âCommunication is the essence of human lifeâ: reflections on communicative competence. Original Article. âCommunication is the essence of human lifeâ: reflections on communicative competence. Communicative competence allows individuals to attain their communication goals and to realize the very essence of their humanity. Hence, the development of communicative competence has been identified as the central goal of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention.
Also,old stamping ground. A habitual or favorite haunt, as in Whenever we visit, we go back to our old stamping ground, the drugstore nearest the high school. This term alludes to a traditional gathering place for horses or cattle, which stamp down the ground with their hooves. [ Early 1800s ]
The word comes from guappo, a word in Sicilian and Neapolitan dialects that means a swaggering thug. The lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower, an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary, has said âetymologies of this sort [acronyms]âespecially for older wordsâ are almost always false.â. From The Grammarphobia Blog entry An etymology without papers,