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

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8 votes

3 answers

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

phonology etymology historical-linguistics proto-indo-european greek

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8 votes

2 answers

562 views

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

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

asked Aug 30, 2016 at 6:50

7 votes

2 answers

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

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asked May 22, 2017 at 18:45

7 votes

3 answers

893 views

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

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7 votes

0 answers

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What linguistic sources discuss doubled -ed in -edly and -edness words?

english morphology affixes

asked Mar 8 at 1:33

6 votes

2 answers

398 views

Historical development of English pronunciation(s) of "hygiene"

english etymology orthography french borrowing

asked Aug 3, 2016 at 8:38

6 votes

2 answers

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

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asked Aug 10, 2018 at 23:19

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1 answer

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

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asked Sep 2, 2015 at 4:52

5 votes

2 answers

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Irregular penultimate stress in English words from classical sources

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asked Oct 6, 2015 at 23:38

5 votes

2 answers

482 views

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

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asked Nov 6, 2015 at 8:41

5 votes

2 answers

1k views

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

english phonology historical-linguistics american-english

asked Feb 11, 2016 at 18:17

5 votes

0 answers

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

morphology cases morphosyntax predicatives

asked Sep 2, 2017 at 21:39

4 votes

1 answer

167 views

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

phonology morphology

asked Nov 10, 2017 at 21:07

4 votes

1 answer

238 views

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

syntax adjuncts

asked May 31, 2018 at 18:32

4 votes

0 answers

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

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asked Sep 24, 2019 at 15:20

3 votes

0 answers

88 views

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

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asked Dec 20, 2018 at 9:18

3 votes

2 answers

226 views

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

english phonology etymology latin stress

asked Apr 22, 2017 at 6:05

1 vote

2 answers

143 views

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

phonology chomsky

asked Feb 12, 2016 at 22:27

1 vote

2 answers

94 views

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

syntax english word-order

asked Jul 15, 2018 at 6:13

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

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

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

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

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

What linguistic sources discuss doubled -ed in -edly and -edness words?

Historical development of English pronunciation(s) of "hygiene"

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

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

Irregular penultimate stress in English words from classical sources

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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