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Publication details [#37265]

Davies, Alan. 1991. The notion of the native speaker. Journal of Intercultural Studies 12 (2) : 35–45.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | L1-acquisition | language and culture | native speaker | sociolinguistics

ISBN

0725-6868

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This paper proposes a sociolinguistic approach to the concept of 'native speaker', defining this speaker in terms of his social identity, with early acquisition and an uninterrupted oral/cultural tradition as basic criteria.