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2019-04-27 12:27:59 -0400 philip

What is the difference between "was going to" and "would?" Is there a parallel difference between "is going to" and "will?"

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2019-04-25 08:51:24 -0400 gravedaven

Is there a term for this case?

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2019-04-21 15:30:26 -0400 Hana-Ehbara

Does anyone know of any study on acquisition of final voicing? On English and/or Arabic?

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2019-04-10 18:26:22 -0400 ipanda

What does 'it' refer to here?

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2019-04-07 12:22:05 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

What decides if a word is changed when originally translating a language, or if the characteristics (spelling/pronunciation/definition) stay the same?

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2019-03-29 12:18:28 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

definite article weirdness

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2019-03-28 23:14:25 -0400 Nofal

What variety of Hindi is this?

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2019-03-22 03:37:58 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

What does the word or abbreviation 'PXS' mean? I think it is latin for proximity.

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2019-03-18 11:05:07 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

past tense of 'text'

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2019-03-18 10:32:39 -0400 zelparadox

Is it habla ingles or Do habla ingles?

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2019-03-17 20:02:47 -0400 jjennifer457

Where can I find a survey that records the use of specifir dialects in the italian population during 1900s?

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2019-03-17 19:47:11 -0400 ksteimel

What is the adjective-making morpheme for the word beautiful?

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2019-03-17 19:44:51 -0400 ksteimel

Is Antlr4 java library suitable for building grammar for Arabic Language parsing?

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2019-03-17 10:52:15 -0400 SPECIAL K

How would you write "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani" in Aramaic?

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2019-03-14 17:46:39 -0400 jjennifer457

Where can I find a comprehensive data set or records of regional dialects used in Italy (ideally from 1960-now)?

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2019-03-14 04:57:59 -0400 Tabol

What is the difference between English nasal sound /n/ and lateral /l/ acoustically? For example, F1,F2,F3

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2019-03-11 03:33:59 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

How does the use of “texting language” affect the general use of language by middle and high school students?

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2019-03-06 00:48:15 -0400 georgie

Origins of Pain in the pinny/pinnie

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2019-03-05 17:17:51 -0400 dna21

Which graduate schools are best for pursuing a career in Linguistics?

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2019-03-05 06:36:44 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

What do you call a group of mermaids/mermen?

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2019-02-23 07:06:36 -0400 ericfsmith

What does "All-Up-Round" phrase mean in the English language?

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2019-02-22 04:53:11 -0400 SADIAAYUB

Clinical language scale CLANG

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2019-02-17 22:20:41 -0400 ksteimel

Anyone used Mturk to survey multilingual participants?

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2019-02-16 13:01:54 -0400 Firemonkey

What can linguistics contribute to the origins of North American First Nations

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2019-02-12 11:08:29 -0400 Ponrawee

Is "Fish fish fish eat eat eat" a grammatically correct sentence?

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2019-02-07 13:12:47 -0400 hello

which sound does the /r/ in Ukranian correspond to in Polish?

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2019-02-07 09:17:26 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

Metaphor/linguistics

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2019-02-06 15:57:42 -0400 livb

What is the syntactic name for the structure 'need not be' (in contrast to 'does not need to be')?

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2019-01-29 04:37:02 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

What is the link between glitter, glint, gleam, glow, glimmer, glisten, and glare?

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2019-01-28 13:26:14 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

What does firmament really mean?

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688 questions

What is the difference between "was going to" and "would?" Is there a parallel difference between "is going to" and "will?"

Is there a term for this case?

Does anyone know of any study on acquisition of final voicing? On English and/or Arabic?

What does 'it' refer to here?

What decides if a word is changed when originally translating a language, or if the characteristics (spelling/pronunciation/definition) stay the same?

definite article weirdness

What variety of Hindi is this?

What does the word or abbreviation 'PXS' mean? I think it is latin for proximity.

past tense of 'text'

Is it habla ingles or Do habla ingles?

Where can I find a survey that records the use of specifir dialects in the italian population during 1900s?

What is the adjective-making morpheme for the word beautiful?

Is Antlr4 java library suitable for building grammar for Arabic Language parsing?

How would you write "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani" in Aramaic?

Where can I find a comprehensive data set or records of regional dialects used in Italy (ideally from 1960-now)?

What is the difference between English nasal sound /n/ and lateral /l/ acoustically? For example, F1,F2,F3

How does the use of “texting language” affect the general use of language by middle and high school students?

Origins of Pain in the pinny/pinnie

Which graduate schools are best for pursuing a career in Linguistics?

What do you call a group of mermaids/mermen?

What does "All-Up-Round" phrase mean in the English language?

Clinical language scale CLANG

Anyone used Mturk to survey multilingual participants?

What can linguistics contribute to the origins of North American First Nations

Is "Fish fish fish eat eat eat" a grammatically correct sentence?

which sound does the /r/ in Ukranian correspond to in Polish?

Metaphor/linguistics

What is the syntactic name for the structure 'need not be' (in contrast to 'does not need to be')?

What is the link between glitter, glint, gleam, glow, glimmer, glisten, and glare?

What does firmament really mean?

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