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

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

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?

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

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?

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?

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

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?