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This utterance is an example of ____'The accused is hereby pronounced guilty'.
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of articulation describes where sounds are produced.
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In the word 'vandalism', 'ism' is a _________
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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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The area of the throat where voice is produced is also called
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The _____ are not found in the English sound system
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Codification is the stage of language planning
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Sociolinguistics is concerned with the study of the relationship between language and
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The function word in the statement, "Lets make America great again" is
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The prefix in the word 'restructuring' is
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Grammar is a system that is used to generate an number of sentences
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Alveolar sounds are produced through contact between the teeth and the
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According to Chomsky,________ is the use of language in everyday situations.
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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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refers to the study of the meaning of language in its context of use.
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The ties and connections which exist within texts refer to_______
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The place of articulation for the consonant sound [ð] is
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Which of the following does not feature in the production of consonants?
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Sounds produced with vibration in the glottis are described as
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Phonetic transcription is a form of writing using ________
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An example of a speech impairment that requires the use of sign language is ________
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A speaker's use of his/her language in interaction is called
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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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Which of the following is NOT TRUE of human language? It is ______
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The experiment with the chimpanzee called Nim demonstrated that animal communication is ___________
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One of the following is TRUE of vowel sound segments.
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A is a pidgin that has acquired native speakers or first language speakers
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The difference between 'go slow', traffic jam', and heavy traffic flow' is a difference
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One of these is an aveolar stop ________
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The word ‘asynchronous’ has ________ morphemes
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Four Greek scholars who contributed to the growth of linguistics are _________.
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The statement, “All languages have consonant and vowel sounds” is an example of a language
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The word ‘photocopy’ is a for ‘original’
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The word ‘institutionalisation’ is an example of a _________
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Which of the statements below is FALSE about all languages? ______
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The feature these sounds have in common is that they are sounds [m, n, ɲ]
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The sound [p] is produced in the cavity
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The word, 'uncommonality' has morphemes
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According to Chomsky, _________is not affected by memory limitation, distraction, shift of attention and errors.
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[ʌ] is exclusive to the language
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Sounds that function as a peak are described as_______
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One of the following words has a diphthong _________.
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"Its beyond my apprehension” is an example of a speech error called
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In the word /ræp/ 'rap’, /r/ is the
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What part of the brain can cause difficulty in speech production if damaged? ________
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The phenomenon in the example 'Gaskiya, gidan belongs to a friend' is called
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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
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The suffix in the word 'impossibility' is
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Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE __________
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Phonology helps us to know ___________.
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