linguistic performance

/lɪŋˌgwɪstɪk pərˌfɔrməns/
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Other forms: linguistic performances

Definitions of linguistic performance
  1. noun
    (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)
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    type of:
    carrying into action, carrying out, execution, performance
    the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
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