LIN112

Language interference
refers to _________.

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

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

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
?

Which of the following
statements is NOT TRUE
__________

[u] is a
, back, rounded, short
vowel

That all languages mark
plural is an example of a
language

Which of the following best
describes Phonetics
_______?

Which of these is a set of
bilabials ________?

Sounds that begin as stops
and end as fricatives are
called
__.

isé + àtó --> ìsáto meaning
‘eight’ is an example of the
process of ______

Articulatory phonetics deals
with the study of
___________.

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

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

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

The statement 'He is a
backstabber' can be only be
understood in ________

In Sign language, the
elements of a sign as
summarized in the acronym
HOLME refers to________

Variants of a phoneme are
called

The word 'nefariousness'
has _____ morphemes

All except one of these
statements is not true
___________

The word for 'hospital' in
Hausa is 'asibiti' an
example of

The word, 'innovation' has
morphemes

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 ________

The earliest recorded
linguistic efforts in Nigeria
were by the _______

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

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

The phenomenon in the
example 'Gaskiya, gidan
belongs to a friend' is called

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

One of the following is
TRUE of vowel sound
segments.

The use of a set of
alphabets to represent
distinctive sounds is called
an

_________ is an example
of a lingua franca

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

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

The sound [p] is produced
in the
cavity

The science of designing
machines that simulate
human intelligence is
known as _________

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

Indian English and
Australian English are
examples of
of English

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

The lingua franca of the
Niger-Delta area of Nigeria
is
English

The orthographic
representation of a
language is known as
________

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

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

Sounds produced with
vibration in the glottis are
described as

One of the misconceptions
about sign languages is
that _________

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

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

One of the following words
has a diphthong
_________.

Alveolar sounds are
produced through contact
between the teeth and the

Nigeria uses the
sign language

Sign Languages
__________