448 questions

Changing pronunciation

Do you know of a master's program in linguistics (preferably online) that would support research on a constructed language?

• language
• Semantics

Is it really true that in order to learn L2 we must master L1? What could be the effect in L2 learning if L1 is not mastered?

• acquisition

Is there a language which shows gender agreement in infinitives?

• Infinitive
• Gender
• agreement
• Control
• PRO

What are the differences between a dictogloss and a collaborative output jigsaw task? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each task?

Which language is it? Arabic or some other?

• Foreign_language
• Arabic
• Persian
• Script
• translations

What is the definition of morpheme? The smallest grammatical or meaningful unit?

How does L1 affect L2 learning?

• L1-L2

What linguistic term applies to expressions like 'wow' or 'oh'?

Sino-Xenic vocabulary database?

• Chinese

What is universal grammar?

Can a Linguist Please Briefly Review this IPA Translation of Polish Names?

• translations

Does any language contrast prenasalised and truly voiced plosives?

Please, is there a systematic way to analyse a dataset for phontactic constraints?

what is the first English corpus? is it Brown Corpus?

Babies afraid of speech noises?

• acquisition

Any suggestions for a Pos-Gram generator?

• Software

Where can I find accessible child-language transcripts?

• acquisition
• Semantics

Are Australians' use of language a way of marking in group belonging?

Difference of intonation

Do complete outlines of languages exist?

Are gerunds or infinitives prefered in this context?

• English
• Infinitive
• Gerund

Is explicit and outright grammatical correction acceptable? I find the practice helpful since I am able to address concerns in general and avoid recurrence of the same concern yet majority would say it is inappropriate. Thanks.

• grammar

What is the difference between "proceed to" and "proceed with"?

Numbers in most languages from 11-20 don't follow the same pattern as numbers in their 20's, 30's etc.

What is the best way to teach English grammar?

How does culture affect second language acquisition?

what are your perceptions about the acceptance of slang as one of the usage of language in the society

Is there a book about accent? Thank you for the answer.

What is the difference between implicit and explicit grammar focused tasks?