Across
- 3. variable What the researcher measures to see if the
- 4. language ________ occurs when speakers of two or more languages or dialects interact and influence each other.
- 12. The sign (sound/word) has no real connection to is meaning.
- 14. __________grammar formal rules of grammar that are taught and learned and people may or may not use them
- 15. _______analysis data analysis that best shows trends and patterns of the data (e.g. graphs)
- 16. The things we say have a specific meaning.
- 17. ______change a word/vocabulary change in a language
Down
- 1. linguistic ________ unfair treatment of people which is based on their use of language and the characteristics of their speech
- 2. variable What the researcher changes (or manipulates).
- 4. _______switching moving from one style of language to another depending on your environment, purpose, the group of people that are around you.
- 5. words of different languages that are the same or almost the same
- 6. ___________ sciences focus on the study of human behavior and the human mind
- 7. __________analysis data analysis that shows how reliable/repeatable the results of an
- 8. The study of language scientifically and systematically
- 9. not allowing personal feelings or options to affect experiment .
- 10. includes how one or a region of people pronunces words along with their general vocabulary and grammar
- 11. _________grammar objective, nonjudgmental explanation of the grammatical constructions in a language that linguists use to discuss language
- 13. The rules of human language allow for an infinite number of sentences which can express any idea, even brand new ones.