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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... share community membership . In the same way that members of a community share a culture so members who speak a language share langue . Although that definition is circular , at least it gets us over the dangerous solipsism which ...
... share community membership . In the same way that members of a community share a culture so members who speak a language share langue . Although that definition is circular , at least it gets us over the dangerous solipsism which ...
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... share the same language and are , to a large extent , mutually intelligible when they use it . As will be obvious by now there must also be a Grammar 3 , the grammar of the human faculty of language , which is what all speakers share ...
... share the same language and are , to a large extent , mutually intelligible when they use it . As will be obvious by now there must also be a Grammar 3 , the grammar of the human faculty of language , which is what all speakers share ...
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... share meanings . It is perhaps more convenient to turn the argument on its head and ask what sort of audience the writer or speaker has in mind . Is s / he in fact wishing to deliver a series of individual meanings in the one text ...
... share meanings . It is perhaps more convenient to turn the argument on its head and ask what sort of audience the writer or speaker has in mind . Is s / he in fact wishing to deliver a series of individual meanings in the one text ...
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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