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Obscure Dialects and Phonetic Anomalies
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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Across
  • 1. Scientific study encompassing language structure and change
  • 2. Naming device using descriptive epithets or periphrases
  • 3. Semi-vowel sound that slips between vowels unnoticed
  • 4. Discourse analyzing language use and variation critically
  • 6. Alternation of languages within a conversation
  • 8. Speaker limited to one linguistic system
  • 13. Study of abstract sound units in spoken language
  • 14. Articulated by curling tongue tip backward
  • 15. Region influencing linguistic variation and dialect formation
  • 17. Boundary line separating distinct linguistic features
Down
  • 5. Specialist analyzing language in social contexts
  • 7. Lexical items demarcating speech communities
  • 9. Mixed language phenomenon involving multiple mother tongues
  • 10. Ancient script revealing Slavic linguistic diversity
  • 11. Name derived from a paternal ancestor, often regional
  • 12. Consonant produced deep in the vocal tract
  • 16. Historic change altering pronunciation systemically
  • 18. Variant speech sound without change in meaning
  • 19. Language features associated with city speech patterns

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