5 1344 native speaker intuitions discussion native speaker intuitions extremely interesting worry brief intervention may muddied waters take number separable issues first extent native speaker likely judge lexical string grammatical ungrammatical per se second concerned relationships syntax interpretation although even distinction may entirely clear cut english speakers would probably judge child teacher asked leave room ungrammatical uninterpretable however couple sentences source longer recall apologies raise slightly different issues possible interpret following 1 child asked teacher leave room 2 teacher asked child leave room consequences e child left room seems relationship grammatical representation interpretation inherently unstable native speakers solve problem one way override empirical fact native speakers solve another way take strings 3 would done emphatice assertion 4 really would ov would seem evidence british speakers phonologies e treat verb circumstances prescriptivists tell wrong explain analogy wrong descripivists though seems take nativespeaker intuitions face value latter case left conundrum one seems particularly relevant problem second language teaching native speaker worth tried explore issues detail language linguists _ social semiotics _ 1993 3 2 161181 tony bex