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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesintuition linguistique
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛ̃.tɥi.sjɔ̃ lɛ̃.ɡwis.tik
"Son intuition linguistique lui a permis d'identifier l'erreur instantanément."
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2 senses- 1
The native speaker's subconscious knowledge and innate ability to judge whether a sentence or utterance is grammatically well-formed and acceptable in their language.
"Her linguistic intuition immediately flagged the sentence as ungrammatical, even though she couldn't recall the exact rule." - 2
An instinctive understanding of communicative nuances, pragmatic meanings, and structural patterns within human languages.
"Translators often rely on strong linguistic intuition to capture the subtle emotional undertones of the source text."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of 'linguistic' (originating from Latin lingua, meaning tongue or language, via French) and 'intuition' (from Late Latin intuitio, from tueri meaning to look at or contemplate). The compound term emerged in 20th-century generative linguistics, notably popularized by Noam Chomsky to describe native speakers' subconscious knowledge of their mother tongue.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Linguistic intuition" is said worldwide
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intuition linguistique
Transliteration: ɛ̃.tɥi.sjɔ̃ lɛ̃.ɡwis.tik
"Son intuition linguistique lui a permis d'identifier l'erreur instantanément."
Sprachgefühl
Transliteration: ʃpʁaːx.ɡəˌfyːl
"Als Muttersprachler verlässt man sich oft auf sein sicheres Sprachgefühl."
intuizione linguistica
Transliteration: in.tu.itˈtjo.ne linˈɡwi.sti.ka
"La sua intuizione linguistica lo ha guidato nella scelta del termine appropriato."
intuición lingüística
Transliteration: in.tu.iˈsjon liŋˈɡwis.ti.ka
"La intuición lingüística del hablante nativo es clave para la gramática generativa."
intuição linguística
Transliteration: ĩ.tu.iˈsɐ̃w lĩˈɡwis.ti.kɐ
"O professor testou a intuição linguística dos alunos com frases ambíguas."
भाषाई अंतर्ज्ञान
Transliteration: bhashai antarjnan
"मातृभाषियों में एक स्वाभाविक भाषाई अंतर्ज्ञान होता है।"
语言直觉
Transliteration: yǔyán zhíjué
"这个语法错误违背了母语者的语言直觉。"
언어 직관
Transliteration: eon-eo jikgwan
"원어민의 언어 직관은 문법 검사에 매우 중요하다."
言語直感
Transliteration: gengo chokkan
"母語話者の言語直感に基づıいて例文を作成する。"
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