Questions - Ask a Linguist

3

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-05-23 09:50:46 -0400 kris082668

silent letters

Silent_Letters

13

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-05-03 06:57:30 -0400 clarebear97

What are the subjects and objects within these sentences?

9

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-04-29 00:43:53 -0400 M.Nobody

Why not I without you ?

English

31

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-04-26 21:09:18 -0400 ksteimel

Proto Indo European Language

17

views

no

answers

1

vote

2017-04-24 04:27:20 -0400 hatim

what is autosegmental phonology all about?

phonology

285

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-04-21 17:54:41 -0400 Tom S. Fox

It seems to me as if the conditional mood often evolves from a construction that expresses future events from a past perspective. Why is that?

English

323

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-03-31 09:36:08 -0400 lwinmoe

When did it become fashionable to refer to Earth as "The Planet" instead of the old way "The World".

51

views

1

answer

no

votes

2017-03-30 22:21:28 -0400 Sarah R.

What is the real etymology of the English word 'fuck'?

etymology

25

views

1

answer

no

votes

2017-03-28 14:58:07 -0400 Sarah R.

Notion of absolute language complexity

135

views

1

answer

no

votes

2017-03-28 14:10:47 -0400 Sarah R.

How is indissoluble not the same as soluble even though the prefixes would essentially cancel each other out?

prefix

21

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-03-21 23:38:34 -0400 Bernard

Language distance

51

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-03-09 15:49:43 -0400 charshey

Corpus of classroom talk

35

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-03-08 16:06:39 -0400 joeldadrummer

Historical precedent of the word 'immigrant'

Semantics

74

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-03-07 20:13:41 -0400 ksteimel

When a language model like SyntaxNet tags parts of speech, is that a language model task?

computational-ling

28

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-03-02 13:04:19 -0400 Zedicus

Why do British People Pronounce water as 'Wateh' while Australians pronounce it as 'wadeh'?

354

views

2

answers

1

vote

2017-03-02 12:36:13 -0400 ksteimel

What's a working linguist's take on the processes seen in the movie "Arrival," and...

560

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-03-02 12:29:38 -0400 Karen

Why do we use "and" between the last two items in a series, as in "This morning I ate eggs, toast, and bacon"? Why not just say, "This morning I ate eggs, toast, bacon"?

59

views

2

answers

no

votes

2017-03-02 12:24:13 -0400 ksteimel

Is there a contrast in acceptability between the following sentences:

46

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-02-28 15:26:57 -0400 Sarah R.

Is there a rule governing when to use -gist or -gian (i.e.: Anthropologist vs. Theologian)?

31

views

no

answers

1

vote

2017-02-23 12:01:44 -0400 天宝

East-Asian Abugida problem. Any advice?

writing

38

views

no

answers

1

vote

2017-02-23 08:09:21 -0400 charlesekelly

Accent differentiation in England and the U.S.

68

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-02-14 15:57:41 -0400 Sarah R.

Is Modern Mandarin influenced by the languages of any neighboring countries?

59

views

no

answers

1

vote

2017-02-10 20:11:35 -0400 Farhani

Shall we teach grammar?

96

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-02-10 11:12:19 -0400 ksteimel

Tests to check whether a verb is transitive or not

24

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-02-08 19:20:38 -0400 spanish_qas

Resources on assessing spoken language proficiency

93

views

no

answers

no

votes

2017-02-03 00:10:27 -0400 ksteimel

Does anyone know what this means or even what language this is?

guess_language

82

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-01-24 16:47:15 -0400 charshey

Hungarian and Irish - links?

53

views

1

answer

no

votes

2017-01-24 16:11:12 -0400 charshey

Can you tell me the origins and/or meaning of the word "achristavest"? Or is it a made-up word?

50

views

1

answer

1

vote

2017-01-24 15:46:23 -0400 charshey

Synonyms that are Identical Except for Prefix

48

views

1

answer

2

votes

2017-01-14 07:50:22 -0400 inglesina

432 questions

silent letters

What are the subjects and objects within these sentences?

Why not I without you ?

Proto Indo European Language

what is autosegmental phonology all about?

It seems to me as if the conditional mood often evolves from a construction that expresses future events from a past perspective. Why is that?

When did it become fashionable to refer to Earth as "The Planet" instead of the old way "The World".

What is the real etymology of the English word 'fuck'?

Notion of absolute language complexity

How is indissoluble not the same as soluble even though the prefixes would essentially cancel each other out?

Language distance

Corpus of classroom talk

Historical precedent of the word 'immigrant'

When a language model like SyntaxNet tags parts of speech, is that a language model task?

Why do British People Pronounce water as 'Wateh' while Australians pronounce it as 'wadeh'?

What's a working linguist's take on the processes seen in the movie "Arrival," and...

Why do we use "and" between the last two items in a series, as in "This morning I ate eggs, toast, and bacon"? Why not just say, "This morning I ate eggs, toast, bacon"?

Is there a contrast in acceptability between the following sentences:

Is there a rule governing when to use -gist or -gian (i.e.: Anthropologist vs. Theologian)?

East-Asian Abugida problem. Any advice?

Accent differentiation in England and the U.S.

Is Modern Mandarin influenced by the languages of any neighboring countries?

Shall we teach grammar?

Tests to check whether a verb is transitive or not

Resources on assessing spoken language proficiency

Does anyone know what this means or even what language this is?

Hungarian and Irish - links?

Can you tell me the origins and/or meaning of the word "achristavest"? Or is it a made-up word?

Synonyms that are Identical Except for Prefix

English word stress

Contributors

Tags