LIN112

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

In the word, /ʧit/‘cheat’, /t/ is
the

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

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

is also known as a “slip of
tongue

Chinese in China and
French in France are
examples of
languages

affixes are those affixes that
can alter the meaning of the
words to which they are
attached.

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

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

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

_is the object of study for
linguistics

The distinction between
langue and parole as an
explanation to language
phenomenon is associated
with _______

According to Chomsky,
grammar is a native
speakers’
of his/her language

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

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

One of these is a voiceless
dental stop _______

__________ is concerned
with the study of how the
brain processes language

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

The history of sign
languages dates back to
the _______

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?

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

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 _________

One of the misconceptions
about sign languages is
that _________

What part of the brain can
cause difficulty in speech
production if damaged?
________

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

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

The orthographic
representation of a
language is known as
________

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' is

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

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

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

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

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

Language is written using a
system of arbitrary and
signs

-ee' in 'mentee' is an
example of a _______
morpheme

To put to bed' instead of to
give birth' is an example of
a

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

This utterance is an
example of ____'The
accused is hereby
pronounced guilty'.

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

Ability to recognise the
word order and sentence
structure in a language is
_______ knowledge.

The study of differences in
the way people speak
based on variables such as
age, education, ethnicity is
called ______

Alveolar sounds are
produced through contact
between the teeth and the

Ferdinard de Saussure is
called the father of
linguistics

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

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

The statement 'He is a
backstabber' can be only be
understood in ________

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

Indian English and
Australian English are
examples of
of English

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