Native Speakers and Native Users

'Native speakers' and 'native users' are playing the same game, sharing, as they do, the model of the Standard Language.

Alan Davies is Emeritus Professor in the University of Edinburgh.

1. Introduction; 2. The sense of language loss; 3. Is a New English English?; 4. Second language learning and second language acquisition; 5. Language norms and standard English; 6. Empirical studies; 7. Talking in silence: Ministry in Quaker meetings; 8. Textual hoaxes: questioning the taken-for-granted; 9. Conclusion.