communicative competence
noun Linguistics.
a speaker's internalized knowledge both of the grammatical rules of a language and of the rules for appropriate use in social contexts.
Nearby words
communication engineering, communication interface, communication theory, communications satellite, communicative, communicative competence, communicator, communicology, communion, communion cloth, communion cup
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