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linguistic competence vs competency

competency vs linguistic competence

linguistic competence and competency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistic competence Yes No No No
competency Yes No No No
As nouns, competency is a hypernym of linguistic competence; that is, competency 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)
  • competency: the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually
Other hypernyms of linguistic competence include competence.
linguistic competence (noun) competency (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 competency

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