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The statement, "I am
coming" instead of "I'll be
back" is an example of
language

The root morpheme of the
word 'restructure' is

Sounds that begin as stops
and end as fricatives are
called
__.

The co-existence of two
different forms of language
in a society--often a "high"
and "low" or "official" and
"lingua franca" form--is
called

This utterance is an
example of ____'Shut that
door, now!'

The words ‘berry and bury’,
‘plain and plane’ are
examples of words called

______________is
concerned with the study of
the acquisition, use, and
loss of language.

Linguists have categorised
the various dimensions of
meaning into three major
classes namely denotative,
associative and
meaning.

A morpheme that cannot
stand on its own is called a
morpheme

A proposal to change the
ways in which a language is
to be used in society is part
of ___________

The
_is the smallest minimal
unit of language that can be
pronounced in isolation

The word 'nefariousness'
has _____ morphemes

The branch of
linguistics that studies the
internal structure of words
and how words are formed
in a language is
called_________.

The statement 'He is a
backstabber' can be only be
understood in ________

In Ikwere dialect spoken in
Rivers State, the words
[risi] and [riʃi] both mean
‘head’. In other words, the
use of consonant sound [s]
or [ʃ] does not change the
meaning of the word.
Therefore, both sounds are
said to be in _________

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' is

An example of a speech
impairment that requires
the use of sign language is
________

__________ is concerned
with the study of how the
brain processes language

The place of articulation for
the consonant sound [ð] is

Which of the following
statements is NOT TRUE
__________

With more than 500
languages, Nigeria is an
example of a
nation.

morphemes are free
morphemes that have
independent dictionary
meaning of their own.

All the following sounds are
voiceless except ______

In the word, /ʧit/‘cheat’, /t/ is
the

Which of these is a set of
bilabials ________?

Which of the statements
below is FALSE about all
languages? ______

Which of the following is not
a component of linguistic
knowledge? ________

The first phase of linguistics
as a science had its focus
on________ logic of
meaning

The minimal sound unit that
makes a difference in
meaning is a

are produced with a partial
obstruction in the flow of air
such that air passes
through a narrow passage
with some noise.

The head of the capitalised
part of the sentence 'The
terrorists hid IN THE
FOREST' is a

The effect that an
illocutionary act has on a
hearer is referred to
as______

What are the conditions a
speech act must meet to be
successful and achieve its
communicative purpose?

The word ‘transcript’ was
formed from the word
'transcription' through a
process of

One of these is a voiceless
dental stop _______

Which of the following is
NOT TRUE of human
language? It is ______

Pitch patterns (low and
high) over phrases and
sentences are known as

The _____ are not found in
the English sound system

The action of pushing out of
air from the lungs is
referred to as
__.

The organs of speech in the
production of palatal
sounds are the tongue and
the

Which of the maxims
relates to how something is
said in a talk exchange?

Which of the following does
not feature in the
production of consonants?

Acoustic phonetics deals
with __________.

Alveolar sounds are
produced through contact
between the teeth and the

The process of
involves the loss of a sound
segment or suprasegment
when morphemes or words
are combined together.

The function word in the
statement, "Lets make
America great again" is

The phrase ‘Jamb question’
in Don’t ask me ‘jamb
question’ is an example of a
________

In Sign language, the
elements of a sign as
summarized in the acronym
HOLME refers to________

Which of the following best
describes Phonetics
_______?

The suffix in the word
"entrepreneurship" is

According to
Chomsky,________ is the
use of language in
everyday situations.

According to Saussure,
is the part of language that
reflects its variant nature

Four Greek scholars who
contributed to the growth of
linguistics are _________.

of articulation describes
where sounds are
produced.

The language centre for
right-handed persons is
located in the ________

Which term refers to the
arrangement of words into
phrases and sentences?

Which of the following may
not function as the peak of
a syllable?

Which of the following
category of sounds is
absent from the English
sound system?________

is that aspect of a speaker's
grammar an represents
his/her ability to produce
grammatically correct
sentences

The phenomenon in the
example 'Gaskiya, gidan
belongs to a friend' is called

The human ability to use
language is located in the
_________ .

The minimal unit of study in
morphology is

A speaker's use of his/her
language in interaction is
called

The use of a set of
alphabets to represent
distinctive sounds is called
an

All of the following
statements are TRUE of
human language EXCEPT
ONE. All languages
_________

_is the object of study for
linguistics

Tone performs a
function when it
distinguishes between
sentences that are the
same except for the tones
they bear.

Which of the following does
not feature in the
production of vowels?

refers to forms that
charaterise the speech of
individual speakers

______ is the process of
determining the time of
separation of genetically
related languages

A diachronic description of
a language is concerned
with the historical
development of the
language and the structural
changes that have taken
place in it. TRUE OR
FALSE
?

What branch of linguistics
refers to the study of words
and their meaningful parts?

The word for 'hospital' in
Hausa is 'asibiti' an
example of

One of the following is a
correct analysis for ‘The
suicide bomber put the
bomb in a bag’
________________

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

Which of the following do
not occur in final positions
in words?

The meaning an expression
has over and above its
conceptual content is
known as ______

The feature these sounds
have in common is that
they are
sounds [m, n, ɲ]

Linguistics in the 20th
century was marked by a
focus on the development
of ________.

The sound [m] is produced
in the
cavity

The main organ of speech
in the production of vowels
is the

Sociolinguistics is
concerned with the study of
the relationship between
language and

According to Chomsky,
_________is not affected
by memory limitation,
distraction, shift of attention
and errors.

is the study of language as
an object.

A
is a pidgin that has
acquired native speakers or
first language speakers

A sufficient corpus of
description of words in a
language can constitute a

To put to bed' instead of to
give birth' is an example of
a

This utterance is an
example of ____'The
accused is hereby
pronounced guilty'.

One of the following
distinguishes human
language from animal
language. Human language
is ________

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

Phonetic transcription is a
form of writing using
________

The lingua franca of the
Niger-Delta area of Nigeria
is
English

affixes can change the
word class (part of speech)
of the word to which they
are attached.

The science of designing
machines that simulate
human intelligence is
known as _________

Codification is the
stage of language planning

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

A patient who has
experienced a serious head
injury but is able to respond
to instructions is an
indication that the
side of the brain is still
functioning

The manner of articulation
for the consonant sound
[kw] is

In the word /ræp/ 'rap’, /r/ is
the

refers to when the
languagevariety of a
speaker differs only in
pronounciation

That all languages mark
plural is an example of a
language

The word, 'innovation' has
morphemes

Grammar is a system that
is used to generate an
number of sentences

Words that characterise a
profession like
'stethoscope, syringe,
fracture' are examples of

The word ‘lazy’ is a
for ‘hardworking’

All except one of the
following are minimal
pairs________

In Hausa, ‘asibiti’ meaning
‘hospital’ is an example of
_______

The place of articulation for
the consonant sound [ɲ] is

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

The root morpheme of the
word "enterprising" is

The distinction between
pairs of words like
'prince/princess', is that of

The output of
is the input into phonology

-ee' in 'mentee' is an
example of a _______
morpheme

Which theory assumes a
certain period for normal
language acquisition or
learning and development
to take place, after which
language learning can only
be achieved with great
difficulty?

_____________is
concerned with the study of
speech impairment in
children and adults.

One of these is a high,
front, rounded vowel
_______

All except one of these
statements is not true
___________

The basic minimal unit of
grammatical analysis in a
language is the ________

The function word in the
sentence, "Kola passed his
exams" is
__.

The word ‘attractive’ is a
for ‘beautiful’.

To say 'cerfiticate' instead
of 'certificate' is an example
of _________________

The word ‘peculiar’ is a
for ‘odd’

In Yoruba, 'kpana' 'quench
fire'--- > 'kpana kpana' 'fire
fighter' is an example of a
word formation process of
________

Damage to the _________
hemisphere of the brain can
lead to language disorders

__________ was a Swiss
scholar often referred to as
the father of modern
linguistics

All the following sounds are
voiced except _______

The organ of speech that
makes sounds voiced or
voiceless is the

Languages that descended
from the same language
are called ______

inter’ in the word
‘interconnectivity’ is an
example of a _______

A ________grammar states
explicitly the rules of the
language, list the words
and their pronunciations

Language is written using a
system of arbitrary and
signs

[ʌ] is exclusive to the
language

Suspect’ and ‘custody’ in
the statement ‘The suspect
was remanded in custody’
are examples of ______.

One of these is an aveolar
stop ________

Nigeria uses the
sign language

The difference between 'go
slow', traffic jam', and heavy
traffic flow' is a
difference

Sounds produced with
vibration in the glottis are
described as

The distinction between
langue and parole as an
explanation to language
phenomenon is associated
with _______

stress is the type of stress
that is produced with a
maximum breath force

English is said to have
stress-timed rhythm
because in connected
speech,__________

The main difference
between consonant and
sounds is the obstruction in
the flow of air from the
lungs

Variants of a phoneme are
called

When pitch of individual
vowels or syllables is used
to make a difference in
meaning of words that have
the same segmental
properties, pitch is said to
be performing a
function

What was the concern of
early linguistic efforts in
Nigeria in the late 19th and
early 20th century? _____

Which of the following is a
complete set of voiceless
sounds

The word ‘photocopy’ is a
for ‘original’

grammar is another name
for traditional grammar.

Indian English and
Australian English are
examples of
of English

In the word 'vandalism',
'ism' is a _________

Linguistics is a science
because ____________

When a language is
stigmatised, it suggests
which of the following
statements about the
speakers of the
language_______

When the compressed air
in the oral cavity is released
suddenly with an audible
pop sound by the
articulators at the place of
articulation, the sound
produced is________

The morphological process
by which the affix ‘un’ is
attached to the root word
‘happy’ to derive ‘unhappy’
is called
_

A grammatical rule in
English that says you
cannot use two negatives in
a sentence is an example
of a
rule

Stress is an example of a
feature that occurs over an
utterance

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

Words like "mugu, bam,
swagger" are examples of
in Nigerian English

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

refers to cognitive functions
that are primarily localized
to one side of the brain or
the other

The study of differences in
the way people speak
based on variables such as
age, education, ethnicity is
called ______

Sounds produced with the
stream of air flowing out of
the mouth without
obstruction are________

The origin of linguistics
dates back to ________

The auditory phonetic
property of a sound that
enables a listener to place it
on a scale from low to high
or vice versa is _______

is also known as a “slip of
tongue

The process by which the
word ‘pilot’ which functions
as a noun is used to
function as a verb is called

Damage to the Wernike
area of the brain can cause
difficulties in

A native speaker of Yoruba
who knows that tone can
make a difference in the
meaning of two words that
have the same spelling is
said to have _______
knowledge of Yoruba

The control of one side of
the body by the opposite
side of the brain is known
as _______

affixes are those affixes that
can alter the meaning of the
words to which they are
attached.

The features that all human
languages share in
common are referred to as
________.

Sign Languages
__________

What part of the brain can
cause difficulty in speech
production if damaged?
________

The type of sounds
produced by a closed glottis
forcing air pressure in the
mouth that results in loud
sound when the air is
released suddenly are
called ________

According to English
syntactic rules, the
sentence, ‘They has gone’
is an
sentence.

Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

One of the following is
TRUE of vowel sound
segments.

Chinese in China and
French in France are
examples of
languages

The vowel in [bᴈ:d] is a
central
unrounded vowel

Language interference
refers to _________.

The
houses the vocal cords

Another term for a free
morpheme is

One of the following words
has a diphthong
_________.

Ability to recognise the
word order and sentence
structure in a language is
_______ knowledge.

Every language has a set of
that determine word order

The word
‘institutionalisation’ is an
example of a _________

Sounds that function as a
peak are described
as_______

The word, 'uncommonality'
has
morphemes

The antonym of ‘criticism’ is

In English, 'biographical' is
an example of a ________

One of these is a velar
nasal_______

The experiment with the
chimpanzee called Nim
demonstrated that animal
communication is
___________

The sound produced when
the lower lip meets the
upper lip is called_____

The presence of words like
'restaurant, salon, fillet" in
English is a result of

The type of stress on a
syllable that is produced
with a maximum force of
breath is called________

[ɑ:] is a low, back,
long vowel

are a group of consonants
characterized by lack of
friction or obstruction in
their production.

Articulatory phonetics deals
with the study of
___________.

What characterised the first
phase of growth of
linguistics as a discipline?

The area of the throat
where voice is produced is
also called

Phonology helps us to
know ___________.

[u] is a
, back, rounded, short
vowel

According to Chomsky,
grammar is a native
speakers’
of his/her language

The word ‘webinair’ is an
example of _______

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

The history of sign
languages dates back to
the _______

The earliest recorded
linguistic efforts in Nigeria
were by the _______

Ferdinard de Saussure is
called the father of
linguistics

Which of the following
contains only one
morpheme?

People who make use of
Sign language to
communicate are called

refers to the study of the
meaning of language in its
context of use.

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

The place of articulation for
consonant [mw] which
occurs in Urhobo language
in “ẹ̀mwa” (clothe) is
nasal

The manner of articulation
for the consonant sound
[ʤ] is

"Its beyond my
apprehension” is an
example of a speech error
called

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

_________ is an example
of a lingua franca

_____is a phonological
feature in which all vowels
within a defined unit agree
in one phonetic value.

In English, the plural
marker realised as '-s' as in
/pɒts/ 'pots', '-z' as in
/pænz/ 'pans' and '-iz' as in
/haʊziz/ ;'houses' are
examples of ________

Damage to ________part
of the brain can cause
speech comprehension
difficulties.

isé + àtó --> ìsáto meaning
‘eight’ is an example of the
process of ______

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

English sounds are
produced by the
airstream mechanism

The ties and connections
which exist within texts
refer to_______

The process by which oral
vowels become nasalized
before nasal consonants
within the same syllable is
called

Which of the following is
true about language?
Language is _______

is the force with which a
syllable is produced

Allophonic sounds are said
to occur in complementary
distribution when they occur
in mutually exclusive
environments that
is,______

A
word is that which
comprises one root
followed by one or more
bound elements

Which of the theories of the
origin of language explains
using differences in the
biological features between
man and animals?
___________

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

One of the misconceptions
about sign languages is
that _________

One of these is a low, back,
unrounded vowel ______

The statement, “All
languages have consonant
and vowel sounds” is an
example of a language

In Hausa, ‘farin ciki’
meaning ‘happiness’ is an
example of a_____

The orthographic
representation of a
language is known as
________