Nikolay Slavkov Silvia Melo-Pfeifer Nadja Kerschhofer-Puhalo
The notion of the native speaker and its undertones of ultimate language competence, language ownership and social status has been problematized by various researchers, arguing that the ensuing monolingual norms and assumptions are flawed or inequitable in a global super-diverse world. However, such norms are still ubiquitous in educational, institutional and social settings, in political structures and in research paradigms. This collection offers voices from various contexts and corners of the world and further challenges the native speaker construct adopting poststructuralist and...
The notion of the native speaker and its undertones of ultimate language competence, language ownership and social status has been problematized by va...