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

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

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

The words ‘berry and bury’,
‘plain and plane’ are
examples of words called

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

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

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

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

The sound [m] is produced
in the
cavity

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

is the study of language as
an object.

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

affixes can change the
word class (part of speech)
of the word to which they
are attached.

Which of the statements
below is FALSE about all
languages? ______

Which of the following does
not feature in the
production of consonants?

Four Greek scholars who
contributed to the growth of
linguistics are _________.

The difference between 'go
slow', traffic jam', and heavy
traffic flow' is a
difference

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

Phonetic transcription is a
form of writing using
________

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

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

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

[ʌ] is exclusive to the
language

refers to when the
languagevariety of a
speaker differs only in
pronounciation

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

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

The word ‘peculiar’ is a
for ‘odd’

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

All the following sounds are
voiced except _______

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

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

Grammar is a system that
is used to generate an
number of sentences

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

A grammatical rule in
English that says you
cannot use two negatives in
a sentence is an example
of a
rule

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' is

What was the concern of
early linguistic efforts in
Nigeria in the late 19th and
early 20th century? _____

English is said to have
stress-timed rhythm
because in connected
speech,__________

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

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 output of
is the input into phonology

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

The process by which the
word ‘pilot’ which functions
as a noun is used to
function as a verb is called

The word ‘photocopy’ is a
for ‘original’

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

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

The word
‘institutionalisation’ is an
example of a _________

of articulation describes
where sounds are
produced.

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

Indian English and
Australian English are
examples of
of English

The
_is the smallest minimal
unit of language that can be
pronounced in isolation