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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... his / her own first language ( Donaldson , 1978 ) and is increasingly accepted as the major positive motivation for learning a second language . At the same time , as researchers such as Hatch et al . ( 1986 ) have pointed out , the ...
... his / her own first language ( Donaldson , 1978 ) and is increasingly accepted as the major positive motivation for learning a second language . At the same time , as researchers such as Hatch et al . ( 1986 ) have pointed out , the ...
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... his / her language but it does not sound quite right . It belongs elsewhere but is not somehow familiar ; in other words it must belong to some other dialect . Even if in my idiolect ' term starts again on Monday already ' is not ...
... his / her language but it does not sound quite right . It belongs elsewhere but is not somehow familiar ; in other words it must belong to some other dialect . Even if in my idiolect ' term starts again on Monday already ' is not ...
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... him / her the whole of his / her life ( like the drowning swimmer ) as well as all knowledge relevant to the cultural background to the language ( Fillmore , 1979 ) . As soon as this is spelt out in this way it is manifestly absurd ...
... him / her the whole of his / her life ( like the drowning swimmer ) as well as all knowledge relevant to the cultural background to the language ( Fillmore , 1979 ) . As soon as this is spelt out in this way it is manifestly absurd ...
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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