Across
- 1. a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct.
- 4. The study of how words are formed.
- 5. The distinctive grammar and vocabulary which is associated with a regional or social use of a language
- 7. concept refers to how learners perceive their ability as users and as learners of a second language, and also to their beliefs and emotions
- 9. a type or style of speech used by a particular gender.
Down
- 2. An individually distinctive style of speaking.
- 3. are used to express the same things as modals, but are a combination of auxiliary verbs and the preposition to.
- 6. an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.
- 7. A social dialect or variety of speech used by a particular group, such as working-class or upper-class speech.
- 8. Words and phrases which soften or weaken the force with which something is said- e.g. 'perhaps', 'maybe', 'sort of', 'possibly', 'I think'.