Communicative competence

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.NounA language user's grammatical knowledge of syntax, morphology, phonology and the like, as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately.

Synonyms

pragmatics sociolinguistics sociopragmatics language metalinguistics medium of instruction sociolect contact linguistics conversation analysis socioling cultural literacy communicology

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