us say , s ...
... distinction among players , first of all in terms of knowledge . Let us take two tennis players , both equivalent in terms of Knowledge 1 , 2 and 3. Player 1 ( P1 ) plays better than Player 2 ( P2 ) not only because , let us say , s ...
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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