LIN112

Language is written using a
system of arbitrary and
signs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' is

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

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

The word ‘photocopy’ is a
for ‘original’

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

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

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

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

The minimal unit of study in
morphology is

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

The output of
is the input into phonology

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

The _____ are not found in
the English sound system

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

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

Which of the following is a
complete set of voiceless
sounds

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

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

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

The earliest recorded
linguistic efforts in Nigeria
were by the _______

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

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

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

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

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

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

Linguistics is a science
because ____________

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

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

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

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

44. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is

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

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

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

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

refers to forms that
charaterise the speech of
individual speakers

The sound [m] is produced
in the
cavity