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What's the difference between phonetics and phonology?

asked Sep 15, 2011 at 22:43

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Are there languages with other spatial deixis besides "here", "there" and "over there"?

asked Sep 21, 2011 at 22:51

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7 answers

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Why do so many core Romanian words with Latin roots come from different roots than in the other Romance languages?

asked Sep 21, 2011 at 22:30

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10 answers

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Do some languages have articles besides the definite and indefinite articles?

asked Sep 13, 2011 at 21:48

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6 answers

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How do field linguists begin to study an undocumented language which they cannot speak?

asked Sep 21, 2011 at 20:11

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How do linguists distinguish between case endings and postpositions, especially in languages which have both and/or have no traditional grammar?

asked Dec 17, 2011 at 11:31

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Does Japanese have determiners?

asked Sep 14, 2011 at 8:09

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Are the Japanese and Korean subject particles known to be related in any way, including by Sprachbund?

asked Sep 13, 2011 at 23:21

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Are there any studies on some English passive verb constructions currently being replaced by new intransitive senses?

asked Jul 14, 2020 at 4:47

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Is the countable vs mass noun distinction common outside English?

asked Sep 16, 2011 at 16:16

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Is there a favoured data structure for storing ambiguous parse trees in Natural Language Processing?

asked Oct 5, 2013 at 8:06

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6 answers

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Is there a term for the syntax difference between English "I like you" and Spanish "Tú me gustas"?

asked Sep 13, 2011 at 22:04

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5 answers

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Do any Indo European languages reflect noun class types other than gender?

asked Sep 22, 2011 at 0:33

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Are any of the isolating languages of East Asia showing signs of gaining inflections?

asked Sep 22, 2011 at 0:51

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

asked Sep 21, 2011 at 23:48

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Is the very concept of the phoneme disputed?

asked Sep 16, 2011 at 8:46

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Are there other pairs of languages that are as close grammatically despite not being in the same language family as Korean and Japanese?

asked Sep 20, 2011 at 21:45

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Did Georgian ever have a native word for "dolphin"?

asked Sep 5, 2012 at 19:12

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6 answers

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How to distinguish Korean "ㅔ" /e/ and "ㅐ" /ɛ/?

asked Sep 25, 2012 at 4:49

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2 answers

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How do linguists determine whether a language has an indefinite article?

asked Oct 2, 2011 at 9:49

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4 answers

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Are there any papers etc analyzing Japanese as a language with noun cases rather than particles?

asked Sep 13, 2011 at 23:06

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Do some Slavic languages have an "extra" gender distinction for animate nouns?

asked Sep 21, 2011 at 23:02

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How do purely statistical machine translators deal with different word orders?

asked Sep 22, 2011 at 1:07

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How are proper nouns distinguished from other nouns in linguistics (not in orthography)?

asked Mar 1, 2012 at 12:44

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2 answers

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Does Chinese have proper nouns and are they distinguished morphosyntactically or only lexically and or semantically?

asked Mar 3, 2012 at 16:54

12 votes

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What is an "adjectival article"? Apparently Albanian "të" is one

asked Oct 8, 2011 at 13:39

12 votes

3 answers

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Is a loanword also a cognate or are the two terms mutually exclusive?

asked Oct 9, 2013 at 7:41

11 votes

1 answer

792 views

Are tones "preserved" when borrowing between unrelated tonal languages?

asked Sep 28, 2013 at 13:12

11 votes

2 answers

4k views

Does Mandarin Chinese have phonetically voiced plosives, fricatives, or affricates (besides "r" = [ʐ] / [ɻ])?

asked Nov 7, 2013 at 4:43

11 votes

3 answers

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Is a diphthong one phoneme or two, or does it depend?

asked Dec 14, 2011 at 13:59

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What's the difference between phonetics and phonology?

Are there languages with other spatial deixis besides "here", "there" and "over there"?

Why do so many core Romanian words with Latin roots come from different roots than in the other Romance languages?

Do some languages have articles besides the definite and indefinite articles?

How do field linguists begin to study an undocumented language which they cannot speak?

How do linguists distinguish between case endings and postpositions, especially in languages which have both and/or have no traditional grammar?

Does Japanese have determiners?

Are the Japanese and Korean subject particles known to be related in any way, including by Sprachbund?

Are there any studies on some English passive verb constructions currently being replaced by new intransitive senses?

Is the countable vs mass noun distinction common outside English?

Is there a favoured data structure for storing ambiguous parse trees in Natural Language Processing?

Is there a term for the syntax difference between English "I like you" and Spanish "Tú me gustas"?

Do any Indo European languages reflect noun class types other than gender?

Are any of the isolating languages of East Asia showing signs of gaining inflections?

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

Is the very concept of the phoneme disputed?

Are there other pairs of languages that are as close grammatically despite not being in the same language family as Korean and Japanese?

Did Georgian ever have a native word for "dolphin"?

How to distinguish Korean "ㅔ" /e/ and "ㅐ" /ɛ/?

How do linguists determine whether a language has an indefinite article?

Are there any papers etc analyzing Japanese as a language with noun cases rather than particles?

Do some Slavic languages have an "extra" gender distinction for animate nouns?

How do purely statistical machine translators deal with different word orders?

How are proper nouns distinguished from other nouns in linguistics (not in orthography)?

Does Chinese have proper nouns and are they distinguished morphosyntactically or only lexically and or semantically?

What is an "adjectival article"? Apparently Albanian "të" is one

Is a loanword also a cognate or are the two terms mutually exclusive?

Are tones "preserved" when borrowing between unrelated tonal languages?

Does Mandarin Chinese have phonetically voiced plosives, fricatives, or affricates (besides "r" = [ʐ] / [ɻ])?

Is a diphthong one phoneme or two, or does it depend?