Chapter 5
Across
- 3. situations , Locations and occasions requiring the use of different styles of language.
- 6. , The internal mental capacity for language.
- 9. , An historic language from which known languages are believed to have descended by differentiation of the proto-language into the languages that form a language family.
- 10. community , People who share a similar cultural background and language knowledge.
- 13. branch , A group of languages which share common linguistic and have evolved from a common ancestor.
- 14. , The use and arrangement of specific language forms.
- 15. family , A collection of languages within a family with a common ancestral language.
- 16. language , A language that is given a special legal status over other languages in a country.
- 18. , Variants of the single language.
Down
- 1. , A blended language differentiated from a pidgin language by its more complex grammar and its status as a first language.
- 2. language shift , A linguistic pattern of acculturation found in US immigrant groups in which a group shifts from being non-English monolingual to English monolingual.
- 4. , A composite language with a simplified grammatical system and a limited
- 5. , The external manifestation of ideas through speech.
- 7. classification , Classification based on the comparison of the formal similarities in pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary which exist among languages.
- 8. , Being able to use two languages with varying degrees of fluency. Toponymy: The study of place names.
- 11. schemata , A system of standards for perceiving, believing, evaluating and acting.
- 12. franca , A language used to make communication possible between people who do not share a native language.
- 17. scripts , The “scripts” that guide social behavior and language use in everyday speaking situations.