Languages & Linguistics

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What language is this (cursive) sample?

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

identification language-identification

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What should I use instead of `have` in present perfect tense?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by deleted user · last activity 8mo ago by Cereal Nommer‭

English grammar

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Does using plural form for singular object make sense?

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English pronouns

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What is the difference between a guild and a lodge?

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by deleted user · last activity 9mo ago by gmcgath‭

English

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How to say in Thai "There isn't a necessity to think in the pattern of X"?

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Thai

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How did "re" + "join" semantically compound to mean "riposte"?

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology French particular-word

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How did “-able” semantically shift to mean “requiring”?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology English accounting

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How does "drive out" shift to signify "weigh out"?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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What causes people to write compound words as distinct words?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by tommi‭ · edited 9mo ago by Moshi‭

grammar orthography Norwegian Finnish compound-words

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Linguistics of categorization

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plurality categorization nouns

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What's the semantic field of "putare"?

0 answers · posted 9mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'repraesentāre' semantically shift to signify 'standing in the place of another'?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'folding back' semantically shift to mean 'reply'?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How's “drag” (tractāre) semantically related to “handle, deal with, discuss”?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 9mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'in-' + 'putare' compound to mean 'to attribute, credit to'?

1 answer · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology Latin

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Human general communication languages with generally no plurality

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by deleted user · edited 10mo ago by Moshi‭

list-of-languages plurality

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Malay languages or Indonesian languages --- which is more close to Philippine languages?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by deleted user · last activity 10mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Malayo-Polynesian-languages

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Is there any country in South America in which Spanish and/or Portuguese aren't dominant (excluding the Caribbean's)? [closed]

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by deleted user · closed 10mo ago by Moshi‭

American-English

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How to use the soft sign (Ь)?

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by IDoYTSoSubHaha‭

pronunciation Russian letter

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How tan pronounced?

2 answers · posted 10mo ago by deleted user · last activity 10mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

English pronunciation

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Is it correct to use `Had I had it?`

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English

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What is "phoolon" in Hindi?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by deleted user · last activity 10mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Hindi

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What does "po" mean in Filipino?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by IDoYTSoSubHaha‭ · last activity 10mo ago by IDoYTSoSubHaha‭

particular-word Filipino

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How does the original meaning of “but” (“outside”) relate to its current 2021 meanings?

1 answer · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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Why didn't the same one (ancestor) language preponderate over China, Japan, Korea?

1 answer · posted 11mo ago by VLDR‭ · last activity 11mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

historical-linguistics

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Is it true to say that Lao script is a simplified version of the Thai script?

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orthography Thai Lao

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A possible common confusion between electronic, digital and virtual

0 answers · posted 12mo ago by deleted user · edited 12mo ago by Moshi‭

colloquial

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Why did David Ricardo coin "rent", to signify income from a factor of production that exceeds the minimum amount necessary (to beget that factor of production)?

0 answers · posted 12mo ago by PSTH‭ · edited 12mo ago by Moshi‭

etymology English

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How did "as" amass all its confusing "broad and vague meanings"?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 12mo ago by PSTH‭

etymology English particular-word

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What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?

2 answers · posted 1y ago by celtschk‭ · last activity 12mo ago by Jirka Hanika‭

Hebrew historical-linguistics pronunciation Greek evolution-of-languages

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How did 'forfeit' shift to signify ‘penalty imposed for committing such a misdeed'?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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Is any theory according to which Yiddish is Turkic or Khazar-based supported by any serious evidence?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

German Yiddish Turkic Khazar Cuman

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The Thai words for "definition" and its derivates

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Thai

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Why do only certain letters have an ending form in Hebrew? [duplicate]

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Mithical‭ · edited 1y ago by msh210‭

Hebrew

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How did 'solicit' semantically shift to signify ‘manage affairs’?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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Why “chose” in action? Why not “right/droit” in action?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology legal-language

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Why is the word here "HaNofelet" and not "HaNofalet" when there's a grammatical pause?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by Mithical‭ · edited 1y ago by msh210‭

Hebrew

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Why do the most spoken human languages in 2021 greet with words related to health or peace?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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How did “negotiable” mean “a good or security whose ownership is easily transferable”?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology

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What is the most dominant Arabic dialect in Horn of Africa region?

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Arabic

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Are Sudanic Arabic and Yemeni Arabic similar?

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Arabic

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What spoken human languages in 2021 don't salute with words related to health or peace?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭

list-of-languages

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How did “a pesar de” signify “in spite of”?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology Spanish

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How did "join issue" mean ‘jointly submit a disputed matter to the decision of the court’?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology legal-language

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How did "put under" shift to signify "cause to take the place of", then "enough"?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology Latin

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How did 'quibus?' shift to mean 'evasion of a point at issue'?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology Latin

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Please expound and simplify the semantic progression behind "reduce"?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology

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How did kúklos ("circular") shift to signify "general"?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology Greek

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Why are service or maintenance contracts called 'warranties', when they aren't Legal Warranties?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

etymology English

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How can "lemma" be translated as "rede-ship" with merely Germanic etymons?

0 answers · posted 1y ago by PSTH‭ · edited 1y ago by PSTH‭

etymology

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