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Daniel Briggs

At UMass Amherst in the Ph.D. program in math.

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41 Why did early Indo-European languages seem to be morphologically complex? Sep 20 '11
31 What are the historical origins of terms for north, south, east and west? Apr 29 '12
19 Monogenesis vs. Polygenesis Oct 4 '11
15 Which language was regularly written in the most alphabets? May 6 '12
13 Why does speech speed seem to vary between different languages? Sep 30 '11
10 Are there any languages that mark nouns as mass? Sep 26 '11
9 Are there languages that distinguish between inclusive and exclusive “or”? Nov 3 '11
7 What is the origin of non-natural grammatical genders in Indo-European languages? Sep 26 '11
7 L1 acquisition of morphology in heavily inflected languages Nov 17 '14
6 Is the very concept of the phoneme disputed? Sep 18 '11
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