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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 the misconceptions about sign languages is that _________
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The prefix in the word 'restructuring' is
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Stress is an example of a feature that occurs over an utterance
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is the study of language as an object.
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Chinese in China and French in France are examples of languages
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stress is the type of stress that is produced with a maximum breath force
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The auditory phonetic property of a sound that enables a listener to place it on a scale from low to high or vice versa is _______
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affixes are those affixes that can alter the meaning of the words to which they are attached.
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One of these is a velar nasal_______
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The statement, “All languages have consonant and vowel sounds” is an example of a language
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A grammatical rule in English that says you cannot use two negatives in a sentence is an example of a rule
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A sufficient corpus of description of words in a language can constitute a
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One of these is a high, front, rounded vowel _______
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A ________grammar states explicitly the rules of the language, list the words and their pronunciations
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The use of a set of alphabets to represent distinctive sounds is called an
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Which of the following do not occur in final positions in words?
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A morpheme that cannot stand on its own is called a morpheme
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What part of the brain can cause difficulty in speech production if damaged? ________
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______ is the process of determining the time of separation of genetically related languages
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Sounds produced with the stream of air flowing out of the mouth without obstruction are________
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In English, 'biographical' is an example of a ________
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The first phase of linguistics as a science had its focus on________ logic of meaning
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Variants of a phoneme are called
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The output of is the input into phonology
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The sound produced when the lower lip meets the upper lip is called_____
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Ferdinard de Saussure is called the father of linguistics
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In the word, /ʧit/‘cheat’, /t/ is the
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The head of the capitalised part of the sentence 'The terrorists hid IN THE FOREST' is a
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The orthographic representation of a language is known as ________
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The place of articulation for the consonant sound [ɲ] is
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The suffix in the word "entrepreneurship" is
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The co-existence of two different forms of language in a society--often a "high" and "low" or "official" and "lingua franca" form--is called
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The distinction between langue and parole as an explanation to language phenomenon is associated with _______
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One of these is a low, back, unrounded vowel ______
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_________ is an example of a lingua franca
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The effect that an illocutionary act has on a hearer is referred to as______
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The word ‘lazy’ is a for ‘hardworking’
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inter’ in the word ‘interconnectivity’ is an example of a _______
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In Sign language, the elements of a sign as summarized in the acronym HOLME refers to________
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refers to when the languagevariety of a speaker differs only in pronounciation
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In English, the plural marker realised as '-s' as in /pɒts/ 'pots', '-z' as in /pænz/ 'pans' and '-iz' as in /haʊziz/ ;'houses' are examples of ________
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The word ‘institutionalisation’ is an example of a _________
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The difference between 'go slow', traffic jam', and heavy traffic flow' is a difference
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[ʌ] is exclusive to the language
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In Yoruba, 'kpana' 'quench fire'--- > 'kpana kpana' 'fire fighter' is an example of a word formation process of ________
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Which of the following is not a fricative sound?
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Which of the following is a complete set of voiceless sounds
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What characterised the first phase of growth of linguistics as a discipline?
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are a group of consonants characterized by lack of friction or obstruction in their production.
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