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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... understand or believe they understand one another ( as was the case perhaps with Dutch and Afrikaans ) . What matters even more strongly is whether or not speakers understand one another now , which on the face of it is a simple enough ...
... understand or believe they understand one another ( as was the case perhaps with Dutch and Afrikaans ) . What matters even more strongly is whether or not speakers understand one another now , which on the face of it is a simple enough ...
Page 56
... understand one another and therefore what the patron group is saying is that although the client group do in fact understand them they do not understand the client group talking among themselves because when they do so they are using a ...
... understand one another and therefore what the patron group is saying is that although the client group do in fact understand them they do not understand the client group talking among themselves because when they do so they are using a ...
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... understand- able caution about determining cause and with its central concern with diagnosis ) is reluctant to claim that any terminations are natural . But this is pure speculation and all that concerns us here is the differential use ...
... understand- able caution about determining cause and with its central concern with diagnosis ) is reluctant to claim that any terminations are natural . But this is pure speculation and all that concerns us here is the differential use ...
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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