Across
- 1. the study of language in context
- 3. the conventional spelling system of a language
- 4. a word adopted from another language
- 5. a phrase with a meaning different from its literal words
- 7. a word that has the same or similar meaning as another
- 9. a large collection of written or spoken texts
- 11. informal language used by particular groups
- 13. the smallest unit of sound in speech
- 14. a prefix or suffix attached to a word
- 15. a word having multiple meanings
- 17. the complete vocabulary of a language
- 18. words that are spelled or pronounced the same but have different meanings
- 19. the study of word origins
Down
- 2. a word with the opposite meaning of another
- 6. a reference book listing words and their meanings
- 8. the smallest grammatical unit in a language
- 10. the level of formality of language
- 11. the study of meaning in language
- 12. a newly coined word or expression
- 16. words that frequently go together