FBQ1: In --------------, the non-technical language for language acquisition is picking up a language. Answer: Krashen (1981) FBQ2: ----------- is the process by which a variety of language becomes a standard variety. Answer: Standardization FBQ3: An approach based on a detailed study, which reflects the patterns of ---------------------- of culture being studied is called ethnography. Answer: custom and communication FBQ4: A language that has a -------------- community of native speakers is said to have vitality. Answer: living FBQ5: The transfer of ----------- from one's native language into another is mother tongue transfer. Answer: elements FBQ6: To relocate language speakers to ------- is not a task in language planning agencies. Answer: favourable environments FBQ7: An situation in which ---------- takes place is a communicative event Answer: communication FBQ8: Language use is ------------ within a group of Speakers Answer: situated FBQ9: Information, ------------------- or phrases which tend to originate in sub-cultures within the society are called slangs. Answer: non-standard words FBQ10: The only thing that accounts for the ---------------- is the fact that speakers’ world differ, hence their view, which is expressed in language, must equally differ. Answer: difference in language FBQ11: Marital factor does not influence the planning of ------------ in a community Answer: language FBQ12: The sociolinguistic term used to refer to ---------- which are used spontaneously rather than self-consciously is vernacular Answer: casual varieties FBQ13: Graphology is the study of ------------- with a focus on the shape of the language on the written page Answer: style in writing FBQ14: Borrowing in language terms refers to the act of picking words and expressions from --------------- and using them in a language that does not have them Answer: other languages FBQ15: ----------- is the abbreviation for ‘for’ In modern communication, when sending SMS through the use of cell phones Answer: 4 FBQ16: ---------------- is the dominance asserted and maintained by the establishment and continuous reconstruction of structural and cultural inequalities between a language and other languages Answer: Linguistic imperialism FBQ17: Agglutination is the process of expanding the root of a word through the addition of----------, which modify both the meaning and form Answer: affixes FBQ18: The ----------- where the first Europeans who traded pepper and slaves from the Nigerian coastal areas Answer: Portuguese FBQ19: Linguistic dispersal is the spread of a language as a result of the --------- of its speakers to different parts of the world Answer: movement FBQ20: The interpersonal knowledge is the knowledge of how people behave in ---------- and the roles people assume as a consequence. Answer: particular situations FBQ21: Language shift is the process whereby an entire speech community moves to speaking --------- language entirely Answer: another FBQ22: The tenor of discourse refers to the people taking part and the ------- between them Answer: relationship FBQ23: Interference is an instance of negatively transferring elements from one language into another in the course of ---------- exchange Answer: communication FBQ24: Accent is a variety of language that reflects features of ---------- peculiar to people from the same region Answer: speech pronunciation FBQ25: Language learning refers to the conscious knowledge of a second language, knowing the ------------, being aware of them, and being able to talk about them Answer: rules FBQ26: Other varieties that have been identified by sociolinguists are --------------, which are a variety of language spoken by people who come from the same Ethnic group Answer: ethnolects FBQ27: Multilingualism refers to the ability to speak more than two languages or simply proficiency in ----------------. Answer: many languages FBQ28: Slang can be described as informal, non-standard words or phrases, which tend to originate in ------------ within the society Answer: sub-cultures FBQ29: Nationalism describes the belief that groups of people are bound together by territorial, cultural and (sometimes) ----------- links Answer: ethnic FBQ30: The Ethnographic approach to communication study is a perspective which seeks to establish the study of communication in its wider ---------- index Answer: social and cultural FBQ31: Vitality means that a language has ----------- of native speakers Answer: a living community FBQ32: Deviance is when there is a clear break from the norms and usage of a language by ------------- rules Answer: breaking grammatical FBQ33: The most basic -------------- that readily comes to the mind of every one is the communicative function Answer: function of language FBQ34: A native variety of a language is the variety that is used by the ---------- speakers of the language Answer: original FBQ35: Variety classification of a language according to geographical location region is called ----------. Answer: dialect MCQ1: Variety of language peculiar to people from a geographical location is known as -------------- Answer: Dialect MCQ2: --------------- occurs when an affix is added to the root to the extent that both become fused Answer: flexion MCQ3: The first missionary station in Nigeria was established in ----------------- Answer: Badagry MCQ4: ----------- is used to maintain relationship between speakers Answer: Language MCQ5: ----------------- Is an approach based on a detailed study, which reflects the patterns of custom and communication of culture being studied Answer: ethnography MCQ6: When ---------- make reference to the study of the human mind, they are referring to psychology Answer: sociolinguists MCQ7: ----------------------- in Stylistics is an indication of an episode or event in a narrative or drama that is yet to take place Answer: Foregrounding MCQ8: -------------- is not a function of language Answer: Traditional function MCQ9: Language learning is a product of formal instruction comprising of a --------- Answer: conserver process MCQ10: ------------ refers to the term that has come to mean inflated, vague, meaningless language of any kind Answer: jargon MCQ11: The --------------- of language is also referred to as phatic communion Answer: social function MCQ12: In some linguistically -------------- coastal states like Delta and Rivers, Pidgin English is commonly used as a lingual franca Answer: heterogeneous MCQ13: Language use is situated -----------a group of speakers Answer: Within MCQ14: ------------- is where the basic grammar and lexicon of a language are derived from the same pre-stages of the language Answer: homogeneity MCQ15: --------------------- is the process by which a variety of language becomes a standard variety Answer: standardization MCQ16: The origin of linguistic imperialism is ------------ Answer: colonialism MCQ17: A communicative ----------is also called a speech act Answer: Act MCQ18: Idiolect is the variety of language peculiar to an ------------ Answer: individual’s speech MCQ19: Linguistically heterogeneous societies, with large numbers of non-standard indigenous languages, are-------------- states Answer: exoglossic MCQ20: The variety of language according to use is known as --------- Answer: Register MCQ21: ---------------- is not a feature of a standard variety of language? Answer: a variety used by the non-educated speakers of the language MCQ22: Sociology share something in common with anthropology when it studies the --------and institutions of primitive people Answer: Myth MCQ23: Vernacular is the sociolinguistic term used to refer to ---------- which are used spontaneously rather than self-consciously Answer: casual varieties MCQ24: --------------- is the transfer of elements from one's native language into another Answer: mother tongue transfer MCQ25: ------------ is not a factor or an influence in language Answer: Height MCQ26: ------------ is not a function of code switching? Answer: Transportation MCQ27: ---------- are pieces of Information, non-standard words or phrases which tend to originate in sub-cultures within the society Answer: Slangs MCQ28: A(n)_____________ language lacks an first language communicators and is created for global purposes with highly codified norms of usage Answer: artificial MCQ29: Before the advent of technology, conventionally, communication was mostly done through ----------------- Answer: face-to-face interaction MCQ30: ----------------- is used to refer to any spontaneous and unauthorized writing or drawing on walls, vehicles, cars etc. Answer: Graffiti MCQ31: Context as a factor in language use mean all but one of the under listed points ----------------- Answer: The ability to vote and be voted for MCQ32: Lexicology is the study of language from the perspective of its ------------ Answer: vocabulary MCQ33: Sociology has to do with when sociolinguists discuss our ----------as social beings Answer: behaviour MCQ34: Vernacular is the variety of language that has group of ---------- speakers Answer: native MCQ35: A ----------- which has acquired native speakers is a creole Answer: Pidgin