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Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

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

The word ‘webinair’ is an
example of _______

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

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

Sign Languages
__________

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

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

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

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

[ɑ:] is a low, back,
long vowel

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

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

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

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

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

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

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

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

Linguistics is a science
because ____________

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

Every language has a set of
that determine word order

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

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

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

Language interference
refers to _________.

The word, 'innovation' has
morphemes

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

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

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

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________

grammar is another name
for traditional grammar.

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

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

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

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

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

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

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

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

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 _______

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

The origin of linguistics
dates back to ________

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

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 ________

_________ is an example
of a lingua franca

Nigeria uses the
sign language

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

The minimal unit of study in
morphology is

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