Across
- 1. A distinctive way of pronouncing words that is characteristic of a particular group of speakers or geographic area.
- 4. The vocabulary of a language, including all its words and expressions.
- 7. A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular group of speakers or geographic area.
- 8. The study of how context contributes to meaning in language.
Down
- 2. The practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation.
- 3. The scientific study of language. Apply the scientific method to conduct formal studies of speech sounds and gestures, grammatical structures, and meaning across the world's 6,000+ languages.
- 5. A phrase or expression that has a meaning that cannot be inferred from the literal meaning of its individual words.
- 6. The rise and fall of pitch in speech that conveys information about sentence structure, emphasis, and emotion.