Why it matters
Separates ability from mistakes or pressure.
Core term · Noam Chomsky
Linguistic Competence
The silent, underlying knowledge of a language a speaker carries within — the rules they grasp intuitively, even when they could never spell them out.
Areas of life
Educationassessment
How to handle it
Do not judge ability only by one performance.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
From concept to practice
Turn Linguistic Competence into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.