The linguist's term competence refers to a. an individual's ...

[Davideckstein7]

The linguist's term competence refers to
 
  a. an individual's inner or mental knowledge of a language and all its grammatical rules.
  b. the ability read, write, speak, or listen, as the occasion demands.
  c. knowledge of how to analyze language, to diagram sentences and recognize parts of speech.
  d. the ability to speak in a fluent and effective manner.

Question 2

CHILDES is
 
  a. an interactive computer program that enables language-delayed children to communicate with their caregivers.
  b. a web-based program including a database of transcriptions of child language and programs to analyze child language.
  c. a world renowned child language laboratory based at Harvard University.
  d. an organization of psycholinguists dedicated to the study of child language development.

[aham8f]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b

[Davideckstein7]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[dyrone]

Excellent