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Do languages change at different rates?

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Does language improve over time, or does it just change?

answered Jul 30, 2013 at 15:44

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Agglutinative vs. Analytic. What's the difference?

answered Nov 11, 2013 at 19:44

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Do some dialects of English have a liquid vowels, such as /ɹ/ and /ɫ/?

answered Jun 25, 2013 at 17:41

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The word 'all' as an article, rather than an adjective?

answered Jun 29, 2013 at 23:45

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Is there use of a trilled "L" sound in any language? Is a trilled "L" even possible?

answered Jun 16, 2013 at 23:58

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Languages with the fewest phonemes

answered Sep 26, 2013 at 17:23

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Consensus among linguists about Ryukyuan varieties of Japonic

answered Mar 13, 2014 at 2:55

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Caucasoid people, Common Genetic roots and Common Proto-Language?

answered Jun 4, 2013 at 23:59

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Why was korea able to remove kanji but japan wasn't when both languages use homophones?

answered Jun 9, 2013 at 0:48

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Does there exist a rating scale for the "conferability" of languages?

answered Jul 10, 2013 at 15:59

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Strong accents and rural areas correlation

answered Jan 17, 2014 at 3:58

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How do directional morphemes work independant of relative positions of the speaker and listener?

answered Jul 27, 2013 at 22:02

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Are there glides in Italian?

answered Jun 9, 2013 at 18:07

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How did OF. peindre derive from L. pingere, with a "-ng-" > "-nd-" change?

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 19:15

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How are topic-phrases represented in X-bar trees

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What's a grammatical infelicity?

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Do languages change at different rates?

Does language improve over time, or does it just change?

Agglutinative vs. Analytic. What's the difference?

Do some dialects of English have a liquid vowels, such as /ɹ/ and /ɫ/?

The word 'all' as an article, rather than an adjective?

Is there use of a trilled "L" sound in any language? Is a trilled "L" even possible?

Languages with the fewest phonemes

Consensus among linguists about Ryukyuan varieties of Japonic

Caucasoid people, Common Genetic roots and Common Proto-Language?

Why was korea able to remove kanji but japan wasn't when both languages use homophones?

Does there exist a rating scale for the "conferability" of languages?

Strong accents and rural areas correlation

How do directional morphemes work independant of relative positions of the speaker and listener?

Are there glides in Italian?

How did OF. peindre derive from L. pingere, with a "-ng-" > "-nd-" change?

How are topic-phrases represented in X-bar trees

What's a grammatical infelicity?