native speaker

• NS (initialism)

native speaker (plural native speakers)

1. (linguistics) A person who grew up with a particular language as their mother tongue.

   Synonym: L1 speaker

   Antonym: non-native speaker

   Native speakers of English get paid much more than locals in the schools.

   • 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 155:

     The differences between acceptable constructions like "Have you a book on modern music?" and unacceptable ones like "Read you a book on modern music?" need no Chomskyan signposts for a native speaker[.]

   • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists, collocations and word families for eight secondary subjects”, in Journal of English for Academic Purposes, volume 35, →DOI, page 106:

     In the past, secondary classrooms have perhaps been seen as largely native speaker environments, but this is certainly no longer the case and secondary teachers are fully aware they need pedagogies and materials that support the different language backgrounds and proficiencies of contemporary classrooms.

• native-speaking

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪ̯tɪv ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkə/, /ˈneːtɪf ˈspiːkɐ/

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• Hyphenation: na‧tive‧spea‧ker

native speaker m (strong, genitive native speaker, plural native speakers)

1. alternative form of Native Speaker

Unadapted borrowing from English native speaker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛj.tif ˈspi.kɛr/

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native speaker m pers (female equivalent native speakerka)

1. (linguistics) native speaker

   Synonym: rodzimy użytkownik języka

   Antonym: nierodzimy użytkownik języka

• native speaker in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• native speaker in Polish dictionaries at PWN