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nearnative

nearnative is the alternative spelling of near-native.

Meaning of near-native

Adjective

near-native (not comparable)

  1. Nearly native; close to be seen as indigenous to a particular habitat.
    • On the other hand, Coppieters' (1987) study of nearnative speakers of French, selected by nativespeaking friends and colleagues for perceived nativeness in production, showed nonnative intuitions on the perfective/imperfective distinctions in French in a judgement test.2002, Maria Kihlstedt, “Reference to past events in dialogue. The acquisition of tense and aspect by advanced learners of French”, in Rafael Salaberry, Yasuhiro Shirai, editors, The L2 Acquisition of...

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Questions about nearnative

What is nearnative the alternative spelling of?
Nearnative is the alternative spelling of near-native.

Words near nearnative in the dictionary

  1. nearly-deads
  2. nearlyness
  3. nearlywed
  4. nearlyweds
  5. nearmost
  6. nearnative
  7. nearness
  8. nearnesses
  9. nearring
  10. nearrings
  11. nears

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