Mastermind 10: Language Labyrinth Crossword
Mastermind 10: Language Labyrinth is a hard English-language crossword with 13 clues. Linguistics, word formation and the hidden machinery of language.
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Across
- 1. Stable natural language that can develop from a pidgin
- 4. Mid-central unstressed vowel sound
- 7. Rules governing how words form sentences
- 8. Smallest language unit carrying meaning or grammatical function
- 10. Study of meaning in context and use
- 11. Grammatical marking of a noun's syntactic role
- 12. Pitch distinction that can change word meaning
Down
- 2. Language variety chosen for a social situation
- 3. Smallest sound unit capable of distinguishing meaning
- 5. Change in word form expressing grammatical information
- 6. Map line marking a boundary between linguistic features
- 7. Relating to meaning in language
- 9. Contact language with simplified structure and no native speakers at first
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