linguistic competence
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflinguisticandcompetence
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linguistic
adjective
uk/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/us/lɪŋˈɡwɪs.tɪk/
connected with language or the study ...
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competence
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.təns/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬əns/
the ability to do ...
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(Definition oflinguisticandcompetencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The output can also be used for a requirement validation if necessary, gearing it to the level oflinguisticcompetenceof the user or expert.
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In their view, ' children's performance should parallel theirlinguisticcompetence' (p. 7).
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If we are to model this in a general theory oflinguisticcompetence, what are the implications for the model of syntax?
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No theory of linguistic performance is conceivable so long aslinguisticcompetencehas not been specified.
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Such differences need not violate the central assumptions of the generative framework - modularity andlinguisticcompetence.
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The current findings therefore highlight the importance of assessing children'slinguisticcompetencewith novel items.
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Linguisticcompetenceis nothing more or less than competence with the constructions of a particular natural language.
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Linguisticcompetenceis necessary for most cognitive consistency and attribution processes, and the sense of self, as well as for abstract moral judgments.
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These developments inlinguisticcompetenceand performance are further boosted by literacy.
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Research into semantic skills focuses less on the qualitative aspects oflinguisticcompetencethan does research into phonological and morphosyntactic skills.
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Particularly exciting are the new perspectives on early hominid language which have arisen from recent research on thelinguisticcompetenceof chimpanzee and bonobo.
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The second direction taken in the study of language learning in the 1970s was the extension of its scope beyond narrowly definedlinguisticcompetence.
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Metalinguistic abilities will be examined in terms of the subcategories oflinguisticcompetencefrom which they arise.
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Examininglinguisticcompetenceover time requires a hybridization of research methods and analytic strategies.
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Both skills may also reflect a generallinguisticcompetence, which is involved in all language processing.
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Given these differences inlinguisticcompetence, the potential meaning and functions of code-switching in relation to ethnicity are extremely complex.
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This shows the range oflinguisticcompetenceand also the flexibility of study participants in experimenting with language forms and structure for optimal communication.
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Talking is not justlinguisticcompetence, but is ultimately performance, and communicative.
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The potential impact of this cognitive process goes well beyond the domain of metalinguistic, or evenlinguisticcompetence.
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