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Peer reviewedValdman, Albert – World Englishes, 1988
Presents a multi-targeted model of interlanguage variation. Advanced learners handle variation differently than native speakers. The establishment of pedagogical norms or classroom replicas of the target language which reflect actual behavior of native speakers, appropriate for foreigners, is stressed. Two variable features of French illustrate…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Interlanguage
Peer reviewedMesthrie, Rajend – World Englishes, 1996
Presents a case study of the English of early missionaries operating in South Africa. The study characterizes the interlanguages of some German and Dutch missionaries, points out the disparity between the usage patterns found in missionary letters and modern linguists' characterizations of their abilities, and suggests missionary English as an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Colonialism, Diachronic Linguistics, Dictionaries
