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i know i read something very interesting about the myth of near-native
proficiency in a journal (SEEJ? PMLA?) a few years ago. it's
possible that it was either:<br><br>
<b><a name="titles"></a>Author<br>
</b><a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Valdes%2c+Guadalupe%22.au.">Valdes,
Guadalupe</a><br>
<b>Title<br>
</b>The Construct of the Near-<b>Native</b> <b>Speaker</b> in the Foreign
Language Profession: Perspectives on Ideologies about Language<br>
<b>Source<br>
</b>Profession, : 151-60 1998. pgs. 151-60<br>
<b>Journal Abbreviation<br>
</b>Profession<br>
<b>Subject Headings<br>
</b><a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Professional+Topics%22.sh.">Professional
Topics</a> --
<a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Humanities%22.sh.">Humanities</a>
-- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Foreign+Language+Departments%22.sh.">Foreign Language Departments</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22relationship+to+language+skills%22.sh.">relationship to language skills</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22of+non-native+speakers%22.sh.">of non-</a><b>native</b> <b>speaker</b><a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22of+non-native+speakers%22.sh.">s</a><br><br>
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or<br><br>
<b>Author<br>
</b><a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Koike%2c+Dale+A%22.au.">Koike, Dale A.</a>. <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Liskin-Gasparro%2c+Judith+E%22.au.">Liskin-Gasparro, Judith E.</a><br>
<b>Title<br>
</b>What Is a Near-<b>Native</b> <b>Speaker</b>? Perspectives of Job Seekers and Search Committees in Spanish<br>
<b>Source<br>
</b>ADFL Bulletin, 30 (3): 54-62 1999 Spring.<br>
<b>Journal Abbreviation<br>
</b>ADFLB<br>
<b>Subject Headings<br>
</b><a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Professional+Topics%22.sh.">Professional Topics</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Humanities%22.sh.">Humanities</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22Foreign+Language+Departments%22.sh.">Foreign Language Departments</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22in+United+States%22.sh.">in United States</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22relationship+to+hiring%22.sh.">relationship to hiring</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22of+native+speakers%22.sh.">of </a><b>native</b> <b>speaker</b><a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22of+native+speakers%22.sh.">s</a> -- <a href="http://gateway1.ovid.com:80/ovidweb.cgi?S=IDNJHKAGKBEECK00D&Search+Link=%22of+Spanish+language%22.sh.">of Spanish language</a><br><br>
these are from the online mla bib; if you search near-native or native speaker, hundreds of articles come up just from the timeframe 1990-2000. <br><br>
sylvia swift<br>
madonna@socrates.berkeley.edu<br><br>
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At 02:41 PM 2/2/2004, you wrote:<br>
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Sender: American Dialect Society <ADS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU><br>
Poster: Erin McKean <editor@VERBATIMMAG.COM><br>
Subject: who's a native speaker?<br>
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Folks -- does anyone want to weigh in or point me towards sources<br>
about who is or who isn't a "native speaker" of American English?<br><br>
Again, this is for WRITTEN material, not spoken, which means that<br>
there will be, I would hope, fewer issues than with near-native<br>
spoken American English, even though it is very casual writing.</blockquote></body>
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