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 name aardvark (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ËÉËrtfÉrk]) comes from earlier Afrikaans (erdvark) and means earth pig or ground pig (aarde: earth/ground, vark: pig), because of its burrowing habits (similar origin to the name groundhog). The name Orycteropus means burrowing foot, and the name afer refers to Africa.