Linguistic competence is a term coined by linguist Noam Chomsky to refer to the innate knowledge that speakers of a language possess about the structure and rules of that language. It encompasses a person's ability to generate and understand an infinite number of sentences, including those that are novel or complex. This concept focuses on the abstract cognitive capacity that enables individuals to comprehend and produce language, without necessarily considering their practical use of language in everyday communication, which is known as "linguistic performance.
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