Across
- 4. Language takes on the norms of the local area.
- 6. a word that is borrowed
- 7. countries that they consider English as a foreign language fall under this circle.
- 8. giving a word an official meaning and definition
- 10. people being able to understand each other despite having different native languages.
- 13. forms of language found in casual everyday speech
- 14. an expression or mode of expression that occurs in ordinary speech rather than formal writing.
Down
- 1. language takes on the norms of the colonizing country.
- 2. the idea that language is subject to rules and should not change.
- 3. A particular form of a language which is peculiar to a specific region or social group.
- 5. countries that that mainly speak English fall in this circle.
- 9. countries that use English as a secondary language fall under this circle.
- 11. a common language which can be used by different groups whose native languages are different.
- 12. what language is a lingua franca?
