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Languages that descended from the same language are called ______
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Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE __________
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of articulation describes where sounds are produced.
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Which term refers to the arrangement of words into phrases and sentences?
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The manner of articulation for the consonant sound [kw] is
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One of these is a high, front, rounded vowel _______
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The function word in the statement, "Lets make America great again" is
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The orthographic representation of a language is known as ________
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Indian English and Australian English are examples of of English
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The suffix in the word "entrepreneurship" is
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In English, 'biographical' is an example of a ________
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What part of the brain can cause difficulty in speech production if damaged? ________
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__________ was a Swiss scholar often referred to as the father of modern linguistics
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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 ?
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is also known as a “slip of tongue
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One of the following is a correct analysis for ‘The suicide bomber put the bomb in a bag’ ________________
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Which of the following contains only one morpheme?
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grammar is another name for traditional grammar.
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isé + àtó --> ìsáto meaning ‘eight’ is an example of the process of ______
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Allophonic sounds are said to occur in complementary distribution when they occur in mutually exclusive environments that is,______
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English is said to have stress-timed rhythm because in connected speech,__________
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An example of a speech impairment that requires the use of sign language is ________
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"Its beyond my apprehension” is an example of a speech error called
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refers to forms that charaterise the speech of individual speakers
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Every language has a set of that determine word order
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The place of articulation for consonant [mw] which occurs in Urhobo language in “ẹ̀mwa” (clothe) is nasal
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A morpheme that cannot stand on its own is called a morpheme
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The is the most important articulator in vowel production.
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The word ‘photocopy’ is a for ‘original’
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In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/ is the
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Which of the following do not occur in final positions in words?
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inter’ in the word ‘interconnectivity’ is an example of a _______
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Hauwa acquired Nigerian Pidgin alongside Hausa, therefore she is a
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In Yoruba, 'kpana' 'quench fire'--- > 'kpana kpana' 'fire fighter' is an example of a word formation process of ________
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The control of one side of the body by the opposite side of the brain is known as _______
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Linguistics is a science because ____________
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affixes are those affixes that can alter the meaning of the words to which they are attached.
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The meaning an expression has over and above its conceptual content is known as ______
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Damage to the Wernike area of the brain can cause difficulties in
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affixes can change the word class (part of speech) of the word to which they are attached.
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The science of designing machines that simulate human intelligence is known as _________
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Words like "mugu, bam, swagger" are examples of in Nigerian English
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Sign Languages __________
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Phonology helps us to know ___________.
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Which of the following is a complete set of voiceless sounds
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Ability to recognise the word order and sentence structure in a language is _______ knowledge.
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Codification is the stage of language planning
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According to Chomsky, grammar is a native speakers’ of his/her language
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One of the following is TRUE of vowel sound segments.
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The word for 'hospital' in Hausa is 'asibiti' an example of
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