Communicative language competences

Discourse competence

Text design

‘natural’ sequencing

Functional competence

Microfunctions

expressing and finding out attitude

structuring discourse

socialising

Macrofunctions

written text

Interaction schemata

Lexical competence

Fixed expressions

Phrasal idiom

Fixed frames

Grammatical competence

Elements

Categories

Classes

Structures

Processes

Semantic competence

Lexical semantic

Phonological competence

Phonemes

Syllable structure

Prosody

Orthographic competence

Punctuation mark

The proper spelling of word

Orthoepic competence

knowledge of spelling conventions

ability to consult a dictionary

Linguistic markers of social relations

Conventions for turntaking

Greetings

Address forms

Politeness conventions

‘positive’ politenes

negative’ politeness

impoliteness

Register differences

Formal

Neutral

Informal

Familiar