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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... recognises that membership is largely self - defined , a matter of self- ascription . What it also does is to recognise that speakers necessarily share community membership . In the same way that members of a community share a culture ...
... recognises that membership is largely self - defined , a matter of self- ascription . What it also does is to recognise that speakers necessarily share community membership . In the same way that members of a community share a culture ...
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... recognise them receptively as meaning bearing whether or not they are understood . What matters crucially then is a recognition of language use as being an exemplification or realisation of the structural resource which they do have ...
... recognise them receptively as meaning bearing whether or not they are understood . What matters crucially then is a recognition of language use as being an exemplification or realisation of the structural resource which they do have ...
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... recognise that what I call the world , my categories , are not God- given . This requires the understanding to which we have referred of the different world views of different languages and cultures . In a curious way it is more of a ...
... recognise that what I call the world , my categories , are not God- given . This requires the understanding to which we have referred of the different world views of different languages and cultures . In a curious way it is more of a ...
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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