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LIN112

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1.

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

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2.

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

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3.

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

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4.

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

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5.

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

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6.

One of these is a high,
front, rounded vowel
_______

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7.

In the word /ræp/ 'rap’, /r/ is
the

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8.

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

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9.

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

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10.

All except one of the
following are minimal
pairs________

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11.

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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12.

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

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13.

The morphological process
by which the affix ‘un’ is
attached to the root word
‘happy’ to derive ‘unhappy’
is called
_

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14.

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

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15.

Which theory assumes a
certain period for normal
language acquisition or
learning and development
to take place, after which
language learning can only
be achieved with great
difficulty?

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16.

refers to the study of the
meaning of language in its
context of use.

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17.

The experiment with the
chimpanzee called Nim
demonstrated that animal
communication is
___________

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18.

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

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19.

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

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20.

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

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21.

The origin of linguistics
dates back to ________

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22.

The meaning an expression
has over and above its
conceptual content is
known as ______

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23.

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

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24.

Which of the following is a
complete set of voiceless
sounds

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25.

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

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26.

One of the following words
has a diphthong
_________.

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27.

According to
Chomsky,________ is the
use of language in
everyday situations.

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28. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is

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29.

"Its beyond my
apprehension” is an
example of a speech error
called

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30.

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

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31.

Sounds that function as a
peak are described
as_______

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32.

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

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33.

The process by which oral
vowels become nasalized
before nasal consonants
within the same syllable is
called

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34.

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

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35.

The output of
is the input into phonology

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36.

The word
‘institutionalisation’ is an
example of a _________

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37.

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

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38.

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

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39.

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

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40.

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

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41.

What part of the brain can
cause difficulty in speech
production if damaged?
________

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42.

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

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43.

The orthographic
representation of a
language is known as
________

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44.

Nigeria uses the
sign language

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45.

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

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46.

The human ability to use
language is located in the
_________ .

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47.

The history of sign
languages dates back to
the _______

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48.

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' is

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49.

The word, 'uncommonality'
has
morphemes

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50.

Sounds produced with
vibration in the glottis are
described as

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51.

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

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52.

Ability to recognise the
word order and sentence
structure in a language is
_______ knowledge.

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53.

The area of the throat
where voice is produced is
also called

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54.

is the study of language as
an object.

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55.

One of the misconceptions
about sign languages is
that _________

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56.

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

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57.

Which of the following is
NOT TRUE of human
language? It is ______

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58.

Phonetic transcription is a
form of writing using
________

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59.

is that aspect of a speaker's
grammar an represents
his/her ability to produce
grammatically correct
sentences

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60.

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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61.

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

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62.

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

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63.

The suffix in the word
"entrepreneurship" is

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64.

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

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65.

[ɑ:] is a low, back,
long vowel

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66.

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

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67.

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

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68.

Which of the following is
true about language?
Language is _______

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69.

Words like "mugu, bam,
swagger" are examples of
in Nigerian English

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70.

Linguistics in the 20th
century was marked by a
focus on the development
of ________.

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71.

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________

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