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Meaning of native-speaker | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Of, relating to, or characteristic of native speakers.

not-comparable

Examples

“Nevertheless, a certain amount of schizophrenia pertains to the study of World Englishes as New Englishes, for while new Englishes are regarded as valid varieties in their own right, the description and delineation of them in linguistic terms is conducted through the gaze of native-speaker norms.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

native-speaking native; indigenous nativelike nativist nativistic natl.

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