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These sentences; \"I can hear English\", \"I can hear a smell\", \"I purchased a packet of detergent at the shop\", are categorised as ------------
Misuse of codes (error of inappropriateness)


The variation in the phonological structure of Nigerian English affects the sounds and the -----.
suprasegments


Which of the following expressions is grammatically correct? --------
Go and ask the man what he wants\'


The Lexico-Semantics of Nigerian English is extrapolated with the structure of Nigerian -------.
 indigenous languages

Which of the following statements do you consider as grammatically acceptable? ------
“The man is obviously an illiterate person”


Many second language speakers of English (Nigerians) have a number of difficulties in the pronunciation of utterances in English, and these difficulties arise mainly from ---------------.
interference of the sound patterns of their native languages on the sound system of English.

What is the problem with the sentence ‘As last week Thursday evening the fuel scarcity was still biting hard’? ---------.
The problem here is that of the sequence of the adverbials “last week Thursday evening”.

In the sentence ‘‘Give me a chewing stick; I need to clean my teeth”, the expression \"chewing stick\" is a ----------- in Nigerian English.
coinage









In Nigeria, social class is fluid, unstable and the quality or accent of a speaker could portray one as either	.
Answer: literate or illiterate

English as used in Nigeria has been acculturized, Nigerianized, domesticated, nativised and	to meet the socio
cultural needs of the people.
Answer: hybridized

The	Nigerian English is
syntactically Standard British English (SBE) in written and formal usage, but maximally deviates in spoken and formal usage.
Answer: mesolectal

The Lexico-Semantics of Nigerian English is extrapolated with the structure of Nigerian —
Answer: indigenous languages

Which of the following statements do you consider as grammatically acceptable?	
Answer: “the man is obviously an illiterate person�

Among BamgboseVs (1982) classification of
Nigerian English, the	English
variety has a close association with the so called cosmopolitan 19th century Lagos Negro English.
Answer: Victorian

Nigerian English is different from the native speaker’s of English and other English’s in terms of its use of some culture- specific transformations as well as its non-observance of certain global and —
Answer: surface structure constraints

–Sex’ as a socio-linguistic pattern has to do with variation in pronunciation according to	.
Answer: gender

English is a stress - timed languageEnglish is a stress - timed language and the	
•	in English makes it to be quite different from Nigerian languages, which are syllable
•	timed.
Answer: isochronicity


The greatest number of Nigerian English speakers is found in the	group.
Answer: basilectal

What is the problem with the sentence â€"As last week Thursday evening the fuel scarcity was still biting hard’?	.
Answer: the problem here is that of the sequence of the adverbials “last we"k thursday evening�.

The Nigerian Pidgin English and Broken English are actually varieties of the	
Answer: non-standard nigérian english

Many second language speakers of English (Nigerians) have a number of difficulties in the pronunciation of utterances in English, and these difficulties arise mainly from	
Answer: interference of the sound patterns of their native languages on the sound system of english.

The variation in the phonological structure of Nigerian English affects the sounds and the
Answer: suprasegments

Which of the following expressions is grammatically correct?	
Answer: go and ask the man what he wants

BanjoYs (1969) classification of Nigerian English is rested on the use of the criteria of 	and	.
Answer: local acceptability in nigeria and international intelligibility

	uses education criterion in
classifying Nigerian English varieties/types, and identifies the varieties of English in Nigeria on levels.
Answer: brosnaham (1958)

In the sentence â€~–Give me a chewing stick; I need to clean my teethâ€?, the expression \
Answer: coinage


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