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Do dialects without the meet-meat merger neutralize the distinction in some contexts?

Oct 29 at 8:42 purlupar 638

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Why does French “cheveu(x)” have “eu” and not “eau”?

historical-linguistics french sound-change romance-languages old-french

Nov 23 '19 at 11:10 Anton Sherwood 359

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Why does word-initial upsilon always have a rough breathing?

phonology etymology historical-linguistics proto-indo-european greek

Apr 22 '15 at 1:09 TKR 9,527

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Why isn't intervocalic /ŋ/ analyzed as an onset in English?

english consonants syllables phonotactics

Apr 20 '19 at 1:00 Community♦ 1

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Why does “begin” have /g/ instead of /j/ if it's from PG *ginnan?

english historical-linguistics germanic-languages sound-change old-english

May 30 '17 at 3:33 Alex B. 8,240

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Was the change in spelling from “cw” to “qu” in English associated with any difference in pronunciation?

english phonetics historical-linguistics french phonemes

Oct 9 '18 at 23:39 Alex B. 8,240

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What is the syntax of “second” in phrases like “the second most common problem”?

syntax adjectives adverbs

Aug 16 '18 at 2:01 Greg Lee 12.1k

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Historical development of English pronunciation(s) of “hygiene”

english etymology orthography french borrowing

Aug 4 '16 at 2:04 Alex B. 8,240

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Irregular penultimate stress in English words from classical sources

english historical-linguistics orthography pronunciation stress

Apr 30 '20 at 20:51 Community♦ 1

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“Cloth” lexical set: Is there a complete description of the possible conditioning environments?

english phonology historical-linguistics american-english

Mar 18 '16 at 11:31 Community♦ 1

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Why does Greek have 'aorgesia' and 'aorist' rather than 'anorgesia' and 'anorist'?

etymology greek

Nov 6 '15 at 12:32 fdb 20.9k

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Does pre-fortis clipping only operate within a syllable? If not, what is its actual scope?

english phonology vowels syllables prosody

Sep 24 '19 at 17:14 brass tacks 15.1k

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“He kept a black book in his desk.” Is “in his desk” an adjunct or a complement?

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Jun 2 '18 at 10:59 BillJ 781

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What are current perspectives on analyzing word-final /i/ in English words like “potency” as synchronically derived from /j/?

phonology morphology

Feb 26 '18 at 6:06 Community♦ 1

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Are there any universals about how m-case can pattern for predicate NPs?

morphology cases morphosyntax predicatives

Sep 2 '17 at 22:00 Community♦ 1

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How are LH words assigned stress in Latin if we assume maximally bimoraic feet?

phonology latin prosody stress

Dec 20 '18 at 11:25 brass tacks 15.1k

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Is there a known reason for the position of the stress in “concupisc-” words in English?

english phonology etymology latin stress

Apr 23 '17 at 16:04 Janus Bahs Jacquet 1,774

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“In his desk(,) he kept a black book.” Is “in his desk” a preposed complement here?

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Aug 12 '18 at 15:33 Cerberus 7,768

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Does lack of a common (morpho-)phonological alternation make a word a lexical exception?

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Feb 13 '16 at 4:47 brass tacks 15.1k

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19 Questions

Do dialects without the meet-meat merger neutralize the distinction in some contexts?

Why does French “cheveu(x)” have “eu” and not “eau”?

Why does word-initial upsilon always have a rough breathing?

Why isn't intervocalic /ŋ/ analyzed as an onset in English?

Why does “begin” have /g/ instead of /j/ if it's from PG *ginnan?

Was the change in spelling from “cw” to “qu” in English associated with any difference in pronunciation?

What is the syntax of “second” in phrases like “the second most common problem”?

Historical development of English pronunciation(s) of “hygiene”

Irregular penultimate stress in English words from classical sources

“Cloth” lexical set: Is there a complete description of the possible conditioning environments?

Why does Greek have 'aorgesia' and 'aorist' rather than 'anorgesia' and 'anorist'?

Does pre-fortis clipping only operate within a syllable? If not, what is its actual scope?

“He kept a black book in his desk.” Is “in his desk” an adjunct or a complement?

What are current perspectives on analyzing word-final /i/ in English words like “potency” as synchronically derived from /j/?

Are there any universals about how m-case can pattern for predicate NPs?

How are LH words assigned stress in Latin if we assume maximally bimoraic feet?

Is there a known reason for the position of the stress in “concupisc-” words in English?

“In his desk(,) he kept a black book.” Is “in his desk” a preposed complement here?

Does lack of a common (morpho-)phonological alternation make a word a lexical exception?