LIN112



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LIN112

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1.

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

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2.

The ties and connections
which exist within texts
refer to_______

3 / 50

3.

Articulatory phonetics deals
with the study of
___________.

4 / 50

4.

In the word /ræp/ 'rap’, /r/ is
the

5 / 50

5.

grammar is another name
for traditional grammar.

6 / 50

6.

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

7 / 50

7.

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

8 / 50

8.

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

9 / 50

9.

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

10 / 50

10.

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

11 / 50

11.

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

12 / 50

12.

Language is written using a
system of arbitrary and
signs

13 / 50

13.

Alveolar sounds are
produced through contact
between the teeth and the

14 / 50

14.

Chinese in China and
French in France are
examples of
languages

15 / 50

15.

The history of sign
languages dates back to
the _______

16 / 50

16.

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

17 / 50

17.

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

18 / 50

18.

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

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19.

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

20 / 50

20.

The origin of linguistics
dates back to ________

21 / 50

21.

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

22 / 50

22.

Language interference
refers to _________.

23 / 50

23.

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 _______

24 / 50

24.

Every language has a set of
that determine word order

25 / 50

25.

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

26 / 50

26.

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

27 / 50

27.

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?

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28.

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

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29.

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

30 / 50

30.

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

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31.

Sign Languages
__________

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32.

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

33 / 50

33.

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

34 / 50

34.

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

35 / 50

35.

Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

36 / 50

36.

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

37 / 50

37.

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

38 / 50

38.

The output of
is the input into phonology

39 / 50

39.

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

40 / 50

40.

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 _________

41 / 50

41.

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

42 / 50

42.

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

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43.

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

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44.

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

45 / 50

45.

All the following sounds are
voiced except _______

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46.

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

47 / 50

47.

refers to forms that
charaterise the speech of
individual speakers

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48.

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

49 / 50

49.

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

50 / 50

50.

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

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