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Hornberger, Nancy H. – Applied Linguistics, 1989
Analyzes ethnographic data regarding one prolonged speech event, the negotiation of a driver's license at the Ministry of Transportation in Puno, Peru, from the perspective of Hymes' redefinition of linguistic competence. Implications for the acquisition of second language communicative competence are also discussed. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Communication Research, Communicative Competence (Languages), Ethnography