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What are the fundamental differences between Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics?

asked Apr 16, 2012 at 11:24

30 votes

4 answers

9k views

Why do English verbs inflect so little, especially in regard to "person"?

asked Sep 21, 2011 at 14:08

23 votes

4 answers

4k views

Why do Polish and Belarusian have an atypical greeting if compared to other Slavic languages?

asked Jan 28, 2012 at 11:10

18 votes

5 answers

5k views

When and how did French become a non-null-subject language?

asked Feb 13, 2012 at 9:58

17 votes

3 answers

3k views

About the Swedish /ɧ/

asked Feb 1, 2012 at 19:12

17 votes

3 answers

5k views

What's the term for correspondence between the written and the spoken form of a language?

asked Oct 1, 2011 at 17:11

17 votes

7 answers

51k views

Weird behavior of two fruits' names (ananas/pineapple, banana/plátano)

asked Oct 4, 2011 at 15:49

14 votes

2 answers

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How do linguists find the etymology?

asked Jan 14, 2012 at 14:30

14 votes

7 answers

898 views

"Overabundant nouns" in Italian: do they exist in other languages?

asked Sep 17, 2011 at 9:23

13 votes

5 answers

7k views

What language, if any, do deaf people think in?

asked May 16, 2012 at 20:55

12 votes

3 answers

2k views

Is whispering transcribed in IPA?

asked May 7, 2012 at 13:58

11 votes

9 answers

5k views

Are there languages with a totally regular conjugation for "to be" outside Quechua?

asked Feb 6, 2012 at 22:18

11 votes

6 answers

7k views

Languages with stricter and less strict word order?

asked Sep 27, 2011 at 10:04

10 votes

2 answers

2k views

Are there examples of pidgins or creoles in sign languages? If so, which are the major ones?

asked Oct 1, 2011 at 11:49

9 votes

2 answers

774 views

What is this phenomenon called, and is it the only occurrence?

asked Jan 23, 2012 at 18:25

8 votes

3 answers

461 views

Explaining the relationship between "short", "kurz" and "curzu"

asked Nov 15, 2012 at 11:07

3 votes

0 answers

244 views

Pseudo-possession or marginal possession

asked Oct 1, 2014 at 11:31

2 votes

1 answer

89 views

Understanding possession

asked Jan 6, 2015 at 11:30

1 vote

1 answer

122 views

What is the meaning of zero intension?

asked Feb 6, 2015 at 16:52

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19 Questions

What are the fundamental differences between Natural Language Processing and Computational Linguistics?

Why do English verbs inflect so little, especially in regard to "person"?

Why do Polish and Belarusian have an atypical greeting if compared to other Slavic languages?

When and how did French become a non-null-subject language?

About the Swedish /ɧ/

What's the term for correspondence between the written and the spoken form of a language?

Weird behavior of two fruits' names (ananas/pineapple, banana/plátano)

How do linguists find the etymology?

"Overabundant nouns" in Italian: do they exist in other languages?

What language, if any, do deaf people think in?

Is whispering transcribed in IPA?

Are there languages with a totally regular conjugation for "to be" outside Quechua?

Languages with stricter and less strict word order?

Are there examples of pidgins or creoles in sign languages? If so, which are the major ones?

What is this phenomenon called, and is it the only occurrence?

Explaining the relationship between "short", "kurz" and "curzu"

Pseudo-possession or marginal possession

Understanding possession

What is the meaning of zero intension?