LIN112

Which of the following best
describes Phonetics
_______?

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

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

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

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

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

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

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

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

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

The
houses the vocal cords

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

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

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

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

The word 'nefariousness'
has _____ morphemes

The sound [m] is produced
in the
cavity

Language is written using a
system of arbitrary and
signs

Every language has a set of
that determine word order

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 _______

Alveolar sounds are
produced through contact
between the teeth and the

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

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

Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

All except one of the
following are minimal
pairs________

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

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

One of the misconceptions
about sign languages is
that _________

The root morpheme of the
word 'restructure' is

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

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

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

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

Which of the following
contains only one
morpheme?

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

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

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

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

All except one of these
statements is not true
___________

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

Phonology helps us to
know ___________.

Nigeria uses the
sign language

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

is the force with which a
syllable is produced

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

is also known as a “slip of
tongue

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

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