Davies, Alan

Native speakers and native users : loss and gain / Alan Davies - United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2013 - ix, 177 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction --The Sense of Language Loss -- Is a New English English? -- Second Language Learning and Second Language Acquisition -- Language Norms and Standard English -- Empirical Studies -- Talking In Silence: Ministry In Quaker Meetings -- Textual Hoaxes: Questioning the Taken-for-granted -- Conclusion

9780521119276 (hbk.)


Fluency (Language learning)
Native language and education
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers
Applied linguistics