Search Results
Search type | Search syntax |
---|---|
Tags | [tag] |
Exact | "words here" |
Author |
user:1234 user:me (yours) |
Score |
score:3 (3+) score:0 (none) |
Answers |
answers:3 (3+) answers:0 (none) isaccepted:yes hasaccepted:no inquestion:1234 |
Views | views:250 |
Code | code:"if (foo != bar)" |
Sections |
title:apples body:"apples oranges" |
URL | url:"*.example.com" |
Saves | in:saves |
Status |
closed:yes duplicate:no migrated:no wiki:no |
Types |
is:question is:answer |
Exclude |
-[tag] -apples |
For more details on advanced search visit our help page |
Words, phrases, and acronyms specific to the study of linguistics.
7
votes
Is a loanword also a cognate or are the two terms mutually exclusive?
Just to illustrate that there is not a complete consensus about the definition, this is how David Crystal defines it in A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
cognate (adj./n.) (1) A language o …
9
votes
Why is the definite article in Balkan languages always called a suffix when it really seems ...
I don't see why a definite article suffix and "definiteness" as a noun property contradict each other. The "definiteness" is achieved by attaching a suffix morpheme to the indefinite version.
And jus …