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Raised object vs. Subordinate subject (I didn't want 'Kim' mistreating my cat)

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Why do the equivalents of “moody” in other Germanic languages mean “courageous”?

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Labialised /r/ in RP

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American production of /ɾ/ in other languages

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Name That Phenomenon: I worry that once I STOP doing an action “just to be safe,” the thing I'm being safe from will occur

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Errors in my linguistics textbook

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Do the DRESS vowel (/e/) and SQUARE vowel (/ɛː/) have the same vowel quality in contemporary RP?

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Does English “day” really come from PIE *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”)?

etymology english proto-indo-european

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Does California vowel shift occur in bilingual Spanish speakers?

english vowels spanish bilingualism

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Does anyone know the history of the infinitive?

syntax english grammar verbs word-formation

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Is T-Glottalization in English a modern phenomenon?

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How did this alternation happen?

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Origin of “boor”

english etymology historical-linguistics hebrew

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How is it possible that so many words seem to get the exact opposite meaning when adopted to a different language?

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