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Obscure Dialects and Phonetic Anomalies
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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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