(n)(linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence)
[しょうみょう, shoumyou](n) (1) (See 五明) sabdavidya (ancient Indian linguistic and grammatical studies); (2) { Buddh } chanting of Buddhist hymns (usu. in Sanskrit or Chinese)#7548[Add to Longdo]