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creativity
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The characteristic of human language that allows novelty and innovation in response to new thoughts, experiences, and situations
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descriptive grammar
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a grammar that seeks to describe human linguistic ability and knwledge not to prescribe one system in preference to another.
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grammar
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The mental system of rules and categories that allows humans to form and interpret the words and sentences of their language.
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linguistic competence
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Speakers' knowledge of their language, which allows them to produce and understand an unlimited number of utterances, including many that are novel.
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linguistics
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the discipline that studies the nature and use of language
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native speakers
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one who has acquired a language as a child in a natural setting
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prescriptive grammar
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a grammar that aims to state the linguistic facts in terms of how they should be.
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