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4. A morphological term referring to the shortened version of a longer word.
5. A grammatical unit larger than a phrase and which usually contains a verb.
6. Linguistic feature peculiar to a particular region and not part of the standard language of a country.
7. The language of a particular social group or occupation.
8. The process which refers to sounds being altered so they become closer to a neighbouring sound.
12. The overall patterns and structures of a spoken or written text which enable it to communicate meaning.
14. A word formation process where the initial letter of each word forms a group of initials.
15. The study of the structure or composition of words.
18. The circumstances in which speech and writing take place.
19. The deletion of sounds in connected speech.

1. A term which refers to degrees of formality within a discourse.
2. The rise and fall of the voice pitch.
3. A form of correction, typical in spontaneous speech.
4. This refers to the rules governing how words are combined to make sentences in language.
5. An informal phrase or word.
9. A phonological term referring to the additional sounds in speech which ease articulation.
10. A person's individual style of speech.
11. The language variety of a regional social group.
13. A grammatical structure made up of one or more clauses.
16. Another word for vocabulary.
17. A distinctive manner of oral expression.