443 questions

If I were to speak nonsense with no clear meaning/pattern in the words and attempt to convey my message solely through tone, would I still be speaking gibberish?

Are made up languages (example Kilgon) considered Gibberish, or does the fact each portion of the text has a defined meaning disqualify it?

• language

Can Sanskrit be considered as a ‘Language’in conventional sense?

• language
• Sanskrit

which is correct?

American grammar and accents "Took and got"

Reference/Name/Origin of headedness constraint on modifying NPs in English

• English
• Syntax

I am interested in learning as much as possible about the word "Abracadabra"

What would be an efficient approach to furthering understandings of complex representations of sets of ideas like faith and how they relate to our perception and thinking.

• Perception
• Unit
• Theory
• Long
• Abstract

How does one measure text complexity in student writing at the teriary level?

• Discourse
• English

Analysis of breadth of words covered in a tv show

Why is vocabulary, word etymology, adstratum, etc. not included with language classification?

• linguistics
• English
• Vocabulary_size
• etymology

If I want to get a Linguistics degree, do I have to start right away at a college that offers a Linguistics major, or can I start a college doing English or something like that for several years and then transfer to a Linguistics major school?

Tips on how to break into the field

• French
• German
• linguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• grad_school

What is the origin of the disappearance of the first "t" sound in "important"?

recent trend in pronunciation of "student"

Please direct me to a list of peer-reviewed journals researching melanesian languages

Genre type

is the Malaysian Journal of Languages and Linguistics SCOPUS journal?

the use of "WHICH"

• pronouns

Where I can I find Lakoff, R. (1973) The logic of politeness

How to justify a choice of words for a qualitative paper

Could you tell me something about The development of lingustic science as a symbolic form?

• linguistics

Which field(s) of linguistics should opera singers study? Linguistics degrees offered online.

• lyric
• diction
• opera
• singing

How can I help to increase the vocabulary of my child in English?

• Child
• English

Latin par, and Greek para

Good academic books on the English suffix?

• English
• suffix
• Morphology

Nouns and Determiners

what's the name in linguistics when two words can be replaced by one eg left behind

Is Finnish a language isolate? [closed]

• language

Could someone please help me out with this Hausa Linguistics Puzzle?

• linguistics