LIN112

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

Every language has a set of
that determine word order

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

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

Codification is the
stage of language planning

_________ is an example
of a lingua franca

The meaning an expression
has over and above its
conceptual content is
known as ______

Which of the following
statements is NOT TRUE
__________

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

Chinese in China and
French in France are
examples of
languages

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

One of the following words
has a diphthong
_________.

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

The basic minimal unit of
grammatical analysis in a
language is the ________

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

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

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

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

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

Nigeria uses the
sign language

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

The
_is the smallest minimal
unit of language that can be
pronounced in isolation

isé + àtó --> ìsáto meaning
‘eight’ is an example of the
process of ______

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

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

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________

That all languages mark
plural is an example of a
language

Which of the statements
below is FALSE about all
languages? ______

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

Which of the following best
describes Phonetics
_______?

"Its beyond my
apprehension” is an
example of a speech error
called

Which of the following does
not feature in the
production of vowels?

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

The minimal unit of study in
morphology is

Which of the following is
true about language?
Language is _______

Another term for a free
morpheme is

Sounds that function as a
peak are described
as_______

One of these is a voiceless
dental stop _______

The sound [m] is produced
in the
cavity

The ties and connections
which exist within texts
refer to_______

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

The origin of linguistics
dates back to ________

The experiment with the
chimpanzee called Nim
demonstrated that animal
communication is
___________

One of these is a velar
nasal_______

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

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

The _____ are not found in
the English sound system

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

What was the concern of
early linguistic efforts in
Nigeria in the late 19th and
early 20th century? _____

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