EGL101_OBJ_Questions.txt

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[QUESTIONS]

<1>Language is a term that is common to ........

<2>Language is symbolic means .........

<3>One of the basic skills of language is ........

<4>Systematicity as a characteristic of language does not involve one of the following

<5>Linguistics is the ........ study of language.

<6>Linguistics processes involves .........

<7>Sub linguistics includes all but one of following

<8>The original speakers of English fall under which group of varieties of English?

<9>Forensic linguistics is the study of the relationship between ......... and .........

<10>........ is the study of production, perception and physical properties of a speech sound.

<11>The difference between semantics and pragmatics is .........

<12>Expanding circle as a variety of English includes countries that have English language as their ........ language.

<13>Psycho linguistics studies .......

<14>Dynamicity of language means ........

<15>........ is the study of internal structure of words.

<16>How many Inflectional morpheme are there?

<17>The part of a word to which the last morpheme is added is known as ........

<18>"ing" as an inflectional morpheme is used to indicate ........

<19>Which of the following is not a core aspect of language?

<20>The aspect of language skills that deals with listening and reading is ......... skill.

<21>Which of the following is not a function of Language?

<22>In varieties of English, examples of countries under Expanding circle includes ........

<23>When language is used to exaggerate, mislead and telln a lie, we can say that it's ........

<24>The agreement among language users to represent a particular object or a idea with a particular word makes language .......

<25>One of the things that distinguish derivational morphemes from inflectional morphemes is that derivational morphemes are used to .......

<26>What is stem of the word "provider"?

<27>The function of language that is not mainly for information but to show one's membership to a society is .........

<28>......... is basically one of the major characteristics that distinguish humans from other living creatures.

<29>.......... morpheme has to be attached to another because it cannot stand on its own.

<30>......... linguistics deals with the study of human communication within our socio-cultural context.

<31>The English language users can be classified to how many groups?

<32>The base of the word "Impartiality" is .........

<33>The aim of linguistics include .........

<34>The study of the relationship between language and society is.......

<35>The merging of both local and foreign language to form a new language, e.g pidgin, is called .........

<36>All the following are sub-fields of linguistics except .........

<37>A ........ morpheme is one that has a meaning of its own without attachment.

<38>The last part of a word to which the last morpheme is added is called ........

<39>There are ......... Inflectional morphemes.

<40>The act of telling people facts or experiences is called .........

<41>The type of language that investigate the inter relation of language and the mind in processing and processing of utterances and language acquisition is called .........

<42>........ is the study of the function of language and its use.

<43>People involved in the scientific study of language are called ..........

<44>In varieties of English ......... is classified under The Inner Circle.

<45>The following are characteristics of standard varieties of English except:

<46>Which of the following is not a characteristic of language.

<47>......... deals with the study of the arrangement of words to form larger units such as sentences.


<48>......... and .......... are the two element fundamental to grammar.

<49>Initializing the rules that govern a language is said to be ...........

<50>Class can also be referred to as.....

<51>Choose the odd one in context to grammar

<52>Distraction is the problem of ......... skills

<53>Ade gave me she and i book (WRONG)
Ade gave me and her book (RIGHT)
From this above statement we can describe language as ........?

<54>The first step of learning any language is by ........

<55>When we say that everyone is born with the ability to acquire a language, we mean language is ______

<56>The zenith of English grammatical rank scale is .........

<57>......... is the building block of every language.

<58>They are ______ grammatical rankscale in the world of grammar.

<59>A _____ is the smallest meaning unit of sound that can signal a difference in meaning.

<60>Meanings in semantics and pragmatics are differentiated on the basis of _____

<61>Grammar accounts for the way in which ____ units are combined to produce sentences.

<62>Grammar can be considered at ____ broad levels.

<63>One of the following is not true of language:

<64>In most outer circle contexts, English is used as:

<65>The claim that all human language exist with sub-divisions could be simply summarized as:

<66>Choose the least accurate option:

<67>_______ is used to refer to the fact that words and expression in language change with time.

<68>The inborn nature of language _______

<69>We say that language is arbitrary because

<70>Language involves signs, i.e. entities which represent or stand for other entities, thus language is ________

<71>If a sign shares a physical resemblance with the object, it is called _______

<72>If a sign has to be learnt as a conventional or cultural trait, like the relationship between evangelism and The Bible, it is called ________

<73>All of the following except one belong to the expanding circle of English users.

<74>The most fundamental requirements of good written English are (in order of importance):

<75>The following terms define a language except .........

<76>The property of language that enables us to talk about things and places whose existence we do not know is:

<77>That part of the acceptability of utterance which can be accounted for in terms of the rules is called:

<78>Smiles, nodding and gestures are examples of ......... communication

<79>The words we store in our language repertoire which we recall whenever we have to use language is

<80>One of the following terms does not accurately define a language:

<81>The branch of linguistics that studies the internal forms of words is called.......

<82>The word "White house" is an example of which word formation process?

<83>Pick out the odd word in terms of morphemes.

<84>Which of the following is not a feature of the standard variety of a language?

<85>The system that shows graphical interaction among the elements of grammar is known as........

<86>Which of the following is not a function of language?

<87>When we say that everyone is born with the ability to acquire a language, we mean language is ______

<88>The branch of linguistics that investigates the relationship between language and the mind is ________

<89>_________ has to do with accounting for the meaning of words, sentences and expressions in language.

<90>Which of the branches do you think is responsible for the structure and rules, and conventions of expressions?

<91>The branch of Linguistics that focuses on the stress and intonation patters of spoken expression is called ______

<92>The primary lexical unit of a word that carries the most significant aspect of semantic content is called _______

<93>Socio-linguistics is the study of _______

<94>The orderly representation of words to convey meaning to its users is taken care of by _______

<95>Psycho-linguistics studies ______

<96>The following EXCEPT ONE are true of Content words. They are ...........

<97>The foundational sentences upon which other sentences are built are known as ……..

<98>A linguistic theory aims to find out the following except …………...

<99>Which of the following sentence patterns requires a di-transitive verb?

<100>All of the following do function as Adjunct, except .........

<101>One of the following terms does not accurately define a language:

<102>Which of the following is not a function of language?

<103>When we say language is arbitrary we mean

<104>When actions taken at family, community and national levels are expressed in a language that is understood by those affected by the action, then language a tool of ____

<105>Language is a tool of influence and persuasion

<106>Language is an expression of thought because

<107>The primary lexical unit of a word that carries the most significant aspect of semantic content is called _______

<108>Sociolinguistics is the study of _______

<109>The orderly representation of words to convey meaning to its users is taken care of by _____

<110>"I saw a blackbird" and "I saw a black bird" can best be resolved at the level of ______

<111>According to ______, a word consists of one or more morphemes.

<112>A ______ is made up of one or more groups.

<113>A sentence can be realised by one or more _______

<114>The word is the smallest grammatical unit.

<115>The word ‘chairmen’ contains _____ free morphemes.

<116>The word ‘chairmen’ contains _____ bound morphemes.

<117>The bound morpheme in the word ‘tenant’ is _____

<118>The free morpheme in the word ‘shipment’ is _____

<119>The free morpheme in the word ‘feet’ is _____

<120>How many morphemes are in 'enlightenment'?

<121>Which of the following is not an affix?

<122>Which of the following is not true of affixes?

<123>In the word ‘un-do’, the affix _____

<124>In the word ‘look-ing’, the affix _____

<125>The verb 'burgle' is a back-formation from _____.

<126>The adjective "couth" is a back-formation from _____.

<127>The verb "edit" is a back-formation from _____.

<128>breakfast + lunch = _____

<129>smoke + fog = _____

<130>spoon + fork = _____

<131>motor + hotel = _____

<132>cybernetic + organism = _____

<133>Language is used by educators, politicians and religious practitioners to make people share their beliefs or points of view; hence language is _____

<134>A typical interchange of pleasantries about the weather, prices, social relations and socio-political situations is known as _________

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[OPTIONS]

<1>Auditory
Language
Humans
Records

<2>It has no convention
It deals with the mouth
It involves writing
It involves the use of signs

<3>Systemic
Receptive
Dynamic
Communion

<4>Regularity
Orderliness
Organization
Random selection

<5>Gradual
Structural
Scientific
Pragmatic

<6>Acquisition
Formation of theories
Expression
Formulation of conventions

<7>Socio linguistics
Ecno linguistics
Neuro linguistics
Forensic linguistics

<8>Expanding circle
Outer circle
Inner circle
Standard varieties

<9>Mind and language
Right and wrong
Principles and law
Language and law

<10>Phonetics
Phonology
Syntax
Semantics

<11>Context
Arrangement of words
Sound
Structure

<12>Official
Core
Native
Alternative

<13>Human actions and interactions
The brain of human beings
Language and the human mind
Language and human utterance

<14>It exaggerates stories
It emphasizes the innateness of language
It changes with time
It has different structures

<15>Morpheme
Morphology
Syntax
Language

<16>6
4
3
8

<17>Base
Lexis
Root
Stem

<18>Genitive
Present participle
Concord
Possession

<19>Phonology
Pragmatics
Etymology
Syntax

<20>Productive
Discrete
Communion
Receptive

<21>Rituals and ceremonies
Expression of thoughts
Dynamism
Records keeping

<22>Nigeria
Germany
Britain
Morocco

<23>Commmunal
Poetic
Creative
Dynamic

<24>Conventional
Creative
Arbituary
Dynamic

<25>Show plurality of nouns
Expand the meaning of words
Create new words
Show past tense of words

<26>Prove
Provide
Provider
Vider

<27>Expression of experience
Record keeping
Transmission of information
Phatic communion

<28>Sound
Morphology
Language
Linguistics

<29>Free
Bound
Lexical
Compounding

<30>Ethno
Eco
Forensic
Psycho

<31>4
2
5
3

<32>Partial
Impartial
Partiality
Impart

<33>Observation
Creation
Acquisition
Expanding

<34> Psycho linguistic
Applied linguistic
Socio linguistic
Socio phonetics

<35>Language documentation
Pragmatics
Varieties of English
Hybridization of language

<36>Peace linguistics
Meta linguistics
Ethic linguistics
Socio linguistics

<37>Old
Bound
Free
Inflectional

<38>Stem
Base
Concluding part
Epilogue

<39>8
9
10
11

<40>Interpersonal function
Textual function
Ideational function
Factual function

<41>Psycho linguistics
Ethic linguistics
Socio linguistics
Neuro linguistics

<42>Pragmatics
Morphology
Phonology
Semantics

<43>Native speakers
Linguists
Grammarians
Professors

<44>France
Japan
Nigeria
U.K

<45>It is locally accepted
It is adopted as official language
It is used in prominent media outlets
It is used in National literature

<46>It is symbolic
It is dynamic
It is culture independent
It is innate

<47>Pragmatics
Syntax
Phonology
Semantics

<48>syntax and morphemes
syntex and mophology
clause and discourse
morphology and syntax

<49>observation
morphology
grammar
syntax

<50>groups
clause
part of speech
element of grammar

<51>morphemes
phrase
discourse
word

<52>Assimilating skills
Reading skills
Combactive skills
Productive skills

<53>reciprocal
systematic
symbolic
dynamic

<54>communicating it
listening
reading
speaking

<55>dynamic
conventional
innate
arbitrarily

<56>discourse
statement
morphemes
sentence

<57>words
clauses
diaconic
class

<58>8
5
6
4

<59>Phoneme
Morpheme
Derivational phoneme
Derivational morpheme

<60>Influence
Performance
Context
Intuition

<61>Structural
Morphological
Linguistic
Syntactic

<62>2
3
4
6

<63>Its purely human and non instinctive
Some language are better than others
Language is the vehicle of thought
All human thought are expressed in language

<64>Mother tongue
Official language
Lingua franca
Foreign language

<65>Varieties of language
Language segregation
Language change
Language division

<66>Language is a human system of communication
Language entails the uses of arbitrary signals, such as voice sounds, gestures, and written symbols
Linguists speak many languages
Linguistics is the study of language

<67>instability
dynamism
creative
arbitrary

<68>establishes the fact that every person has all the organs of speech which the language environment will compel him to use whenever he is called upon to do so
means that language is intuitive
establishes the fact that language is indispensable
means that language is dynamic

<69>The words we use in a language are there by convention
Language can be used to exaggerate, mislead, create imaginary stories or even used to tell an outright lie
Language involves signs
speech comprises a set of interrelated members, each with a distinct function

<70>systematic
symbiotic
symbolic
artistic

<71>an icon
an index
a symbol
a representative

<72>an index
a symbol
an icon
a representation

<73>China
Korea
Russia
Nigeria

<74>grammaticality, appropriateness, acceptability, and elegance
acceptability, grammaticality, elegance, appropriateness
appropriateness, acceptability, elegance, and grammaticality
grammaticality, elegance, acceptability, and appropriateness

<75>instinctive
hereditary
innate
arbitrary

<76>discreteness
reciprocity
arbitrariness
displacement

<77>acceptability
structurality
legality
grammaticality

<78>extralinguistic
interpersonal
verbal
intrapersonal

<79>mental lexicon
word knowledge
known vocabulary
lexical input

<80>arbitrary
hereditary
instinctive
innate

<81>Lexicology
Lexicon
Morphology
Etymology

<82>Blending
Compounding
Conversion
Affixation

<83>Commitment
Society
Writer
Cooperative

<84>It is usually written
It is used as a medium of instruction
It has a wider spread
It is a prestigious variety

<85>Graphology
Graphical representation
Grammatical rank scale
Rankscale

<86>Rituals and ceremonies
Expression of thoughts
A vehicle of text
Dynamism

<87>dynamic
conventional
innate
arbitrarily

<88>Pragmatics
Psycholinguistics
Geolinguistics
Sociolinguistics

<89>Meaninology
Pragmatics
Semantics
Sociolinguistics

<90>Psycholinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Syntax
Semantics

<91>Phonology
Phonics
Phonastatics
Morphology

<92>root
grapheme
morpheme
phoneme

<93>language and speakers
language and rhetoric
language and society
language and culture

<94>Syntax
Pragmatics
Semantics
Phonology

<95>the brain of human beings
language and human utterances
language and the human mind
human actions and interactions

<96>Active
Four in number
Infinite
Open class

<97>Basic simple sentences
Non basic simple sentences
Non simple sentences
Optative sentences

<98>the knowledge of language
the analysis of language
the use of language
the acquisition of language

<99>SP
SPA
SPO
SPOO

<100>Nominal group
Adjectival group
Prepositional group
Adverbial group

<101>arbitrary
hereditary
instinctive
innate

<102>Rituals and ceremonies
Expression of thoughts
A vehicle of text
Dynamism

<103>there is no correlation between signs and the symbols used
there is no direct correlation between signs and the ideas they represent
there is no relationship between the colour of the speaker and the language
Language learners do not have innate predisposition

<104>mutual action
expression of action
expression of solidarity
communal integration

<105>true
false
maybe
none of the above

<106>It is used for the purpose of social solidarity
Language and thought are closely related and all human thoughts are expressed in language
Language can be used to exaggerate, mislead, create imaginary stories or even used to tell an outright lie
none of the above

<107>root
grapheme
morpheme
phoneme

<108>language and speakers
language and rhetoric
language and society
language and culture

<109>Syntax
Pragmatics
Semantics
Phonology

<110>Semantics
Sociolinguistics
Grammar
Language

<111>grammarians
morphologists
linguists
lexicologists

<112>phrase
word
clause
sentence

<113>groups
phrases
clauses
syntax

<114>false
true
partially correct
partially incorrect

<115>1
2
3
4

<116>1
2
3
none

<117>te
ten
ant
none

<118>ship
hip
ment
none

<119>fee
foot
feet
none

<120>two
three
four
five

<121>ness
and
pre-
–s

<122>Affixes are morphemes that are attached to a word stem to form a new word.
Affixes are bound morphemes by definition.
Affixes may be derivational.
Affixes are also base words.

<123>appears at the front of a stem
appears at the back of a stem
links two stems together in a compound
changes a segment of a stem

<124>appears at the front of a stem
appears at the back of a stem
links two stems together in a compound
changes a segment of the stem

<125>burglar
burg
burglary
burgle

<126>uncouth
couth
outh
th

<127>editor
edition
editorial
editors

<128>breaklunch
breaunch
blunch
brunch

<129>smog
smokfog
mog
sforg

<130>ponk
pork
spork
spoork

<131>motel
mortel
rotel
motorhotel

<132>cybernism
neticism
cyber.org
cyborg

<133>situational
informative
persuasive
judgmental

<134>face-to-face interaction
phatic communion
ideational perspective
all of the above

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[ANSWERS]

<1>Humans

<2>It involves the use of signs

<3>Receptive

<4>Random selection

<5>Scientific

<6>Formation of theories

<7>Ecno linguistics

<8>Inner circle

<9>Language and law

<10>Phonetics

<11>Context

<12>Alternative

<13>Language and the human mind

<14>It changes with time

<15>Morphology

<16>8

<17>Stem

<18>Present participle

<19>Etymology

<20>Receptive

<21>Dynamism

<22>Germany

<23>Creative

<24>Conventional

<25>Create new words

<26>Provide

<27>Phatic communion

<28>Language

<29>Bound

<30>Ethno

<31>3

<32>Partial

<33>Acquisition

<34>Socio linguistic

<35>Hybridization of language

<36>Meta linguistics

<37>Free

<38>Stem

<39>8

<40>Ideational function

<41>Psycho linguistics

<42>Pragmatics

<43>Linguists

<44>U.K

<45>It is locally accepted

<46>It is culture independent

<47>Syntax

<48>morphology and syntax

<49>grammar

<50>part of speech

<51>discourse

<52>reading skills

<53>systematic

<54>listening

<55>innate

<56>sentence

<57>words

<58>5

<59>Phoneme

<60>Context

<61>Linguistic

<62>2

<63>Some language are better than others

<64>Official language

<65>Varieties of language

<66>Linguists speak many languages

<67>dynamism

<68>establishes the fact that every person has all the organs of speech which the language environment will compel him to use whenever he is called upon to do so

<69>The words we use in a language are there by convention

<70>symbolic

<71>an icon

<72>a symbol

<73>Nigeria

<74>grammaticality, appropriateness, acceptability, and elegance

<75>hereditary

<76>displacement

<77>grammaticality

<78>extralinguistic

<79>known vocabulary

<80>hereditary

<81>Morphology

<82>Compounding

<83>Society

<84>It is usually written

<85>Grammatical rank scale

<86>Dynamism

<87>innate

<88>Psycholinguistics

<89>Semantics

<90>Syntax

<91>Phonology

<92>root

<93>language and society

<94>Semantics

<95>language and the human mind

<96>Active

<97>Basic simple sentences

<98>the analysis of language

<99>SPOO

<100>Nominal group

<101>hereditary

<102>Dynamism

<103>there is no correlation between signs and the symbols used

<104>communal integration

<105>true

<106>Language and thought are closely related and all human thoughts are expressed in language

<107>root

<108>language and society

<109>Semantics

<110>Semantics

<111>morphologists

<112>clause

<113>clauses

<114>false

<115>2

<116>1

<117>none

<118>ship

<119>foot

<120>three

<121>and

<122>Affixes are also base words.

<123>appears at the front of a stem

<124>appears at the back of a stem

<125>burglar

<126>uncouth

<127>editor

<128>brunch

<129>smog

<130>spork

<131>motel

<132>cyborg

<133>persuasive

<134>phatic communion

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