This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Vocabulary & Spelling has 25 clues. Answers range from 6 to 15 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Which theory believes that men interrupt more than women in mixed sex conversations?
Which female linguist supported the Dominance Model?
Can't be touched e.g love
Can be touched, smelt, heard etc.
Term used to describe vocabulary and grammar associated with a particular geographical region.
Name of a particular person, place or thing.
General name of a person, place or thing.
A word or phrase that modifies the meaning of an adjective or verb and usually ends in 'ly.'
Join words, phrases and sentences together.
Describes physical actions.
Describes a state (mental action) rather than anything physical.
Words to describe nouns.
Term used when you over pronounce the 'r' sound after a vowel e.g farm.
Which linguist formed the Deficit Model?
Which theory believes that men and women can't communicate properly because of biology?
The maxim of ........, where one tries to be as informative as one possibly can, and gives as much information as is needed, and no more.
The maxim of ......., where one tries to be truthful, and does not give information that is false or that is not supported by evidence.
The maxim of ........, where one tries to be relevant and says things that are pertinent to the discussion.
The maxim of ......, when one tries to be as clear, as brief and as orderly as one can in what one says, and where one avoids obscurity and ambiguity.
Trying to be like your audience to create an equal footing.
Where you maintain a social barrier and use fancy jargon to look better.
A speaker raising or lowering the pitch of their voice to show different attitudes.
The way that individuals adjust their speech pattern to match others.
The dialect of English that is considered to have the most prestige and is used in the education system and in formal written texts.
Theorist that introduce the idea of LAD- a programmed ability to learn language and workout the system of grammar and syntax.