▁their ▁lat ent ▁sexual ▁significance , ▁ ▁he ▁had ▁no ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁ps y cho anal yt ic ▁approach ▁and ▁made ▁no ▁reference ▁to ▁his ▁contemporary ▁Fre ud ▁in ▁any ▁of ▁his ▁writ ings . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁therefore , ▁no ▁indices ▁or ▁standards ▁existed ▁that ▁were ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁ver bal ▁language ▁component ▁of ▁the ▁dream s ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁general ▁population . ▁But ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁He yn ick ▁reported ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁publications ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁two ▁experiments ▁designed ▁to ▁evaluate , ▁first , ▁the ▁lingu istic ▁compet ence ▁and , ▁subsequently , ▁the ▁p rag m atic ▁compet ence ▁of ▁the ▁dream er ▁in ▁the ▁dream ing ▁state , ▁using ▁large ▁subject ▁po ols ▁drawn ▁from ▁the ▁general ▁population ▁( in ▁this ▁case ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ) ▁and ▁following ▁careful ▁protocol s ▁designed ▁to ▁avoid ▁select ivity ▁and ▁maxim ize ▁accuracy ▁of ▁recall . ▁ ▁L ingu istic ▁performance ▁The ▁term ▁" ling u istic ▁performance ," ▁central ▁to ▁this ▁experiment , ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁transform ational - gener ative ▁( T G ) ▁revolution ▁in ▁lingu istics ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁tw enti eth ▁century ▁and ▁the ▁con com it ant ▁emer gence ▁of ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁formal ▁psych ol ingu istics . ▁The ▁T G ▁model ▁of ▁language ▁generation ▁assumes ▁an ▁ideal ▁" ling u istic ▁compet ence " ▁on ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁speaker , ▁theoret ically ▁en