December 28, 2010

The Native Speaker: Myth and Reality














Alan Davies | 2003 | File type: PDF | ISBN : 1853596221 | 247 Pages | 942 KB
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.