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Publication details [#9200]

Stocker-Edel, Anna. 1977. The responses of Wellingtonians to a foreigner's English. Archivum Linguisticum 8 (1) : 13–27.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

age | language proficiency | question, L2-acquisition of | sex

Language as a subject

English, L2-acquisition of

Annotation

S. considers responses of inhabitants of Wellington to questions put by a foreigner with a poor command of English. The responses depend more on the type of question asked than, e.g. the age or sex of the respondent.