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native-born speaker [1 record]

Record 1 1995-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language Teaching
  • Education (General)
DEF

With reference to a given language, any person whose native language that language is.

CONT

Learn to speak a foreign language fluently on your own and at your own pace with what are considered the finest in-depth courses available. ... A typical course ... includes an album of 10 to 12 audio cassettes (10 to 18 hours), recorded by native-born speakers, plus a 250-page textbook.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Enseignement des langues
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
DEF

Sujet parlant qui, ayant intériorisé les règles de grammaire de sa langue maternelle, peut porter sur les énoncés émis des jugements de grammaticalité, de synonymie et de paraphrase.

DEF

Personne qui parle sa langue maternelle et peut porter sur ses phrases un jugement de «grammaticalité».

CONT

Le locuteur natif est le sujet parlant sa langue maternelle, considéré comme ayant intériorisé les règles de grammaire de sa langue.

OBS

locuteur natif : anglicisme d'après le Petit Robert 1993, p. 1297.

Spanish

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