LInguistics Crossword

An approach to linguistics which is concerned with saying what language is like and not what it should be like (prescriptivism).
One of the key characteristics of human language which enables it to refer to situations which are not here and now, e.g. I studied linguistics in London when I was in my twenties.
The centre of a phrase or sentence which is possibly qualified by further optional elements
A phonetic segment which consists of a stop followed immediately by a fricative.
The realisation of a phoneme.
Any set of words pronounced the same way
In traditional phonology the smallest unit in language which disinguishes meaning
A word class which generally qualifies a noun.
A linguistic item, such as an article, a pronoun or a numeral, which co-occurs with a noun and in some way qualifies — or determines — the noun.
An essential notion in structural linguistics which denies any necessary relationship between linguistic signs and their referents, e.g. objects in the outside world.
In grammar the unalterable core of a word to which all suffixes are added
The study of the sound system of one or more languages.
A grammatical element which refers to a noun previously mentioned
Any element attached to the right- hand side of a stem.
A new word in the vocabulary of a language. Frequently a borrowing but not necessarily so.