LIN112

In Yoruba, 'kpana' 'quench
fire'--- > 'kpana kpana' 'fire
fighter' is an example of a
word formation process of
________

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 _________

One of the following is a
correct analysis for ‘The
suicide bomber put the
bomb in a bag’
________________

______ is the process of
determining the time of
separation of genetically
related languages

Languages that descended
from the same language
are called ______

The branch of
linguistics that studies the
internal structure of words
and how words are formed
in a language is
called_________.

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

Alveolar sounds are
produced through contact
between the teeth and the

An example of a speech
impairment that requires
the use of sign language is
________

In Hausa, ‘farin ciki’
meaning ‘happiness’ is an
example of a_____

What branch of linguistics
refers to the study of words
and their meaningful parts?

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

inter’ in the word
‘interconnectivity’ is an
example of a _______

A
is a pidgin that has
acquired native speakers or
first language speakers

_is the object of study for
linguistics

The process by which oral
vowels become nasalized
before nasal consonants
within the same syllable is
called

The feature these sounds
have in common is that
they are
sounds [m, n, ɲ]

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

A grammatical rule in
English that says you
cannot use two negatives in
a sentence is an example
of a
rule

The word ‘photocopy’ is a
for ‘original’

Tone performs a
function when it
distinguishes between
sentences that are the
same except for the tones
they bear.

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

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 ________

With more than 500
languages, Nigeria is an
example of a
nation.

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

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

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

The word ‘webinair’ is an
example of _______

The word ‘transcript’ was
formed from the word
'transcription' through a
process of

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

One of these is a high,
front, rounded vowel
_______

refers to the study of the
meaning of language in its
context of use.

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

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 _______

-ee' in 'mentee' is an
example of a _______
morpheme

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

Which of the following is a
complete set of voiceless
sounds

In the word /ræp/ 'rap’, /r/ is
the

A
word is that which
comprises one root
followed by one or more
bound elements

Phonology helps us to
know ___________.

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

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

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

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

One of these is a velar
nasal_______

The ties and connections
which exist within texts
refer to_______

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

The word 'nefariousness'
has _____ morphemes