linguistic competence
NOUN
21 LETTERS · STARTS WITH L
linguistic competence is a valid 21-letter word worth 31 points in Scrabble and 41 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
L1I1N1G2U1I1S1T1I1C3C3O1M3P3E1T1E1N1C3E1
1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 0 + 3 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =31 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 62TRIPLE WORD → 93
MEANING
What does linguistic competence mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
(linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance).
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