Feedback Crossword (Topics 1 & 2)
Across
- 2. signals which you have not intentionally sent; e.g.: body language.
- 6. signals you use intentionally to communicate something.
- 8. Humans are capable of creating new expressions for new objects.
- 11. there is no natural connection between a linguistic form and its meaning= arbitrary relationship.
- 12. The first words came from involuntary exclamations.
- 13. The investigation of the origins of language then turns into a search for the special “language gene”.
- 14. Language is a gift given by a deity.
- 15. transmission the process whereby a language is passed on from one generation to the next in a community.
Down
- 1. ability of human language which allows us to talk about abstract concepts.
- 3. to be able to reflect on language and its uses.
- 4. characteristic of human language whereby speech can be analyzed on two levels.
- 5. As humans evolved parallel in more than one location; each group developed its own unique language.
- 7. Vocabulary developed from imitations of animal noises.
- 9. the successful conveying or sharing of ideas and feelings.
- 10. The beginnings of language is based on the concept of natural sounds.