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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... English settings ( or , exceptionally – see Kandiah [ 1998 ] – in other situations where private schools advertise ... variety of English , unless we add that such native speakers need , on the whole , to be mono- lingual and therefore ...
... English settings ( or , exceptionally – see Kandiah [ 1998 ] – in other situations where private schools advertise ... variety of English , unless we add that such native speakers need , on the whole , to be mono- lingual and therefore ...
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... English , it made less eminent sense to speak of Indian English as a non - native variety of English . A non - native variety of a language was , I said , something of a contradiction in terms . ( p . 26 ) He takes issue with Trudgill ...
... English , it made less eminent sense to speak of Indian English as a non - native variety of English . A non - native variety of a language was , I said , something of a contradiction in terms . ( p . 26 ) He takes issue with Trudgill ...
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... English as it is used in the region , rather than relate proficiency to the norms of America , Britain or Australia ... this approach also aims to recognize the Indonesian variety of English both as an appropriate model to be provided ...
... English as it is used in the region , rather than relate proficiency to the norms of America , Britain or Australia ... this approach also aims to recognize the Indonesian variety of English both as an appropriate model to be provided ...
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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