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Third-person singular used for emphasis in online communication -- Why?

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Have there been attempts in making artificial alphabets for the Indo-European languages?

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The Origin of the Word 'Mammoth'

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Why do so many loan words have a different pronunciations of letters like X and Q (among others)?

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Representation of /o/ phoneme in Cuneiform

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About phrasal verbs, separable verb and verbs with adverbs

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Does there exist a pair of words with the same parts of speech, same base form, but different inflections?

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Why are there top-level words in Akkadian dictionary, all of which are unpronounceable directly?

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Which part of the Oracc data is to be used for pronunciation of Akkadian words?

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Why is the vowel in “caught” in General American English transcribed to /ɔ/

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What is the meaning of these verbal roots in The Concise Dictionary of Akkadian?

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What does a tilde between angle brackets mean?

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Was the word 'vehicle' first used as a concrete noun or as an abstract noun?

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Which non-Indoeuropean languages have noun-adjective agreement?

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What linguistic evidence is there in support of/in opposition to the account of the Tower of Babel?

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Are the Croatian word "radije" (rather) and English word "rather" related?

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Is morphology of English mostly done by its etymology?

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Why aren't Phonetic Components in Chinese called PHONOLOGICAL Components?

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What differences are between Ablative of Manner and Ablative of Means/Instrument?

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Why are letters with a stroke not decomposed in Unicode?

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Middle Egyptian name for Seshat: Sšꜣt or Zẖꜣt?

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Are auxiliaries not lexical?

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Why does the IPA use four main vowel heights?

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Can broad and narrow transcription be distinguished by whether a transcription makes use of diacritics?

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Why do languages seem to lose the dual number in particular?

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Word for difference between "in" and "into"

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How to understand the differences and similarities between the orders in Greek and Latin alphabets, for memorizing?

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Does this way of organizing Greek consonants make sense?

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Is eta in Ancient Greek transliterated as long e or h?

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Orthographies that use diacritics to mark grammatical tone

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Third-person singular used for emphasis in online communication -- Why?

Have there been attempts in making artificial alphabets for the Indo-European languages?

The Origin of the Word 'Mammoth'

Why do so many loan words have a different pronunciations of letters like X and Q (among others)?

Representation of /o/ phoneme in Cuneiform

About phrasal verbs, separable verb and verbs with adverbs

Does there exist a pair of words with the same parts of speech, same base form, but different inflections?

Why are there top-level words in Akkadian dictionary, all of which are unpronounceable directly?

Which part of the Oracc data is to be used for pronunciation of Akkadian words?

Why is the vowel in “caught” in General American English transcribed to /ɔ/

What is the meaning of these verbal roots in The Concise Dictionary of Akkadian?

What does a tilde between angle brackets mean?

Was the word 'vehicle' first used as a concrete noun or as an abstract noun?

Which non-Indoeuropean languages have noun-adjective agreement?

What linguistic evidence is there in support of/in opposition to the account of the Tower of Babel?

Are the Croatian word "radije" (rather) and English word "rather" related?

Is morphology of English mostly done by its etymology?

Why aren't Phonetic Components in Chinese called PHONOLOGICAL Components?

What differences are between Ablative of Manner and Ablative of Means/Instrument?

Why are letters with a stroke not decomposed in Unicode?

Middle Egyptian name for Seshat: Sšꜣt or Zẖꜣt?

Are auxiliaries not lexical?

Why does the IPA use four main vowel heights?

Can broad and narrow transcription be distinguished by whether a transcription makes use of diacritics?

Why do languages seem to lose the dual number in particular?

Word for difference between "in" and "into"

How to understand the differences and similarities between the orders in Greek and Latin alphabets, for memorizing?

Does this way of organizing Greek consonants make sense?

Is eta in Ancient Greek transliterated as long e or h?

Orthographies that use diacritics to mark grammatical tone