Spoken Language Study

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Across
  1. 3. An individual's personal word choices or style of speaking.
  2. 4. A word that is avoided because it is considered obscene or offensive.
  3. 5. A form of language appropriate to a particular situation or context.
  4. 7. Related to body language – the use of gestures, facial expressions and other non-verbal expressions.
  5. 10. The ways in which words are pronounced.
  6. 11. Used mainly in playful or casual speech; figures of speech are used in place of standard terms.
  7. 14. The slurring (eliding) of one or more sounds or syllables.
  8. 15. The omission of a word or words from an utterance.
  9. 16. The specialised language and vocabulary of a particular job, profession or trade.
Down
  1. 1. The distinctive grammar and vocabulary which is associated with a regional or social use of a language.
  2. 2. A complete unit of talk, bounded by the speaker’s silence.
  3. 6. The speed at which an utterance is delivered.
  4. 8. Tone of voice: how flat or animated a speaker is.
  5. 9. A social dialect or variety of speech used by a particular group, such as working-class speech.
  6. 12. Words or phrases which soften or weaken the force with which something is said.
  7. 13. Items inserted in speech to allow time to think, to create a pause or to hold a turn in conversation (e.g. ‘um’, ‘er’).