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 135
... norms will diverge in the due effluxion of time and that divergence will be increased by the use , in the case of ... norms ( state , religion , language ) . When existing norms no longer serve the interaction purpose for which they were ...
... norms will diverge in the due effluxion of time and that divergence will be increased by the use , in the case of ... norms ( state , religion , language ) . When existing norms no longer serve the interaction purpose for which they were ...
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... norms . In the case of putative standards , say Scottish English and English English , the solution sometimes taken is precisely to claim an alternative Standard , for example Scottish English , and insist that this has its own set of ...
... norms . In the case of putative standards , say Scottish English and English English , the solution sometimes taken is precisely to claim an alternative Standard , for example Scottish English , and insist that this has its own set of ...
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... norms of their own NVE . This is the post - colonial imperative , that just as the Australian native speaker of English no longer admits allegiance to the norms of British English , similarly the NVE native user ( say of Singapore ...
... norms of their own NVE . This is the post - colonial imperative , that just as the Australian native speaker of English no longer admits allegiance to the norms of British English , similarly the NVE native user ( say of Singapore ...
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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