linguistic competence

• In der Linguistik das internalisierte, meist unbewusste Wissen eines Sprechers über die Regeln und Strukturen seiner Sprache, das ihn befähigt, unendlich viele Sätze zu bilden und zu verstehen, im Unterschied zum tatsächlichen Sprachgebrauch.

A term in linguistics referring to a speaker's unconscious, internalized knowledge of the rules and structures of their language, enabling them to produce and understand an infinite number of sentences, as distinct from actual language performance.

1. Language abilityC1formal

   The unconscious knowledge of a language that allows a speaker to produce and understand grammatically correct sentences.

   Sprachfähigkeit

   • Linguistic competence enables a child to form sentences they have never heard before.
   • The study focused on the linguistic competence of bilingual speakers.
   • Chomsky's theory distinguishes between linguistic competence and performance.