Terms and Names from Chapters 1 & 2

The terms and names in this crossword come from the word bank for the weekly quiz on lesson 1.
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Across:

1. The role a word or phrase plays in a sentence
3. A word that modifies a verb
7. Process of inserting something that was not there before
9. He applied the terms "langue" and "parole" to the study of language.
12. A word that replaces a noun
14. Process of switching something from one place in a sentence to another
15. Abbreviation for the form of English accepted in academic and professional life
16. Language used to talk about language
19. 18th-century English grammarian who wanted to purify English by making it more like Latin
20. Part of a sentence that gives information about what the subject does or causes or what happens to it
21. American linguist _____ Webster created the first American dictionary and a very influential spelling book.
22. Another word for "regulative"
23. Joins sentence elements or sentences
26. Conveys an action or "state of being"
28. A kind of auxiliary verb that reflects the speaker or writer's attitude toward the verb
29. Part of a noun phrase, they come before the noun and "determine" it
32. Process of putting one sentence element into the place of another
34. Category that includes "a," "an," and "the"; used with nouns
36. The _____ of a language describes the forms of the language that are actually used by native speakers.
37. Word or group of words that serves a function in a sentence. If it is a group of words, it can be replaced by a single word.
38. ________ rules are rules that describe what a language is.

Down:

2. Another term for "transformational" or "generative" grammar; related to the idea that there is a mental system that underlies language ability
4. ________ rules are rules that say what language is proper or appropriate.
5. Words that join one word or phrase to another (or to an entire sentence)
6. Last name of the American linguist whose spelling book and dictionary had a very strong influence on American English
8. Refers to categories like "noun" and "verb" without reference to the way words are used in a sentence
10. Word that modifies a noun
11. Word that can fill the blank in "The _____ can endure."
13. A _____ grammar describes a language as it is, not as someone thinks it ought to be. Often used as another name for "structural" or behaviorist grammar.
17. Proposed that a grammar of English (Anglo-Saxon or "Old" English) could be based on the grammar of Latin
18. _____ refers to the use an individual makes of a particular language
24. Originated transformational ("universal") grammar by studying linguistic competence, not just perfomance (that is, studied what native speakers have in their heads, not just externally observable language use)
25. Process of removing something from a sentence or strucure
27. Applied principles of behavioral psychology to the study of language
30. Dionysius _____ wrote a grammar of Greek in the first century BCE.
31. Someone who studies language in a scientific way
33. Word or word group that states the topic of the sentence
35. ____ refers to the system of the language itself (rather than to the use a particular individual makes of it)

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