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 48
... evidence of native speaker perfor- mance , against which to compare the performance of non - native speakers . There is plenty of evidence of what non - native speakers do , but that it is different from the way native speakers behave ...
... evidence of native speaker perfor- mance , against which to compare the performance of non - native speakers . There is plenty of evidence of what non - native speakers do , but that it is different from the way native speakers behave ...
Page 84
... evidence indicates that while length of exposure influences fluency , starting age affects accuracy . In spite of this quite dramatic conclusion it still remains unclear whether in terms of starting age there is one critical period ...
... evidence indicates that while length of exposure influences fluency , starting age affects accuracy . In spite of this quite dramatic conclusion it still remains unclear whether in terms of starting age there is one critical period ...
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... evidence . Surveying the field , Hyltenstam and Abrahamsson ( 2000 ) occupy a half- way position . Their careful study of the evidence leads them to state : ' To our minds the Second Language research on the topic of the Critical Period ...
... evidence . Surveying the field , Hyltenstam and Abrahamsson ( 2000 ) occupy a half- way position . Their careful study of the evidence leads them to state : ' To our minds the Second Language research on the topic of the Critical Period ...
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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