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The Native Speaker: Myth and Reality

by Alan Davies
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Overview

Davies (emeritus professor, linguistics, U. of Edinburgh) examines the complexity of the knowledge and skills possessed by the native speaker of any language, and suggests that the complexity may be less exclusive, more ordinary and attainable by non-native speakers. Originally published as The Native Speaker in Applied Linguistics (1991), the new edition includes minor textual adjustments, and two new chapters—one on the challenge to the native speaker by World Englishes, post-modernism, and post- colonialism, and the other on the connection between second language acquisition research and assessment. Distributed by UTP Distribution. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Book Details

Published
March 1, 2003
Publisher
Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Pages
237
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781853596223

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