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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... expect of the native speaker , especially the educated native speaker . But what do we expect of the native speaker in addition to the linguistic competence which , as suggested in Chapters 2 and 5 , seems to mean the internalisation of ...
... expect of the native speaker , especially the educated native speaker . But what do we expect of the native speaker in addition to the linguistic competence which , as suggested in Chapters 2 and 5 , seems to mean the internalisation of ...
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... expecting him and invited him into my office , asked him to sit down , remarked on the weather , took his coat and then ... expect me to share all your cultural assumptions ! ' Second , the letter of condolence : about ten years ago a ...
... expecting him and invited him into my office , asked him to sit down , remarked on the weather , took his coat and then ... expect me to share all your cultural assumptions ! ' Second , the letter of condolence : about ten years ago a ...
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... expect the car driver to be automatically capable of performing at a grand prix ( nor , for that matter , of driving a bus or truck ) . Second , that what we say we are expecting of the normal driver is exactly that , since we also expect ...
... expect the car driver to be automatically capable of performing at a grand prix ( nor , for that matter , of driving a bus or truck ) . Second , that what we say we are expecting of the normal driver is exactly that , since we also expect ...
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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