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

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

Another term for the
communicative purpose of
an expression is _______

What are the conditions a
speech act must meet to be
successful and achieve its
communicative purpose?

Suspect’ and ‘custody’ in
the statement ‘The suspect
was remanded in custody’
are examples of ______.

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

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

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

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

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

One of these is a low, back,
unrounded vowel ______

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

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

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

One of these is a voiceless
dental stop _______

is also known as a “slip of
tongue

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

All the following sounds are
voiceless except ______

Another term for a free
morpheme is

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
?

__________ was a Swiss
scholar often referred to as
the father of modern
linguistics

All the following sounds are
voiced except _______

The main organ of speech
in the production of vowels
is the

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

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

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

The minimal sound unit that
makes a difference in
meaning is a

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

Damage to ________part
of the brain can cause
speech comprehension
difficulties.

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

The _____ are not found in
the English sound system

The organs of speech in the
production of palatal
sounds are the tongue and
the

All except one of these
statements is not true
___________

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

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

Hauwa acquired Nigerian
Pidgin alongside Hausa,
therefore she is a

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

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

The earliest recorded
linguistic efforts in Nigeria
were by the _______

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

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

Which of the following
category of sounds is
absent from the English
sound system?________

The orthographic
representation of a
language is known as
________

The study of differences in
the way people speak
based on variables such as
age, education, ethnicity is
called ______

46. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is

Sounds that function as a
peak are described
as_______

The output of
is the input into phonology

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 _________

The function word in the
statement, "Lets make
America great again" is