Explore rare linguistic phenomena and their intriguing quirks in this crossword puzzle focused on unusual language features.
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Mysteries of Rare Linguistic Artifacts
Explore eleven lesser-known linguistic phenomena that challenge the boundaries of language and grammar.
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- 1. Use of gestures as part of phonological systems
- 2. Grammatical pattern where the subject of a transitive verb differs from an intransitive
- 3. Sound symbolism where sounds evoke particular meanings
- 4. Speech disorder involving involuntary repetition of words or phrases
- 8. A written character representing a whole word
- 10. A reduplicated word altered to indicate similar meaning or contrast
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- 5. Process of turning verbs or adjectives into nouns
- 6. A morpheme that behaves like a word but depends on another word
- 7. Loss of one or more sounds from the end of a word
- 9. Backward derivation in word formation, rare linguistic occurrence
- 11. Phonological changes at word boundaries in some languages
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