Nature of Language 1

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Across
  1. 1. The linguistic study of meaning in language.
  2. 5. ______ is the feature of language that means we can talk about any aspect of time and space.
  3. 7. The science of speech and sound.
  4. 10. The emphasis placed upon a syllable in a pronunciation.
  5. 11. The scientific study of language.
  6. 13. The representation of sound by similar sounding words.
  7. 16. The relative emphasis given in pronunciation to a syllable in loudness, pitch or duration.
  8. 18. The scientific study of the structure of words.
  9. 19. The party that sends the message is the ______.
  10. 22. The party that receives the message is the _______.
  11. 23. The sameness of sound. E.g. Rode – road, bare – bear, lead – led, go – gho…
  12. 25. The smallest meaningful unit of a written language.
  13. 26. The arrangement of words into phrases and sentences.
Down
  1. 2. The movement of the message from the sender to receiver is called ______.
  2. 3. Together the sender and receiver are called _______.
  3. 4. The most basic human urge is to _____.
  4. 6. The word language comes from the latin ‘lingua’ which means something produced with the ___
  5. 8. When the receiver informs they have received the message they give _____.
  6. 9. The rise and fall of the voice.
  7. 12. The sameness of spelling. E.g. watch, orange, bear, pass, found
  8. 14. The smallest meaningful element in a language.
  9. 15. The study of speech in a particular language.
  10. 17. The study of the origin and history of words and their meaning.
  11. 20. The systematic representation of language writing.
  12. 21. The minimal unit of potentially meaningful sound.
  13. 24. The inability to express thoughts by means of speech, as a consequence of certain brain disorders.