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is that aspect of a speaker's grammar an represents his/her ability to produce grammatically correct sentences
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Grammar is a system that is used to generate an number of sentences
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The sound produced when the lower lip meets the upper lip is called_____
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isé + àtó --> ìsáto meaning ‘eight’ is an example of the process of ______
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According to Chomsky, _________is not affected by memory limitation, distraction, shift of attention and errors.
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One of these is a high, front, rounded vowel _______
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The place of articulation for consonant [mw] which occurs in Urhobo language in “ẹ̀mwa” (clothe) is nasal
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Stress is an example of a feature that occurs over an utterance
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refers to cognitive functions that are primarily localized to one side of the brain or the other
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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
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An example of a speech impairment that requires the use of sign language is ________
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A is a pidgin that has acquired native speakers or first language speakers
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Damage to the Wernike area of the brain can cause difficulties in
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Which of the following is not a component of linguistic knowledge? ________
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A morpheme that cannot stand on its own is called a morpheme
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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 ?
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The process by which the word ‘pilot’ which functions as a noun is used to function as a verb is called
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When a language is stigmatised, it suggests which of the following statements about the speakers of the language_______
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Which of these is a set of bilabials ________?
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What part of the brain can cause difficulty in speech production if damaged? ________
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Which of the following does not feature in the production of consonants?
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The word ‘asynchronous’ has ________ morphemes
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_____is a phonological feature in which all vowels within a defined unit agree in one phonetic value.
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According to Saussure, is the part of language that reflects its variant nature
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The suffix in the word 'impossibility' is
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In the word, /ʧit/‘cheat’, /t/ is the
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The meaning an expression has over and above its conceptual content is known as ______
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Chinese in China and French in France are examples of languages
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Which of the statements below is FALSE about all languages? ______
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__________ is concerned with the study of how the brain processes language
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Allophonic sounds are said to occur in complementary distribution when they occur in mutually exclusive environments that is,______
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Which term refers to the arrangement of words into phrases and sentences?
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Four Greek scholars who contributed to the growth of linguistics are _________.
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The history of sign languages dates back to the _______
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The houses the vocal cords
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The phenomenon in the example 'Gaskiya, gidan belongs to a friend' is called
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English sounds are produced by the airstream mechanism
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The organs of speech in the production of palatal sounds are the tongue and the
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One of these is a low, back, unrounded vowel ______
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[u] is a , back, rounded, short vowel
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Which of the following is true about language? Language is _______
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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 _________
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One of these is a voiceless dental stop _______
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The process by which oral vowels become nasalized before nasal consonants within the same syllable is called
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The minimal unit of study in morphology is
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Hauwa acquired Nigerian Pidgin alongside Hausa, therefore she is a
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Ferdinard de Saussure is called the father of linguistics
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are a group of consonants characterized by lack of friction or obstruction in their production.
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The function word in the sentence, "Kola passed his exams" is __.
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The action of pushing out of air from the lungs is referred to as __.
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