Leah Velleman

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

Oct 3, 2011

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

Oct 14, 2011

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How are languages and dialects distinguished from one another?

Oct 14, 2011

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

Mar 6, 2012

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

Feb 24, 2012

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False-belief verbs

Mar 31, 2012

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How did the Arabic word "allah" come to have an /lˤ/ ("emphatic l")?

Nov 16, 2011

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What is the history of the sound spelled <â> or <î> (IPA /ɨ/) in Romanian?

Nov 9, 2011

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Focus-marking in different varieties of Spanish

Mar 3, 2012

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Traits that are common in the Americas and rare elsewhere

Jan 7, 2012

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

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What is the history of the sound spelled <â> or <î> (IPA /ɨ/) in Romanian?

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False-belief verbs

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

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