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Linguistic Layers and Word Origins
Explore the fascinating world of language and words through clues about etymology, vocabulary, and linguistic concepts.
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Across
  • 1. Informal everyday language
  • 2. Word spelled the same backward
  • 4. Study of fixed expressions
  • 5. Regional form of a language
  • 7. Borrowed word from another language
  • 8. Meaning of words and sentences
  • 12. Smallest unit of meaning
  • 13. Person who studies languages
  • 15. Rules that govern sentence structure
Down
  • 3. Smallest unit of sound
  • 6. Word formed by rearranging letters
  • 9. Words that imitate sounds
  • 10. Set of letters used in writing
  • 11. Study of word origins
  • 14. Unit of pronunciation with vowel sound
  • 16. Individual's unique language use

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