LIN112

Category: LIN112

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LIN112

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

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Words like "mugu, bam,
swagger" are examples of
in Nigerian English

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

A. morpholog

B. lexicography

C. lexicalisation

D. lexical morphology

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

A. nasal vowels

B. plosives

C. nasal consonants

D. oral vowels

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Articulatory phonetics deals
with the study of
___________.

A. the perception of speech sounds

B. the delivery of speech sounds

C. the production of speech sounds

D. the physical properties of speech sounds

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Which of the following
statements is NOT TRUE
__________

A. The speech of a native speaker in a speech community may reflect deviation from the grammatical rules

B. There are no errors in the speech of native speakers in a speech community

C. The speech of native speakers belonging to a speech community is always perfect

D. Native speakers in a speech community are examples of linguistic competence

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_____is a phonological
feature in which all vowels
within a defined unit agree
in one phonetic value.

A. Simultaneous vowel distribution

B. Consonantal Distribution

C. Complimentary vowel distribution

D. Vowel harmony

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One of these is a voiceless
dental stop _______

A. /t/

B. /k/

C. /b/

D. /t/

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10.

What characterised the first
phase of growth of
linguistics as a discipline?

A. Focus on prescriptive grammar based on logic.

B. Historical and comparative grammar

C. Study of language from a philological perspective

D. Development of linguistic theories

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11.

refers to cognitive functions
that are primarily localized
to one side of the brain or
the other

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12.

The root morpheme of the
word "enterprising" is

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13.

Stress is an example of a
feature that occurs over an
utterance

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14.

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

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15.

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

A. /o/

B. /o:/

C. /i:/

D. /a:/

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16.

Every language has a set of
that determine word order

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17.

The distinction between
pairs of words like
'prince/princess', is that of

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18.

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

A. [[the suicide bomber] put] [the bomb] [in a bag ]

B. [the suicide bomber] [put [the bomb] in] [a bag]

C. [the suicide bomber] [[put [the bomb] [in a bag]]

D. [[the suicide bomber] [put the bomb]] [in a bag]

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19.

The head of the capitalised
part of the sentence 'The
terrorists hid IN THE
FOREST' is a

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20.

is that aspect of a speaker's
grammar an represents
his/her ability to produce
grammatically correct
sentences

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21.

The history of sign
languages dates back to
the _______

A. 17th

B. 16th

C. 15th

D. 14th

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22.

Which of the following is a
complete set of voiceless
sounds

A. [ β, ʧ, h, r, k

B. [ h, n, o, p, k ]

C. [ kp, p, ф, t, f ]

D. [ a, k, t, β, ɲ ]

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23.

Damage to the Wernike
area of the brain can cause
difficulties in

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24.

When a language is
stigmatised, it suggests
which of the following
statements about the
speakers of the
language_______

A. They are less socially developed

B. They are stigmatised in that speech community

C. They are less in population

D. Their speech is less grammatically correct

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25.

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

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26.

Language interference
refers to _________.

A. the influence of language on a person’s thought process

B. the negative influence of an acquired language over another language

C. the influence of westernisation on African languages

D. the unnatural acquisition of a language in a school setting

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27.

Which of the following
contains only one
morpheme?

A. disinfect

B. discontent

C. disconnect

D. diskette

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28.

of articulation describes
where sounds are
produced.

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29.

The statement, "I am
coming" instead of "I'll be
back" is an example of
language

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30.

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

A. phonology

B. morphology

C. phonetics

D. syntax

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31.

Pitch patterns (low and
high) over phrases and
sentences are known as

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32.

Which of the following is not
a component of linguistic
knowledge? ________

A. Dialectology

B. Phonology

C. Morphology

D. Pragmatics

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33.

The word, 'uncommonality'
has
morphemes

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34.

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

A. phonemes

B. morphemes

C. cheremes

D. alphabet

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35.

To say 'cerfiticate' instead
of 'certificate' is an example
of _________________

A. malapropism

B. aphasia

C. spoonerism

D. amnesia

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36.

The output of
is the input into phonology

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37.

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

A. syllabic consonants

B. vowels

C. Syllabic liquids

D. syllabic nasals

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38.

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

A. morphology

B. phonetics

C. syntax

D. phonology

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39.

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

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40.

A proposal to change the
ways in which a language is
to be used in society is part
of ___________

A. status language planning

B. corpus planning

C. ethnolinguistic vitality

D. sociolinguistic planning

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41.

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 ________

A. phonemes

B. allomorphs

C. allophones

D. morphemes

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42.

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

A. 4

B. 2

C. 5

D. 3

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43.

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

A. parsing

B. Lexicostatistics

C. glottochronology

D. speech correspondence

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44.

A native speaker of Yoruba
who knows that tone can
make a difference in the
meaning of two words that
have the same spelling is
said to have _______
knowledge of Yoruba

A. Morphological

B. Syntactic

C. Phonological

D. Phonetic

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45.

The orthographic
representation of a
language is known as
________

A. Alphabets

B. Phonemic symbols

C. Phonetic symbols

D. Segments

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46.

That all languages mark
plural is an example of a
language

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47.

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

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48.

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

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49.

The sound produced when
the lower lip meets the
upper lip is called_____

A. labiodental

B. bilabial

C. labial

D. labiovelar

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50.

The suffix in the word
"entrepreneurship" is

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