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What free objective tools can be used for assessing pronunciation?
I'm also interested in fluency and intonation.
Any insights will be wonderful.
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How to check if the first /r/ or /j/ sound is elided in "February"?
I've just learnt that there is more than one way to pronounce the word "February":
/ˈfebyuˌweri/
/ˈfebuˌweri/
/ˈfebruˌweri/
And some other variations with /u/ being reduced to schwa.
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History of words for a thing - the opposite of etymology?
What is a term that describes which words were used to describe a thing in the world?
Answering the question "How did people refer to ...?"
Is this a sub-discipline of linguistics?
Is it ...
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Why would Chinese ESL learners read FOR/OF alternately?
I noticed that many of my Chinese students read "of" as "for" and vice versa.
I understand that this could be a case of metathesis, but what would be the cause of this? I notice ...
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Complementizer Phrase vs clause
In linguistics, some grammars use the term Complementizer Phrase (CP) instead of the traditional grammar term 'clause'. But not all grammars use CP.
As for those that don't use CP, do they use 'clause'...
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What exactly does the "formal" in "formal markedness" refer to?
A paper I am currently reading (Mollin 2012) mentions formal markedness as an ordering constraint for binomials in English. At first I thought that formal just means that the form of the word is ...
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"If John bought food, Mary would cook dinner." — Why is this a counterfactual conditional? The fact that John will buy food or not is unestablished
A Concise Introduction to Logic by Patrick J. Hurley, page 332:
Subjunctive conditionals are often called counterfactual conditionals because their antecedents are typically false.
terminology from ...
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When and by whom was the term absolutive (case) created?
While the question on the origin of the ergative case (When and by whom were the terms 'ergative case' and 'absolutive case' coined?) is answered, the origins of the terminus ...
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What are all the ways to formulate a word?
Consider the formula according to which Sanskrit and most Indo-European languages formulate the word:
[prefix] root + suffix + ending.
And now consider the formula according to which Semitic languages ...
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Is it possible to define a concrete object with language clearly and accurately?
How do we know whether counterexamples of a concept are infinite or finite? Is there an end to the process of revision?
It is usually claimed that defining a concept clearly and accurately is almost ...
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Is there terminology to distinguish between syllables with and without tone?
I was looking over Wikipedia's Syllable article, and it surprised me the precise level of terminology that exists to specify specific parts of syllables. The Chinese model section shows that the term ...
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Term for separate linguistic styles or identities?
So, this is a really hard concept for me to understand, but a long time ago I saw a small piece of reading talking about how young women pioneer the development of language much more than young men. A ...
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What are examples of English words containing a Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
What are examples of English words containing a near-close near-front unrounded vowel, when American pronunciation is used.
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How similar are the French and Spanish R sounds, linguistically speaking?
To preface, I'm not particularly knowledgeable about linguistics, but I did take several semesters of French and Spanish in college several years ago. I remember putting a lot of effort into learning ...
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Is there a term for verbs that only go with one noun?
For example, only clouds scud, only cattle low.
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