LIN112

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

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

[ʌ] is exclusive to the
language

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

Sounds that function as a
peak are described
as_______

One of the following words
has a diphthong
_________.

Linguists have categorised
the various dimensions of
meaning into three major
classes namely denotative,
associative and
meaning.

The
houses the vocal cords

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

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

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

The word ‘attractive’ is a
for ‘beautiful’.

Ferdinard de Saussure is
called the father of
linguistics

Chinese in China and
French in France are
examples of
languages

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

Language interference
refers to _________.

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

Which of the theories of the
origin of language explains
using differences in the
biological features between
man and animals?
___________

According to Chomsky,
_________is not affected
by memory limitation,
distraction, shift of attention
and errors.

is the force with which a
syllable is produced

are produced with a partial
obstruction in the flow of air
such that air passes
through a narrow passage
with some noise.

[ɑ:] is a low, back,
long vowel

In the word 'vandalism',
'ism' is a _________

In Hausa, ‘asibiti’ meaning
‘hospital’ is an example of
_______

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

Words that characterise a
profession like
'stethoscope, syringe,
fracture' are examples of

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

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 ________

According to
Chomsky,________ is the
use of language in
everyday situations.

The vowel in [bᴈ:d] is a
central
unrounded vowel

The main difference
between consonant and
sounds is the obstruction in
the flow of air from the
lungs

The place of articulation for
consonant [mw] which
occurs in Urhobo language
in “ẹ̀mwa” (clothe) is
nasal

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' is

In English, 'biographical' is
an example of a ________

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

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

Languages that descended
from the same language
are called ______

Articulatory phonetics deals
with the study of
___________.

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

Another term for a free
morpheme is

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

The sound [m] is produced
in the
cavity

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

are a group of consonants
characterized by lack of
friction or obstruction in
their production.

______________is
concerned with the study of
the acquisition, use, and
loss of language.

The statement, “All
languages have consonant
and vowel sounds” is an
example of a language

Phonetic transcription is a
form of writing using
________

The first phase of linguistics
as a science had its focus
on________ logic of
meaning