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The origin of linguistics dates back to ________
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Which of the following is NOT TRUE of human language? It is ______
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The root morpheme of the word "enterprising" is
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is that aspect of a speaker's grammar an represents his/her ability to produce grammatically correct sentences
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Which of the statements below is FALSE about all languages? ______
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The place of articulation for the consonant sound [ɲ] is
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The head of the capitalised part of the sentence 'The terrorists hid IN THE FOREST' is a
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______ is the process of determining the time of separation of genetically related languages
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Linguists have categorised the various dimensions of meaning into three major classes namely denotative, associative and meaning.
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[ɑ:] is a low, back, long vowel
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The word ‘peculiar’ is a for ‘odd’
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is the force with which a syllable is produced
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According to Chomsky, _________is not affected by memory limitation, distraction, shift of attention and errors.
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Which of the following may not function as the peak of a syllable?
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With more than 500 languages, Nigeria is an example of a nation.
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The organ of speech that makes sounds voiced or voiceless is the
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The is the most important articulator in vowel production.
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The statement, "I am coming" instead of "I'll be back" is an example of language
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All except one of the following are minimal pairs________
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The phrase ‘Jamb question’ in Don’t ask me ‘jamb question’ is an example of a ________
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Which of the following contains only one morpheme?
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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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English is said to have stress-timed rhythm because in connected speech,__________
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are produced with a partial obstruction in the flow of air such that air passes through a narrow passage with some noise.
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The minimal meaningful unit of grammatical analysis is the
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The word ‘photocopy’ is a for ‘original’
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Which of the following best describes Phonetics _______?
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The words ‘berry and bury’, ‘plain and plane’ are examples of words called
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The organs of speech in the production of palatal sounds are the tongue and the
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Linguistics in the 20th century was marked by a focus on the development of ________.
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In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/ is the
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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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Indian English and Australian English are examples of of English
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The main organ of speech in the production of vowels is the
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A speaker's use of his/her language in interaction is called
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36. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is
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The language centre for right-handed persons is located in the ________
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The experiment with the chimpanzee called Nim demonstrated that animal communication is ___________
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The ties and connections which exist within texts refer to_______
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[u] is a , back, rounded, short vowel
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The minimal sound unit that makes a difference in meaning is a
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Sign Languages __________
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The _______ is the basic unit of phonological study
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The process by which oral vowels become nasalized before nasal consonants within the same syllable is called
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The word ‘asynchronous’ has ________ morphemes
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Sounds produced with the stream of air flowing out of the mouth without obstruction are________
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The science of designing machines that simulate human intelligence is known as _________
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Variants of a phoneme are called
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The minimal unit of study in morphology is
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Which of the following is not a fricative sound?
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