Across
- 2. Repeated words or phrases
- 6. Words, phrases and sounds used by a listener to give feedback to a speaker that the message is being followed and understood
- 8. strings of words normally added to a statement to turn it into a question
- 10. A word or phrase that makes a statement less forceful or assertive.
- 12. Missing out or slurring one or more sounds or syllables in a word or group of words
Down
- 1. The distinctive grammar and vocabulary of a particular region or social group
- 3. Words that enhance the meaning or give extra emotional context to what has been said
- 4. statements that sound imprecise or unclear
- 5. Missing out words or parts of a sentence; conveys a more casual and informal tone
- 7. A shortened form of a word or group of words, often marked by an apostrophe in writing
- 9. The ways words are pronounced; the sound of words most common to the speaker’s region
- 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.