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I am a rock climber & a linguist.

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Why do most words for "mother", across languages, start with an [m], and for "father" with [p]/[b], but not vice versa?
Oct 22, 2011
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What's the term for correspondence between the written and the spoken form of a language?
Oct 2, 2011
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Which modern, spoken languages do not use the decimal number system?
Oct 6, 2012
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Are there any non-Indo-European languages with go-periphrasis?
Oct 27, 2011
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What is necessary to decide if Lusitanian is a Celtic language?
Oct 26, 2011
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Is there a language whose writing is 100% phonemic?
May 20, 2012
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What meaningful distinction is there between morphology and syntax?
Oct 19, 2011
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How are dictionaries produced
Oct 8, 2013
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Is it possible to analyse Māori grammar without contrasting nouns and verbs?
Oct 20, 2011
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Does English have [ inchoative aspect ]?
Aug 29, 2016
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Are auxiliary languages on-topic?
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Is there a word or phrase for someone who strongly disapproves of smoking, drinking and gambling?
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English parts of speech — better new treatments
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The real tense of "I'm going to be talking about"
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