linguistic competence

1. 1.

   (linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance)

   Broadercompetence

   linguistics

Questions about linguistic competence

What does linguistic competence mean?

linguistic competence means "(linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance)".

Is linguistic competence a common word?

linguistic competence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.