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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Myth and Reality Alan Davies. longer serve the interaction purpose for which they were intended , then they are abandoned for new norms : norms come about when certain recurrent problems of adjusting actions between partners in interaction ...
Myth and Reality Alan Davies. longer serve the interaction purpose for which they were intended , then they are abandoned for new norms : norms come about when certain recurrent problems of adjusting actions between partners in interaction ...
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... interaction in Welsh will feel ignorant about how to communicate in Welsh in more public situations but may be able ... interact in such situations in English . Given the continuing role of English in India it so happens that in such ...
... interaction in Welsh will feel ignorant about how to communicate in Welsh in more public situations but may be able ... interact in such situations in English . Given the continuing role of English in India it so happens that in such ...
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... interactions be clearly distinguished from that of native speakers show up on her tests as so very different ... interaction is the formal : the interpretive system ... tends to take a constructive attitude : it automatically ...
... interactions be clearly distinguished from that of native speakers show up on her tests as so very different ... interaction is the formal : the interpretive system ... tends to take a constructive attitude : it automatically ...
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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