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

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

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

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

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

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

In the word /ræp/ 'rap’, /r/ is
the

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

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

All except one of the
following are minimal
pairs________

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

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

How many branches of
phonetics are there
__________?

The origin of linguistics
dates back to ________

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

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

Which of the following is a
complete set of voiceless
sounds

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

One of the following words
has a diphthong
_________.

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

28. The antonym of ‘criticism’ is

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

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

Sounds that function as a
peak are described
as_______

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

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

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

The output of
is the input into phonology

The word
‘institutionalisation’ is an
example of a _________

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

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

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

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

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

The prefix in the word
'restructuring' is

The orthographic
representation of a
language is known as
________

Nigeria uses the
sign language

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

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

The history of sign
languages dates back to
the _______

The suffix in the word
'impossibility' is

The word, 'uncommonality'
has
morphemes

Sounds produced with
vibration in the glottis are
described as

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

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

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

is the study of language as
an object.

One of the misconceptions
about sign languages is
that _________

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

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

Phonetic transcription is a
form of writing using
________

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

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 ________

Dental fricatives occur in
only one of these
languages________

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

The suffix in the word
"entrepreneurship" is

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

[ɑ:] is a low, back,
long vowel

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

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

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

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

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

The smallest units of sign
languages are called
__________