Crossword puzzle : Regional variations in English

From the rolling vowels of a Yorkshire dialect to the lilting cadences of Appalachian English, regional varieties reveal how geography, history, and culture shape language. This crossword challenges your knowledge of dialectal features, accent-specific terminology, and sociolinguistic concepts. Can you navigate the rich patchwork of Englishes spoken across the globe?

Horizontalement

1. 0. Used sarcastically to disagree
2. 1. A gliding vowel sound in speech
3. 3. Full of light, opposite of dark
4. 4. Used to add surprise emphasis
5. 7. Place adverb replacing here
6. 11. Prepared for an activity
7. 14. Past form of will used in reporting
8. 15. Sound produced at the back of the throat
9. 16. Dialects becoming more similar over time

Verticalement

1. 1. Regional variety of a spoken language
2. 2. Having little length or duration
3. 5. Emphasis patterns in regional speech
4. 6. Study of regional language varieties
5. 8. Overcorrecting speech to sound formal
6. 9. To eliminate a phonetic distinction
7. 10. Language variety of a social group
8. 12. Past form of may in reporting
9. 13. Regional expression with figurative meaning