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Linguistic Nuances and Word Origins
A crossword puzzle exploring intricate language concepts, word formations, and etymologies.
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Across
  • 1. Process of forming a new word from an existing one
  • 2. Study of set expressions and idioms
  • 3. Study of word origins
  • 4. Complete vocabulary of a language
  • 5. Study of language use in context
  • 8. Word or phrase that reads the same backward
  • 14. Meaning of words and sentences
  • 16. Arrangement of words in a sentence
Down
  • 6. Word imitating a sound
  • 7. Phrase with figurative meaning
  • 9. Study of speech sounds
  • 10. Informal language used in everyday speech
  • 11. Words with opposite meanings
  • 12. Newly coined word or expression
  • 13. Smallest unit of meaning in language
  • 15. Mild or indirect word substituted for one considered harsh
  • 17. Word with similar meaning

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