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

What characterised the first
phase of growth of
linguistics as a discipline?

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

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

In the word /ræp/ 'rap’, /r/ is
the

One of these is a velar
nasal_______

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

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

Which of the following do
not occur in final positions
in words?

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

refers to cognitive functions
that are primarily localized
to one side of the brain or
the other

The
houses the vocal cords

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

What are the conditions a
speech act must meet to be
successful and achieve its
communicative purpose?

Phonetic transcription is a
form of writing using
________

The suffix in the word
"entrepreneurship" is

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

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.

affixes can change the
word class (part of speech)
of the word to which they
are attached.

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

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

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

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

The word 'nefariousness'
has _____ morphemes

All the following sounds are
voiced except _______

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

The root morpheme of the
word "enterprising" is

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

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

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

All the following sounds are
voiceless except ______

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

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

Ferdinard de Saussure is
called the father of
linguistics

Nigeria uses the
sign language

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 morphological process
by which the affix ‘un’ is
attached to the root word
‘happy’ to derive ‘unhappy’
is called
_

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

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

The root morpheme of the
word 'restructure' is

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

A proposal to change the
ways in which a language is
to be used in society is part
of ___________

Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

People who make use of
Sign language to
communicate are called

One of the following is
TRUE of vowel sound
segments.

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' 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

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

50. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is