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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... sense in which ( as Whorf showed ) the in prefix may be ignored and lead to hazardous outcomes . His solution ( which is redundant in a strictly morpho - grammatical sense ) , was to add ' Non- ' ( Non Inflammable ) to indicate ...
... sense in which ( as Whorf showed ) the in prefix may be ignored and lead to hazardous outcomes . His solution ( which is redundant in a strictly morpho - grammatical sense ) , was to add ' Non- ' ( Non Inflammable ) to indicate ...
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... sense ) Grammar 3 and also that an individual speaker of ' Japanese ' and an individual speaker of ' English ' each has his / her own Grammar 1 , I would be hard put to argue for any sharing at the Grammar 2 level . It may be that a ...
... sense ) Grammar 3 and also that an individual speaker of ' Japanese ' and an individual speaker of ' English ' each has his / her own Grammar 1 , I would be hard put to argue for any sharing at the Grammar 2 level . It may be that a ...
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... sense of loss is widespread , extending from nationalist sensitivities in the older colonies of England Scotland ... sense of anomie was linguistic . But it remains paradoxical ( or just human ) that in their successful acceptance of ...
... sense of loss is widespread , extending from nationalist sensitivities in the older colonies of England Scotland ... sense of anomie was linguistic . But it remains paradoxical ( or just human ) that in their successful acceptance of ...
Contents
Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker | 51 |
Communicative Competence Aspects of the Native Speaker | 97 |
Intelligibility and the Speech Community | 118 |
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