LIN111



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LIN111

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1.

The features that all human
languages share in
common are referred to as
________.

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2.

Sign Languages
__________

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3.

of articulation describes
where sounds are
produced.

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4.

refers to forms that
charaterise the speech of
individual speakers

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5.

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

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6.

The word, 'uncommonality'
has
morphemes

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7.

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

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8.

Chinese in China and
French in France are
examples of
languages

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9.

When the compressed air
in the oral cavity is released
suddenly with an audible
pop sound by the
articulators at the place of
articulation, the sound
produced is________

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10.

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

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11.

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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12.

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

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13.

The manner of articulation
for the consonant sound
[kw] is

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14.

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

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15.

The suffix in the word
"entrepreneurship" is

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16.

One of these is a voiceless
dental stop _______

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17.

The presence of words like
'restaurant, salon, fillet" in
English is a result of

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18.

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

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19.

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

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20.

The manner of articulation
for the consonant sound
[ʤ] is

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21.

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

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22.

The ties and connections
which exist within texts
refer to_______

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23.

One of these is a velar
nasal_______

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24.

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

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25.

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

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26. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is

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27.

Acoustic phonetics deals
with __________.

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28.

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

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29.

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

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30.

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

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31.

A morpheme that cannot
stand on its own is called a
morpheme

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32.

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

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33.

The function word in the
sentence, "Kola passed his
exams" is
__.

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34.

A speaker's use of his/her
language in interaction is
called

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35.

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

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36.

Sociolinguistics is
concerned with the study of
the relationship between
language and

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37.

People who make use of
Sign language to
communicate are called

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38.

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

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39.

English sounds are
produced by the
airstream mechanism

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40.

This utterance is an
example of ____'Shut that
door, now!'

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41.

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

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42.

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

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43.

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

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44.

One of the following words
has a diphthong
_________.

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45.

According to Saussure,
is the part of language that
reflects its variant nature

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46.

_____________is
concerned with the study of
speech impairment in
children and adults.

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47.

__________ is concerned
with the study of how the
brain processes language

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48.

One of the following is
TRUE of vowel sound
segments.

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49.

The process of
involves the loss of a sound
segment or suprasegment
when morphemes or words
are combined together.

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50.

The type of stress on a
syllable that is produced
with a maximum force of
breath is called________

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