Louis Rhys

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When should one use slashes or square brackets when transcribing in IPA?

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Why did early Indo-European languages seem to be morphologically complex?

Sep 20, 2011

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Why do we have interest in (dying) language preservation?

Mar 3, 2012

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Why do most words for "mother", across languages, start with an [m], and for "father" with [p]/[b], but not vice versa?

Oct 21, 2011

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Why does speech speed seem to vary between different languages?

Sep 29, 2011

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What makes a non-native English speaker sound foreign?

Sep 24, 2011

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Is the seeming relation between the sound /n/ and negativity purely coincidental?

Sep 14, 2011

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Are there different terms for when a language has two ways to spell a sound vs. two ways to pronounce a spelling?

Oct 20, 2011

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What are the different ways in which languages express the notion of passivity?

Nov 3, 2011

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Alternatives to IPA?

Sep 23, 2011

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What is the origin of non-natural grammatical genders in Indo-European languages?

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Why do we have interest in (dying) language preservation?

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Why did early Indo-European languages seem to be morphologically complex?

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Why do most words for "mother", across languages, start with an [m], and for "father" with [p]/[b], but not vice versa?

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