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Harris, John – 1985
An examination of the extent to which the polylectal grammar, a unified grammar constructed by a listener that subsumes the dialect differences that he has to cope with in a multidialectal situation, is an appropriate means of modelling listeners' receptive command of dialects other than their native one presents evidence that cross-dialectal…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Dialects, English, Grammar
Lebre-Peytard, Monique – Francais dans le Monde, 1987
A language teacher urges the use of authentic listening materials that do not conform to the strictest standards of spoken usage, as a way of getting to know the language's norms and variations. (MSE)
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Audiotape Recordings, Coherence, French