LIN112

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

A sufficient corpus of
description of words in a
language can constitute a

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

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

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

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

In Hausa, ‘farin ciki’
meaning ‘happiness’ is an
example of a_____

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

______________is
concerned with the study of
the acquisition, use, and
loss of language.

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

English sounds are
produced by the
airstream mechanism

Which term refers to the
arrangement of words into
phrases and sentences?

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

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

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

The branch of
linguistics that studies the
internal structure of words
and how words are formed
in a language is
called_________.

One of these is a velar
nasal_______

Phonology helps us to
know ___________.

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

The process by which oral
vowels become nasalized
before nasal consonants
within the same syllable is
called

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

The
houses the vocal cords

is also known as a “slip of
tongue

The first phase of linguistics
as a science had its focus
on________ logic of
meaning

One of the following is a
correct analysis for ‘The
suicide bomber put the
bomb in a bag’
________________

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

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

The word ‘webinair’ is an
example of _______

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

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

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

The main difference
between consonant and
sounds is the obstruction in
the flow of air from the
lungs

The earliest recorded
linguistic efforts in Nigeria
were by the _______

refers to forms that
charaterise the speech of
individual speakers

All the following sounds are
voiced except _______

Which of these is a set of
bilabials ________?

Every language has a set of
that determine word order

Sounds that function as a
peak are described
as_______

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

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

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

The minimal unit of study in
morphology is

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

The word, 'innovation' has
morphemes

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
?

The output of
is the input into phonology

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

The language centre for
right-handed persons is
located in the ________

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

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