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Do the Khoisan languages resemble the world's first language?

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How is definiteness expressed in languages with no definite article, clitic or affix?

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How are languages and dialects distinguished from one another?

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Why do we have interest in (dying) language preservation?

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What is word order used for in "free word order" languages?

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Animals’ names change when we eat them: is that universal?

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Are the Finnish pronouns related to their Indo-European counterparts?

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Do Spanish speakers prefer certain words for certain aspects, like in Russian?

answered Mar 24, 2012 at 18:02

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Is there a cross-linguistic subdivision of phones in signed languages akin to how all spoken languages have vowel and consonant phones?

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Which languages other than Chinese have apical vowels?

answered Sep 27, 2011 at 17:07

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Are consonant mutations in Indo-European languages specific of the Celtic group?

answered Nov 18, 2011 at 18:14

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Can you give me some tips on how to pronounce ejective consonants?

answered Sep 26, 2011 at 14:51

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Is there serious scientific evidence/vindication for the "linguistic fingerprint" concept?

answered Oct 31, 2011 at 22:32

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About how much does language typology correlate with genetic relationships among languages?

answered Apr 30, 2012 at 1:59

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If similar phonemes are pronounced the same, will this be difficult to understand for a native speaker?

answered Oct 24, 2011 at 15:19

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How do you determine the phonemes in small phonemic inventories?

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Why do tone and simple syllable structure appear to be correlated?

answered Oct 5, 2011 at 23:16

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What are some examples of well-known agglutinatve languages moving toward inflecting morphology?

answered Oct 5, 2011 at 23:33

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How does a linguist determine whether a pattern is grammatical in a language?

answered Mar 14, 2012 at 17:06

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Is there a strong case for the existence of languages that lack a clear morpho-syntactic distinction between nouns and verbs?

answered Jun 15, 2012 at 20:04

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What is the technical way to talk about patterns that work sometimes vs. those that work always?

answered Oct 12, 2011 at 4:27

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Are there languages which lack a full number system but which have an indefinite article?

answered Oct 5, 2011 at 23:54

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Limits on center-embedding in English

answered Mar 7, 2012 at 18:42

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What are the different ways in which languages express the notion of passivity?

answered Nov 3, 2011 at 16:14

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How do linguists deal with losing normal intuition?

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How common is a topic particle beyond just Japanese and Korean?

answered Oct 31, 2011 at 21:54

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Are there tools similar Google ngram, which recognise conjugated or declined word forms?

answered Oct 17, 2011 at 18:49

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How is grammaticality judged in dead languages?

answered Oct 20, 2011 at 19:56

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What are the criteria that distinguish clitics/particles from affixes?

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What is the terminology for a source language for new word production?

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Do the Khoisan languages resemble the world's first language?

How is definiteness expressed in languages with no definite article, clitic or affix?

How are languages and dialects distinguished from one another?

Why do we have interest in (dying) language preservation?

What is word order used for in "free word order" languages?

Animals’ names change when we eat them: is that universal?

Are the Finnish pronouns related to their Indo-European counterparts?

Do Spanish speakers prefer certain words for certain aspects, like in Russian?

Is there a cross-linguistic subdivision of phones in signed languages akin to how all spoken languages have vowel and consonant phones?

Which languages other than Chinese have apical vowels?

Are consonant mutations in Indo-European languages specific of the Celtic group?

Can you give me some tips on how to pronounce ejective consonants?

Is there serious scientific evidence/vindication for the "linguistic fingerprint" concept?

About how much does language typology correlate with genetic relationships among languages?

If similar phonemes are pronounced the same, will this be difficult to understand for a native speaker?

How do you determine the phonemes in small phonemic inventories?

Why do tone and simple syllable structure appear to be correlated?

What are some examples of well-known agglutinatve languages moving toward inflecting morphology?

How does a linguist determine whether a pattern is grammatical in a language?

Is there a strong case for the existence of languages that lack a clear morpho-syntactic distinction between nouns and verbs?

What is the technical way to talk about patterns that work sometimes vs. those that work always?

Are there languages which lack a full number system but which have an indefinite article?

Limits on center-embedding in English

What are the different ways in which languages express the notion of passivity?

How do linguists deal with losing normal intuition?

How common is a topic particle beyond just Japanese and Korean?

Are there tools similar Google ngram, which recognise conjugated or declined word forms?

How is grammaticality judged in dead languages?

What are the criteria that distinguish clitics/particles from affixes?

What is the terminology for a source language for new word production?