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In examining how the linguistic resources of L2 proficiency have been conceptualized and assessed in L2 assessment and SLA, this entry has argued that semantico‐grammatical knowledge defined uniquely in terms of forms and meanings presents only a partial understanding of the linguistic resources. A fuller definition of linguistic resources of communication needs to include the form‐meaning mappings that are intrinsically related to the conveyance of propositional and pragmatic meanings. It also argues that in the assessment of communicative effectiveness, the focus might be better placed on the use of grammatical ability for meaning conveyance, rather than solely on accuracy of the form. A number of assessment tasks have been used for eliciting performance relevant to linguistic resources, but test developers need to consider how grammar tasks and scoring procedures allow for the capture of information about the resources of communication at varied grain sizes. Research attempting to include the form, meaning, and form‐meaning mapping aspects of linguistic resources in assessments is ongoing. In the meantime, test score users should critically examine the meaning of scores obtained on assessments claimed to assess grammar.

SEE ALSO: Construction Grammar; Systemic Functional Linguistics; Task‐Based Language Assessment