Questions - Ask a Linguist

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2019-05-06 16:57:03 -0400 heritage58

I am annoyed with the "Quote, Unquote". I hear it all the time.

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

What variety of Hindi is this?

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

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

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

Is it habla ingles or Do habla ingles?

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

definite article weirdness

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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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2019-02-16 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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2019-02-06 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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2019-02-07 09:17:26 -0400 Gerard Cheshire

Metaphor/linguistics

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2019-01-23 10:39:57 -0400 juliet15teck

Need Linguist With Emoticon Research

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

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

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2018-12-13 08:01:28 -0400 anneelsvdwal

Could the word 'anger' be derived from the Zoroastrian god of evil 'Angra Mainyu'?

etymology

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2018-11-25 12:33:21 -0400 Ali Robertson

Why is the comparative structure of "not as...as" so much harder for ESL learners than the "-er/more/less than"?

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2018-11-21 17:55:26 -0400 AlanGeorge

Is there an Old English word meaning RAPIDS or RIFFLE (a rocky shoal causing a rapid)?

English

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2018-11-18 10:14:32 -0400 hmostari

568 questions

I am annoyed with the "Quote, Unquote". I hear it all the time.

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

What does 'it' refer to here?

What variety of Hindi is this?

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

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

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)?

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

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

Is it habla ingles or Do habla ingles?

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

definite article weirdness

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

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?

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

Metaphor/linguistics

Need Linguist With Emoticon Research

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

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

Could the word 'anger' be derived from the Zoroastrian god of evil 'Angra Mainyu'?

Why is the comparative structure of "not as...as" so much harder for ESL learners than the "-er/more/less than"?

Is there an Old English word meaning RAPIDS or RIFFLE (a rocky shoal causing a rapid)?

how to integrate a project in sociolinguistics

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