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Is there a theory of word polysemy? Case of snake versus serpent

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Are there languages where this "is" phrase is reversed?

linguistic-typology comparative-linguistics word-order

answered Jul 8, 2019 at 18:17

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Dataset/Database similar to WALS in Vowel/Phonology

phonology computational-linguistics vowels consonants

answered Oct 14, 2018 at 12:03

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Does any language contrast more than two trills?

phonology consonants trills

answered Sep 21, 2018 at 18:52

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Is there any language where each character is pronounced differently depending on the word it's in?

orthography list-of-languages

answered Dec 27, 2018 at 21:09

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Do any languages have kinship terms for the relationship between the respective parents of a married couple?

list-of-languages kinship-terms

answered Oct 28, 2019 at 11:56

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Languages which changed their writing direction

written-language writing-systems

answered Nov 1, 2019 at 9:53

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Development of diphthongs

phonology historical-linguistics

answered Dec 29, 2018 at 14:26

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Number in the upper lefthand corner of Praat soundwave

phonetics praat

answered Jan 18, 2019 at 17:48

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Is there merit to the claim that recursive embedding was invented recently and spread horizontally?

syntax embedding

answered Nov 28, 2019 at 7:36

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Voicing Into Closure? [segmentation, waveform and spectrogram form Praat]

phonetics praat acoustic-analysis

answered Jul 28, 2019 at 11:58

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Is "parent" a hyponym or a meronym of "parents"?

english semantics lexical-relations

answered Aug 25, 2019 at 18:33

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Apart from French, does any language have voicing-dependent change of place of articulation?

historical-linguistics sound-change

answered Jan 17, 2019 at 19:56

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annonation file from xwaves to praat

phonetics praat intonation

answered Nov 30, 2019 at 6:59

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Is _ing a derivational suffix in the noun "reading" (as in the event--e.g. a poetry reading)?

english morphological-analysis

answered Sep 13, 2019 at 17:14

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Why is there an x in French deux?

french

answered Nov 22, 2018 at 16:18

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How can the Arabic word "Hijr" be translated as "perception" or "understanding" or "intellect"

arabic lexical-semantics meaning

answered Dec 30, 2018 at 12:57

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Synthetic fusional morphology

morphology

answered Jan 6, 2019 at 11:45

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What exactly is “level shift” in translation theory by Catford?

grammar translation

answered Dec 11, 2018 at 22:35

2 votes

Can the "dialect continuum" phenomenon be recognized from Rome to Lisbon?

romance-languages dialects dialect-mapping

answered Dec 16, 2018 at 12:15

2 votes

Example of a language with a future tense that's always required for future time reference

future

answered Aug 23, 2019 at 17:20

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Praat, R, or something else for phonetic analysis?

phonetics praat

answered Nov 23, 2019 at 8:35

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Semi-nasalization of the preceding vowel

phonetics ipa nasals occitan nasalization

answered Apr 17, 2020 at 10:32

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Languages with masculine nouns for various female entities, or feminine nouns for male entities

list-of-languages nouns gender natural-gender kinship-terms

answered Oct 21, 2019 at 18:34

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Etymology of a word "Egg" in different languages

etymology

answered Sep 17, 2018 at 16:53

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Words which originate in superstition/myth

etymology semantics

answered Mar 5, 2019 at 18:13

2 votes

register variation: unbalanced corpus sample

corpora variation register

answered Mar 20, 2019 at 20:40

1 vote

What is the French equivalent of the English linguistic term "reflex" (the descendant sound of a sound in a proto-language)?

english terminology french translation

answered Apr 1, 2019 at 20:43

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Identifying phonemic boundaries in Praat

phonetics praat

answered Mar 11, 2019 at 21:23

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Praat fixed$ function

praat

answered Feb 23, 2019 at 21:26

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Is there a theory of word polysemy? Case of snake versus serpent

Are there languages where this "is" phrase is reversed?

Dataset/Database similar to WALS in Vowel/Phonology

Does any language contrast more than two trills?

Is there any language where each character is pronounced differently depending on the word it's in?

Do any languages have kinship terms for the relationship between the respective parents of a married couple?

Languages which changed their writing direction

Development of diphthongs

Number in the upper lefthand corner of Praat soundwave

Is there merit to the claim that recursive embedding was invented recently and spread horizontally?

Voicing Into Closure? [segmentation, waveform and spectrogram form Praat]

Is "parent" a hyponym or a meronym of "parents"?

Apart from French, does any language have voicing-dependent change of place of articulation?

annonation file from xwaves to praat

Is _ing a derivational suffix in the noun "reading" (as in the event--e.g. a poetry reading)?

Why is there an x in French deux?

How can the Arabic word "Hijr" be translated as "perception" or "understanding" or "intellect"

Synthetic fusional morphology

What exactly is “level shift” in translation theory by Catford?

Can the "dialect continuum" phenomenon be recognized from Rome to Lisbon?

Example of a language with a future tense that's always required for future time reference

Praat, R, or something else for phonetic analysis?

Semi-nasalization of the preceding vowel

Languages with masculine nouns for various female entities, or feminine nouns for male entities

Etymology of a word "Egg" in different languages

Words which originate in superstition/myth

register variation: unbalanced corpus sample

What is the French equivalent of the English linguistic term "reflex" (the descendant sound of a sound in a proto-language)?

Identifying phonemic boundaries in Praat

Praat fixed$ function