LIN112

The word ‘lazy’ is a
for ‘hardworking’

Which of the following
statements is NOT TRUE
__________

The word ‘webinair’ is an
example of _______

Articulatory phonetics deals
with the study of
___________.

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

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

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________

Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

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

Phonology helps us to
know ___________.

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

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

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

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

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

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

All except one of the
following are minimal
pairs________

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

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

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

The suffix in the word
"entrepreneurship" is

Languages that descended
from the same language
are called ______

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

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

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

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

grammar is another name
for traditional grammar.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alveolar sounds are
produced through contact
between the teeth and the

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

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

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

English sounds are
produced by the
airstream mechanism

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

The earliest recorded
linguistic efforts in Nigeria
were by the _______

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