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SUJET PARLANT [1 record]

Record 1 1986-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
OBS

Refers an ideal speaker of a given language or dialect who has internalized the competence of the language. A component of Chomskyan linguistic theory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
CONT

On appelle sujet parlant un être humain capable de langage et possédant une compétence linguistique qui est la grammaire de sa langue; ainsi, tout francophone est un sujet parlant le français.

Spanish

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