Another Look at Yes/No Questions: Native Speakers and Non-native Speakers.

Williams, Jessica

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Publication Date: 1990

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Another Look at Yes/No Questions: Native Speakers and Non-native Speakers.

Williams, Jessica

Applied Linguistics, v11 n2 p159-82 Jun 1990

Examines the production of yes/no questions by native speakers of English and speakers of Singapore English, a non-native regional variety. The findings suggest that what constitutes target-like use remains ill-defined as long as native speaker behavior is assumed, or intuited, rather than documented. (40 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Language Proficiency, Language Research, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning

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