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Jezik, komunikacija i sposobnosti: nazivi i bliskoznačnice
Language, Communication and Competence Names and Synonyms

Author(s): Zrinka Jelaska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Hrvatsko filološko društvo
Keywords: Language; Communication; Competence; Names and Synonyms; Croatian language;

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses the concepts of language and communication ability and a few with them connected synonyms, such as ability and skill, language adoption and learning. There is a short review of the development of the concept communication competence and of the Croatian replacement for this loan-word. These examples suggest the necessity of the existence of synonyms and their role in the terminology.

  • Issue Year: 52/2005
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 128-138
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Croatian