language intuition; feel for language; linguistic sense
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intuitive sense of language; feel for language; linguistic intuition
Refers to the instinctive ability to judge correctness, appropriateness, or aesthetic quality of language usage without conscious analysis. Often emphasized in language acquisition and teaching.
Tā他
de的
yǔ语
gǎn感
hěn很
hǎo好
，
shuō说
huà话
zǒng总
shì是
hěn很
dì地
dao道
。
He has an excellent feel for language and always speaks very idiomatically.
Xué学
xí习
wài外
yǔ语
xū需
yào要
péi培
yǎng养
liáng良
hǎo好
de的
yǔ语
gǎn感
。
Learning a foreign language requires cultivating a good sense of language.
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Dú读
duō多
le了
jīng经
diǎn典
wén文
xué学
zuò作
pǐn品
，
zì自
rán然
jiù就
huì会
xíng形
chéng成
yǔ语
gǎn感
。
If you read enough classic literature, you will naturally develop a linguistic intuition.
Tā她
de的
yǔ语
gǎn感
ràng让
tā她
néng能
lì立
kè刻
chá察
jué觉
zhè这
gè个
jù句
zi子
yǔ语
fǎ法
bú不
duì对
。
Her feel for language allowed her to immediately sense that the grammar in this sentence was wrong.