communicative competence

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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.

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If that state is to be further armed with new laws, its competence will be even more on the line.
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When you look at Mona Lisa, what you see is a woman of confidence and competence and compassion.
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Voters prize gubernatorial competence above gubernatorial ideology.
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Whatever your views on capital punishment, the incident raises questions of basic competence.
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But when did they become the litmus test of competence in office?
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Nine-tenths of those who have a competence know what income they have, and are careful not to spend more.
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Malcolm understood instantly that his native companion had found the ekka-wallah more communicative.
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Seeing that his friend did not intend to be communicative the boy wisely changed the subject.
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He is a business man of great competence, and I think he ought to be able to do much to get things on to a ship-shape footing.
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Mazaroff had been too communicative in the hour of his supposed triumph, and he had told Varney everything.
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