LIN112



Category: LIN112

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LIN112

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1.

The origin of linguistics
dates back to ________

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2.

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

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3.

The root morpheme of the
word "enterprising" is

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4.

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

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5.

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

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6.

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

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7.

The head of the capitalised
part of the sentence 'The
terrorists hid IN THE
FOREST' is a

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8.

______ is the process of
determining the time of
separation of genetically
related languages

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9.

Linguists have categorised
the various dimensions of
meaning into three major
classes namely denotative,
associative and
meaning.

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10.

[ɑ:] is a low, back,
long vowel

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11.

The word ‘peculiar’ is a
for ‘odd’

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12.

is the force with which a
syllable is produced

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13.

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

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14.

Which of the following may
not function as the peak of
a syllable?

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15.

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

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16.

The organ of speech that
makes sounds voiced or
voiceless is the

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17.

The
is the most important
articulator in vowel
production.

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18.

The statement, "I am
coming" instead of "I'll be
back" is an example of
language

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19.

All except one of the
following are minimal
pairs________

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20.

The phrase ‘Jamb question’
in Don’t ask me ‘jamb
question’ is an example of a
________

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21.

Which of the following
contains only one
morpheme?

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22.

affixes are those affixes that
can alter the meaning of the
words to which they are
attached.

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23.

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

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24.

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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25.

The minimal meaningful
unit of grammatical analysis
is the

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26.

The word ‘photocopy’ is a
for ‘original’

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27.

Which of the following best
describes Phonetics
_______?

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28.

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

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29.

The organs of speech in the
production of palatal
sounds are the tongue and
the

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30.

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

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31.

In the word /æks/ ‘axe’, /æ/
is the

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32.

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

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33.

Indian English and
Australian English are
examples of
of English

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34.

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

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35.

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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37.

The language centre for
right-handed persons is
located in the ________

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38.

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

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39.

The ties and connections
which exist within texts
refer to_______

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40.

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

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41.

The minimal sound unit that
makes a difference in
meaning is a

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42.

Sign Languages
__________

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43.

The _______ is the basic
unit of phonological study

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44.

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

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45.

The word ‘asynchronous’
has ________ morphemes

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46.

Sounds produced with the
stream of air flowing out of
the mouth without
obstruction are________

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47.

The science of designing
machines that simulate
human intelligence is
known as _________

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48.

Variants of a phoneme are
called

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49.

The minimal unit of study in
morphology is

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50.

Which of the following is not
a fricative sound?

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