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

Languages that descended
from the same language
are called ______

A diachronic description of
a language is concerned
with the historical
development of the
language and the structural
changes that have taken
place in it. TRUE OR
FALSE
?

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

The vowel in [bᴈ:d] is a
central
unrounded vowel

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

The area of the throat
where voice is produced is
also called

The use of a set of
alphabets to represent
distinctive sounds is called
an

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

Which of the following is a
complete set of voiceless
sounds

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

A patient who has
experienced a serious head
injury but is able to respond
to instructions is an
indication that the
side of the brain is still
functioning

13. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is

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

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

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

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

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

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

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

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

The root morpheme of the
word 'restructure' 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________

A native speaker of Yoruba
who knows that tone can
make a difference in the
meaning of two words that
have the same spelling is
said to have _______
knowledge of Yoruba

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

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

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

Linguistics is a science
because ____________

One of these is an aveolar
stop ________

The word ‘webinair’ is an
example of _______

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

In Sign language, the
elements of a sign as
summarized in the acronym
HOLME refers to________

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

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

of articulation describes
where sounds are
produced.

Acoustic phonetics deals
with __________.

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

The co-existence of two
different forms of language
in a society--often a "high"
and "low" or "official" and
"lingua franca" form--is
called

is the force with which a
syllable is produced

The action of pushing out of
air from the lungs is
referred to as
__.

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?

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

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

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

Phonology helps us to
know ___________.

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

The word ‘photocopy’ is a
for ‘original’

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

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