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Travelling armchair linguist.

Never studied in an institution but read books and web with probably more breadth than depth.

Always on the road surviving in a strange foreign language. Currently in Thailand on my way to Laos where I hope to improve my Lao.

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43 What's the difference between phonetics and phonology? Sep 15 '11
35 Are there languages with other spatial deixis besides "here", "there" and "over there"? Sep 21 '11
29 Why do so many core Romanian words with Latin roots come from different roots than in the other Romance languages? Sep 21 '11
27 Do some languages have articles besides the definite and indefinite articles? Sep 13 '11
24 What makes a non-native English speaker sound foreign? Sep 24 '11
23 How do field linguists begin to study an undocumented language which they cannot speak? Sep 21 '11
22 Does Japanese have determiners? Sep 14 '11
22 How do linguists distinguish between case endings and postpositions, especially in languages which have both and/or have no traditional grammar? Dec 17 '11
20 Are the Japanese and Korean subject particles known to be related in any way, including by Sprachbund? Sep 13 '11
19 Is the countable vs mass noun distinction common outside English? Sep 16 '11
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