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Linguistic competence is defined as underlying knowledge that allows a cognitive processor to engage in a particular cognitive activity involving language, independent of behavior expressing that knowledge. Contrast with Linguistic performance.
Linguistic determinism refers to the hypothesis that languages determine non-linguistic cognitive processes such as the perception of shapes. It is the hypothesis that language determines thought, with the corollary that speakers of different languages may, as result, think differently. Linguistic determinism is also known as the Whorfian hypothesis.
Linguistic performance refers to the behavior or responses actually produced by a cognitive processor engaged in a particular cognitive activity involving language. Contrast with Linguistic competence.
Linguistic relativity is defined as the assertion that speakers of different languages have differing cognitive systems and that these different cognitive systems influence the ways in which people speaking the various languages think about the world. Linguistic relativity is the hypothesis that the cognitive processes determined by language vary from language to language.
Linguistics is defined as the field of study focusing on the structure, use, and acquisition of language ; the branch of science that studies the origin, structure, and use of language