competent speaker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompetentandspeaker
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competent
adjective
uk/ˈkɒm.pɪ.tənt/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.t̬ənt/
able to do ...
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speaker
noun[C]
uk/ˈspiː.kər/us/ˈspiː.kɚ/
a person who gives a speech at a ...
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(Definition ofcompetentandspeakerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On the possibilities of becoming a monolingual butcompetentspeaker.
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Every spoken phrase is a unique creation that is only comprehensible if acompetentspeakerfollows grammatical rules that govern its creation.
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If he did not know that, he could not be considered acompetentspeakerof the language.
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Of course, to define acompetentspeakerwe need to assume that the set of properties that the speaker has identified is, in principle, identifiable by any othercompetentspeaker.
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She showed clear affection for and knowledge of her area, and she is a fluent andcompetentspeaker.
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An extreme mentalist viewpoint denies that the linguistic description of a language can be done by anyone but acompetentspeaker.
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He is generally regarded to have been acompetentspeaker, having few strong views that might have biased him.
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Disagreement between competent speakers about the application of a general term in borderline cases is unproblematic and indeed inevitable.
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Unfortunately, most spellcheckers assume that the users are already competent speakers of that language.
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Thus, while disagreement among competent speakers on borderline issues involving a general term is easily understood, disagreement on core issues is problematic.
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As competent speakers, we need not pay attention to the individual linguistic choices that implement such decisions.
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Among a community of competent speakers, necessarily, meaning is something shared and known by all.
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Expletives are particularly unlikely to be lexicalized, then, even by competent speakers.
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Since general terms are vague, applicability questions naturally arise at the borderline among competent speakers.
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Finetuning of feedback by competent speakers to language learners.
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However, disagreement between competent speakers about the application of a general term to a core case is more difficult to explain.
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Consequently, there is no assurance that the tasks given to subjects with aphasia are ones that all neurologically normal, competent speakers would always perform "perfectly" or ideally.
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Clearly, we will have our debates enriched by competent speakers who will speak with great knowledge and practicality when they take part in our debates.
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I do not wish to travel once again over the ground that has been so well covered by several much more competent speakers than myself.
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One feature that distinguishes human language is its tremendous productivity; in other words, competent speakers of a language are capable of producing an exponential number of original utterances.
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