TheNative Speaker: Myth and Reality

Alan Davies

Published by Multilingual Matters 2003

TheNative Speaker

Myth and Reality

Alan Davies

In the series Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853596247

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About this book

Linguists, 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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Davies Alan :

Alan Davies has taught and researched English and Applied Linguistics in Kenya, Nepal, Australia, Hong Kong and the U.K and is now Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics in the University of Edinburgh. In the 1960s he developed the English Proficiency Test Battery, which the British Council used prior to ELTS and IELTS. A former editor of the journals Applied Linguistics and Language Testing, his publications include Principles of Language Testing (Blackwell 1990), An Introduction to Applied Linguistics (Edinburgh U.P. 1999) and Dictionary of Language Testing (Cambridge U.P. 1999).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Chapter 1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2. Psycholinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 3. Linguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	40
Chapter 4. Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Native Speaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Chapter 5. Lingualism and the Knowledges of the Native Speaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Chapter 6. Communicative Competence Aspects of the Native Speaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 7. Intelligibility and the Speech Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Chapter 8. Losing One’s Language Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Chapter 9. Assessment and Second Language Acquisition Research Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Chapter 10. Conclusion: Who is the Native Speaker? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	198
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Edition: 2nd edition
Pages
- Main content: 248

eBook

Published: February 7, 2003
ISBN: 9781853596247