ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS The debut novel from critically acclaimed and New York Times–bestselling author of On Such

Although the era of European colonialism has long passed, misgivings about the inequality of the encounters between European and non-European languages persist

Presents a fresh look at the 'native speaker' by situating him/her in wider sociopolitical contexts. Using anthropological frameworks and ethnographic data from

'Native speakers' and 'native users' are playing the same game, sharing, as they do, the model of the Standard Language.