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linguistic competence vs competence

competence vs linguistic competence

linguistic competence and competence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistic competence Yes No No No
competence Yes No No No
As nouns, competence is a hypernym of linguistic competence; that is, competence is a word with a broader meaning than linguistic competence:
  • linguistic competence: (linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance)
  • competence: the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Other hypernyms of linguistic competence include competency.
linguistic competence (noun) competence (noun)
(linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance) the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Difference between linguistic competence and competence

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