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I'm a retired English grammarian. I enjoy answering questions.

  1. My Website at the University of Michigan
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler
  2. Complete Publications and Lectures
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/LawlerPublications.html
  3. My alt.usage.english (English Grammar) pages
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/aue
  4. Details and handouts from some recent talks
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/NorWesCon.html
  5. A term paper about K-12 Language Science
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/LanguageScience.pdf
  6. Two old coursepacks (each ~100 pp)
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/210CourspackPart1.pdf
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/210CourspackPart2.pdf
    from my Intro Ling class
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/210.html)
  7. Scanned teaching materials
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/wow/scans/
    from my Etymology class
    http://www.umich.edu/~jlawler/wow)
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Why did early Indo-European languages seem to be morphologically complex?
Nov 12, 2011
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What's the difference between syntax and grammar?
Apr 3, 2013
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Why is /h/ called voiceless vowel phonetically, and /h/ consonant phonologically?
Nov 2, 2013
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How did Ancient Greek 'πυρ' become English 'fire?'
Feb 27, 2019
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What is this feature of British English called?
Feb 16, 2013
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Relationship between Turkish/Azeri and Japanese/Korean
Feb 17, 2013
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Is there a language whose writing is 100% phonemic?
May 19, 2012
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Pronoun introduced before its antecedent
May 31, 2019
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What languages lack personal pronouns, and why?
Feb 14, 2012
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Why do stem-changing verbs have a vowel change in Spanish?
Apr 18, 2013
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