linguistic competence

1. (linguistics) a speaker's implicit, internalized knowledge of the rules of their language (contrasted with linguistic performance) (synset 105161144)
   referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
   is a type of: competence, competency - the quality of being adequately or well qualified physically and intellectually

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