Questions - Ask a Linguist

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2017-06-29 06:53:33 -0400 ITS Circle LLC

Shall we teach grammar?

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2017-06-21 15:33:55 -0400 charshey

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?

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2017-06-17 15:21:41 -0400 Rebecca_allen

Why doesn't orthography distinguish between /s/ and /z/ in English plurals?

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2017-06-07 03:09:25 -0400 henn

How does L3 (or multilingual) aquisition differ from L1 or L2 acquisition? Any suggestions for relevant literature?

language-acquisition

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2017-06-06 01:10:12 -0400 wardhj

It is possible to characterize languages so that one can predict how the word "imagination" is used.

partitive

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2017-06-04 21:41:07 -0400 FredAchilles

What is the linguistic term for blending phonemes in more than one word to make a single utterance?

phonology

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2017-06-02 10:26:53 -0400 taitumlee

silent letters

Silent_Letters

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2017-06-02 10:05:04 -0400 taitumlee

Variations of /t/ sound ?

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

What are the subjects and objects within these sentences?

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

Why not I without you ?

English

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

Proto Indo European Language

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

what is autosegmental phonology all about?

phonology

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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".

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

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

etymology

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

Notion of absolute language complexity

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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

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

Language distance

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

Corpus of classroom talk

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

Historical precedent of the word 'immigrant'

Semantics

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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

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

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

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

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

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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"?

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

Is there a contrast in acceptability between the following sentences:

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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)?

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2017-02-23 12:01:44 -0400 天宝

East-Asian Abugida problem. Any advice?

writing

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

Accent differentiation in England and the U.S.

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

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

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

Tests to check whether a verb is transitive or not

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

437 questions

Shall we teach grammar?

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?

Why doesn't orthography distinguish between /s/ and /z/ in English plurals?

How does L3 (or multilingual) aquisition differ from L1 or L2 acquisition? Any suggestions for relevant literature?

It is possible to characterize languages so that one can predict how the word "imagination" is used.

What is the linguistic term for blending phonemes in more than one word to make a single utterance?

silent letters

Variations of /t/ sound ?

What are the subjects and objects within these sentences?

Why not I without you ?

Proto Indo European Language

what is autosegmental phonology all about?

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?

Tests to check whether a verb is transitive or not

Resources on assessing spoken language proficiency

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