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General Terms Flashcards

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Competence

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A person’s ability to perform and understand speech

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Performance

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Actual language used in speech

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Synchronic

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Language in certain period

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Diachronic

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Historic, change of language

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Prescriptive

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Tell what grammar should be like

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Descriptive

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Actual human linguistics and grammar not prescribed

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