Linguistics

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Across
  1. 2. Features that appear to be common to all human languages
  2. 6. The smallest meaningful unit in a language
  3. 8. A speaker's unconscious knowledge of their language
  4. 9. The scientific study of language
  5. 10. The ability to use language to talk about language itself
  6. 12. The set of rules that describe how people actually use language
  7. 15. The process by which language is learned socially not biologically
Down
  1. 1. The ability to talk about things not present in time or space
  2. 3. The smallest distinctive sound unit in a language
  3. 4. The actual use of language in real situations
  4. 5. The set of rules that tell people how they should use language
  5. 7. The idea that there is no natural connection between a word and its meaning
  6. 11. The human ability to produce an infinite number of sentences
  7. 13. The capacity to create and understand new sentences never heard before
  8. 14. The organization of language into two levels sounds and meaning