Across
- 3. Father of linguistics
- 5. A barrier influencing process of language acquisition
- 7. A stage in early language development where infants produce repetitive speech-like sounds
- 8. A process by which a word loses its original or specific meaning over time
- 11. An individual's natural ability or capacity to learn a language
- 12. A theory of grammar proposing that a set of universal principles can generate all possible grammatical sentences of a language
Down
- 1. A phenomenon where learners apply a rule or pattern they have learned to contexts where it does not apply
- 2. An occurance which makes the meaning of a sentence unclear
- 4. A researcher well-known for his works on second language acquisition and motivation
- 6. A hypothesis stating that the structure and vocabulary of a language influence the way its speakers perceive the world
- 9. A name of a hypothesis suggesting learners need to be exposed to a slightly difficult level of language
- 10. A tower built to get closer to God