SOLUSI UNIVERSITY

BAEN 112 INRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS

MID – SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS

DURATION: 1HOUR 30 MINUTES

TOTAL MARKS: 50

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. Define the following linguistic terms:

a. Language (3)
b. Linguistics (3)
c. Linguistic competence (3)
d. Linguistic performance (3)
e. Communicative competence (3)
2. Write down any five characteristics of language studied so far (10)
3. The tall man lives in this village- The words in this sentence are arranged in a particular
order. Write down the horizontal syntagmatic relationship which make up this sentence
( 4)
4. Write down the paradigmatic relations which exist vertically between elements or units of
the sentence in question 3 above (6)
5. List any 5 organs of speech (5).
6. Which are the three descriptive parameters used to describe consonantal speech sound? (3)
7. Write down one example of each of the following sounds: ( 7)
a. Bilabial
b. Labio-dental
c. Dental
d. Alveolar
e. Palato- alveolar
f. Palatal
g. Velar