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James Grossmann
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I'm a conlanger who needs reliable information about real languages. By profession, I'm a speech/language therapist, so some of my questions may be work-related as well.

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What is word order used for in "free word order" languages?
Feb 23 '12
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How do tone languages assign phonemic tones to loanwords from non-tone languages?
Apr 12 '12
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Are there any languages that don't permit instrumental subjects?
Apr 28 '12
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Are there any languages in which verbs are a closed class?
Jul 6 '12
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What are the chief advantages & disadvantages of describing sentences with dependency vs. phrase structure trees?
Mar 23 '13
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What is a mora?
Jun 20 '12
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If two syllables in Mandarin have the same vowels but different tones, can the syllables be said to rhyme?
Jun 20 '12
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Do languages change at different rates?
Jul 20 '13
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How does vowel harmony typically arise in a language?
Aug 8 '13
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Is there any evidence that modern telecommunication slows dialect differentiation?
Jun 26 '13
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