re native speaker intuition discussion native speaker intuition extremely interest worry brief intervention muddy waters number separable issue first extent native speaker likely judge lexical string grammatical ungrammatical per se second concern relationship between syntax interpretation although even here distinction entirely clear cut most english speaker probably judge child teacher ask leave room both ungrammatical uninterpretable however couple sentence source longer recall apology raise slightly different issue possible interpret follow child ask teacher leave room teacher ask child leave room same consequence e child leave room seem relationship between grammatical representation interpretation inherently unstable native speaker solve problem one override empirical fact native speaker solve another string ve emphatice assertion really ov seem evidence british speaker phonology e treat verb circumstance prescriptivist tell wrong explain analogy why wrong descripivist though seem nativespeaker intuition face value latter case leave conundrum one seem particularly relevant problem second language teach is native speaker worth try explore issue detail language linguist social semiotic tony bex 