LIN112

Chinese in China and
French in France are
examples of
languages

The root morpheme of the
word "enterprising" is

The lingua franca of the
Niger-Delta area of Nigeria
is
English

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

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

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

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

The distinction between
pairs of words like
'prince/princess', is that of

Which of the following may
not function as the peak of
a syllable?

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

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

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

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

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

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

One of these is a high,
front, rounded vowel
_______

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

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

of articulation describes
where sounds are
produced.

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

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

Which of the following
statements is NOT TRUE
__________

People who make use of
Sign language to
communicate are called

is the force with which a
syllable is produced

[ɑ:] is a low, back,
long vowel

The word ‘webinair’ is an
example of _______

The presence of words like
'restaurant, salon, fillet" in
English is a result of

The ties and connections
which exist within texts
refer to_______

One of these is a low, back,
unrounded vowel ______

That all languages mark
plural is an example of a
language

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

is the study of language as
an object.

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

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

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

One of the misconceptions
about sign languages is
that _________

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

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

Sounds that begin as stops
and end as fricatives are
called
__.

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

__________ was a Swiss
scholar often referred to as
the father of modern
linguistics

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

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

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

_is the object of study for
linguistics

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 _________

English sounds are
produced by the
airstream mechanism

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

The word, 'uncommonality'
has
morphemes

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?