non-native speaker meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

non-native speaker

nounalso spelled non-native-speaker

Etymology From non-native + speaker or non- + native speaker.

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Someone who has another native tongue than the language being used.

Although double modality is outside the scope of Standard English and is not addressed in the school syllabus, it is a widespread phenomenon which non-native speakers of English might find confusing and should at least be aware of.2019, Irina S. Lebedeva, Svetlana N. Orlova, “Semantics and pragmatics of the double modal ‘might could’”, in Training, Language and Culture, volume 3, number 2, →DOI:

adj

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of, relating to, or characteristic of non-native speakers.

If native-speaker varieties have been given such scholarly attention, surely non-native-speaker varieties should not be excluded from similar treatment.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 116: