Spoken language

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Across
  1. 2. Repeated words or phrases
  2. 6. Words, phrases and sounds used by a listener to give feedback to a speaker that the message is being followed and understood
  3. 8. strings of words normally added to a statement to turn it into a question
  4. 10. A word or phrase that makes a statement less forceful or assertive.
  5. 12. Missing out or slurring one or more sounds or syllables in a word or group of words
Down
  1. 1. The distinctive grammar and vocabulary of a particular region or social group
  2. 3. Words that enhance the meaning or give extra emotional context to what has been said
  3. 4. statements that sound imprecise or unclear
  4. 5. Missing out words or parts of a sentence; conveys a more casual and informal tone
  5. 7. A shortened form of a word or group of words, often marked by an apostrophe in writing
  6. 9. The ways words are pronounced; the sound of words most common to the speaker’s region
  7. 11. Words or sounds that don’t carry meaning; used to allow time to think, to create a pause or to hold a turn in conversation.