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Which comes first? Grammar or language?

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Why do we call sound pitches "low" and "high"?

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Does knowing PIE roots help with vocab?

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Why isn't "I've" a proper response?

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Do children's mispronunciations influence the development of a language?

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Intuitive English example of why linguists think natural language grammar is stronger than CFL?

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In English, noun phrases within a relative clause cannot be further relativized, but this is allowed in some cases in Japanese

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How would someone begin translating an unknown language?

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Why is Edenics not recognized as a serious linguistic theory?

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Is the order of words purely based on convention?

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When were linguistics departments first established

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Can computational techniques solve historical problems that couldn't otherwise be solved?

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Where to start if you want to do Chomsky style NLP?

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Why is the preposition treated as the head of a prepositional phrase?

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Is there a difference between the terms `plosive` and `stop`?

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Linguistic term for repeating a noun and replacing the first consonant with M

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What is the most comprehensive context-free grammar for English?

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Differences between phonemic and phonetic transcriptions

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How would a trained linguist describe this hypothesis of Symbolic Leverage

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Why is /h/ called voiceless vowel phonetically, and /h/ consonant phonologically?

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Why do Japanese people have difficulties in pronouncing English?

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Modern theories of Russian syntax

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Are natural languages turing complete?

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Is linguistics a superset of programming language theory?

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What is the difference between generative grammar and transformation grammar?

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Critics and arguments against the generative syntax theories?

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Is Wikipedia's argument for Universal Grammar completely fallacious?

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Chains of nouns in English

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Are there common traits of foreign accents across languages?

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How do contractions work in syntactic movement?

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Which comes first? Grammar or language?

Why do we call sound pitches "low" and "high"?

Does knowing PIE roots help with vocab?

Why isn't "I've" a proper response?

Do children's mispronunciations influence the development of a language?

Intuitive English example of why linguists think natural language grammar is stronger than CFL?

In English, noun phrases within a relative clause cannot be further relativized, but this is allowed in some cases in Japanese

How would someone begin translating an unknown language?

Why is Edenics not recognized as a serious linguistic theory?

Is the order of words purely based on convention?

When were linguistics departments first established

Can computational techniques solve historical problems that couldn't otherwise be solved?

Where to start if you want to do Chomsky style NLP?

Why is the preposition treated as the head of a prepositional phrase?

Is there a difference between the terms `plosive` and `stop`?

Linguistic term for repeating a noun and replacing the first consonant with M

What is the most comprehensive context-free grammar for English?

Differences between phonemic and phonetic transcriptions

How would a trained linguist describe this hypothesis of Symbolic Leverage

Why is /h/ called voiceless vowel phonetically, and /h/ consonant phonologically?

Why do Japanese people have difficulties in pronouncing English?

Modern theories of Russian syntax

Are natural languages turing complete?

Is linguistics a superset of programming language theory?

What is the difference between generative grammar and transformation grammar?

Critics and arguments against the generative syntax theories?

Is Wikipedia's argument for Universal Grammar completely fallacious?

Chains of nouns in English

Are there common traits of foreign accents across languages?

How do contractions work in syntactic movement?