Q1 varieties of a language are the varieties used by speakers who are far away from the original home of the language.
Q2
, according to Ferguson (1959), refers to the circumstance where each
language in a bilingual society is systematically employed in certain
domains and events.
Q3 implies whether or not the basic grammar and lexicon of a language are derived from the same pre-stages of the language.
Q4
can be seen as the physical representation, usually in utterances of
any type, of the human linguistic ability (Chomsky, 1965).
Q5 indicates whether the language has grown or grew through use by some ethnic or social group.
Q6 is a form of writing that originated from drawing or inscriptions scratched on an ancient wall.
Q7 is an intra-sentential phenomenon which has to do with the use of two or more language codes within a sentence.
Q8 means that a language has a living community of native speakers.
Q9 refers to the use of two languages simultaneously or interchangeably in a communication event.
Q10
__, according to the Wikipedia Dictionary, is a system of signals
including voice sounds, gestures or written symbols which encodes and
decodes information.
Q11 describes the belief that groups of people are bound together by territorial, cultural and (sometimes) ethnic links.
Q12
refers to the conscious knowledge of a second language, knowing the
rules, being aware of them, and being able to talk about them.
Q13 is the process whereby an entire speech community moves to speaking another language entirely.
Q14 __deal with how speakers in a particular language community organize their social relationships in language use.
Q15
__is a new language without original native speakers but which develops
in situations where speakers of different languages need to communicate
yet do not share a common language.
Q16 simply refers to the ability to speak more than two languages or simply proficiency in many languages.
Q17 A variety of a language is the variety that is used by the original speakers of the language.
Q18 A variety of language that reflects features of speech pronunciation peculiar to people from the same region _.
Q19 A variety of speech peculiar to people of the same profession is _.
Q20 A(n) is a language dialect unique to a household.
Q21 An state, like Nigeria, is typically and logistically heterogeneous due to large number of non-standardised indigenous languages.
Q22 Dialects are often defined as language variety according to _.
Q23 In modern communication, through the use of cell phones, SMS message ‘ur’ is an abbreviation for .
Q24 Language death or language extinction may manifest itself in sudden language death also called .
Q25 Language is uniquely an endeavour constructed by the specie.
Q26 Language is used for communication when it performs a social function.
Q27 Linguistic
is the dominance asserted and maintained by the establishment and
continuous reconstruction of structural and cultural inequalities
between a language and other languages.
Q28 Provide the linguistic interpretation for the following SMS text message 'Gd9t' __.
Q29 Provide the linguistic interpretation for the following SMS text message ‘C’ __.
Q30 Provide the linguistic interpretation for the following SMS text message 'b4' .
Q31 Referential function refers to the of language use.
Q32 The of discourse is the channel or medium of communication.
Q33 The of discourse is the channel or medium of communication.
Q34 The of a discourse refers to what the text is all about, what is happening or the subject matter of the discourse.
Q35 The of discourse refers to the people taking part and the relationship between them.
Q36 The knowledge is the knowledge of how people behave in particular situations and the roles people assume as a consequence.
Q37 The knowledge refers to the knowledge gained from the other texts, including the knowledge of intra- and inter-textual contexts.
Q38 The
knowledge refers to the knowledge of the culture prevalent within the
society gained by means of direct experience by the speakers.
Q39 The
approach to communication study is a perspective which seeks to
establish the study of communication in its wider social and cultural
index.
Q40 The abbreviation SMS in technology mediated language means __.
Q41 The attempt to study language above the sentence, clause or using
such linguistic units like conversational exchanges and written texts
is generally termed as _.
Q42 The first Europeans who traded pepper and slaves from the Nigerian coastal areas were the .
Q43 The full meaning of the term ‘e-mail’ used in internet messaging is .
Q44 The incorporation, within a single word, the information one would have found spread out amongst several words is called __.
Q45 The most basic function of language that readily comes to the mind of every one is the function.
Q46 The new ways of communicating, using technological media, differ mostly from the conventional speech communication.
Q47 The particular variety of a language given more prominence,
prestige, and found where the most educated dwell consciously becomes
the variety.
Q48 The study of human language from the point of view of its impact on social life in a given society is .
Q49 The study of style in writing with a focus on the shape of the language on the writtten page is called .
Q50 The term is used to mean where an affix is added to the root to the extent that they both become fused.
Q51 The term
__is used to mean the deliberate disregard for norms for creative and
artistic purposes without breaking the grammatical rules of the
language.
Q52 The term ‘CMC’ in the modern technological world is used to mean _.
Q53 The two important notions in stylistics are and __.
Q54 The variety of language peculiar to an individual is __.
Q55 There are three major channels of communication: speech, writing and __.
Q56 Variety classification of a language according to geographical location region is called __.
Q57 Variety of a language peculiar to people of a social group, age or sex is .
Q58 Variety that is determined by ‘use’, rather than the user is referred to as _.
Q59 When an individual in a community possesses two languages, s/he is described as a __.
Q60 When language is given legal status by reinforcing its role and status in the society, it has linguistic _.
Q61 A(n) ____________ language is an older variety of language enshrined in the great works of literature as Latin.
Q62 A(n) ____________ language is the language that is chosen in order to achieve the goal of nationalism.
Q63 A(n)_____________ language lacks an first
language communicators and is created for global purposes with highly
codified norms of usage.
Q64 A(n)______________ language is the language that is chosen in order to archive the goal of nationalism.
Q65 According to Wikipedia Dictionary, language is
Q66 An approach based on a detailed study, which
reflects the patterns of custom and communication of culture being
studied is called_______________ .
Q67 An indication of an episode or event in a narrative or drama that is yet to take place in Stylistics is called
Q68 An situation in which communication takes place is a _______________.
Q69 Before the advent of technology, conventionally, communication was mostly done through________________.
Q70 Context as a factor in language use does not mean
Q71 Dialect is_________________.
Q72 Email refers to
Q73 In internet communication, the abbreviation HTML Stands for
Q74 In Krashen (1981), the non technical language for language acquisition is ___________ a language.
Q75 In recent Nigeria telephoning system, the term GSM stands for
Q76 In some linguistically heterogeneous coastal
states like Delta and Rivers, Pidgin English is commonly used as a
______________.
Q77 In the Yoruba language, someone’s brother is someone who is
Q78 Information, non-standard words or phrases which
tend to originate in sub-cultures within the society are called
___________
Q79 Language contact may result in one of the following
Q80 Language is not just
Q81 Language is used to maintain relationship between
Q82 Language use is situated within a group of
Q83 Linguistically heterogeneous societies, with
large numbers of non-standard indigenous languages, are_______________
states.
Q84 MMS in mobile telephone stands for ______________.
Q85 Nowadays, ______________ is used to refer to any spontaneous and unauthorized writing or drawing on walls, vehicles etc
Q86 One of these is not a task in language planning agencies: To
Q87 Sociology share something in common with ____________ when it studies the myth and institutions of primitive people
Q88 The _______________ language death is a process
in which a language is being lost as a result of the speakers
abandonment of such a language.
Q89 The _________________ context in language use
refers to the general rules of behaviour the users obey and the
background knowledge shared by the users.
Q90 The first missionary station in Nigeria was established in _________.
Q91 The language policy of Nigeria has adopted English as a____________.
Q92 The native-like control of two languages is _____________.
Q93 The only thing that accounts for the difference
in language is the fact that __________________ world differs, hence
their view, which is expressed in language, must equally differ.
Q94 The origin of linguistic imperialism is
Q95 The process by which a variety of language becomes a standard variety is termed as______________.
Q96 The register variable that refers to the people taking part and the relationship between them is __________ of discourse.
Q97 The Sapir-Whorf theory is basically on the connection between language and ___________.
Q98 The social function of language is also referred to as
Q99 The sociolinguistic term used to refer to casual varieties which are used spontaneously rather than self-consciously is
Q100 The study of language from the perspective of its vocabulary is
Q101 The term that has come to mean inflated, vague, meaningless language of any kind is_____________.
Q102 The term used for classification of dialect according to geographical location is ____________.
Q103 The transfer of elements from one's native language into another is _____________.
Q104 The utterance, 'You suppose to know the truth’, by a Nigerian English bilingual is an example of
Q105 The variety of language peculiar to an individual’s speech is a(n)
Q106 The variety of language that has group of native speakers is a(n)_________.
Q107 What term is term is used for a language dialect?
Q108 When an affix is added to the root to the extent that both become fused, it is referred to as ______________.
Q109 When sociolinguists discuss our behaviour as social beings, this has to with
Q110 When sociolinguists make reference to the study of the human mind, they are referring to
Q111 Where the basic grammar and lexicon of a
language are derived from the same pre-stages of the language, it has
_____________.
Q112 Which of the factors does not influence the planning of language in a community?
Q113 Which of the following is not a function of code switching
Q114 Which of these are register variables?
Q115 Which of these is not a feature of a standard variety of language?
Q116 Which of these is not a function of language
Q117 Which of these is not a hypothesis in Krashen’s theory of second language (L2) acquisition?
Q118 Which of these is not a variety of language?
Q119 Which of this is not a factor or an influence in language?