Languages & Linguistics

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What is the origin (etymology) of the word مسدس (pistol)?

0 answers · last activity 3 days ago by ‭Medi1saif‭

etymology arabic

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Primary clause uses singular, subordinate co-reference is plural, what verb to use in English?

1 answer · last activity 6 days ago by ‭Moshi‭

english grammar number

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What is "these gentry" in Marxist writing?

0 answers · last activity 6 days ago by ‭msh210‭

english particular-word

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Why is “timbre” pronounced “tamber”?

1 answer · last activity 10 days ago by ‭user8078‭

etymology english pronunciation

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What is the Thai word for plurally numerical answer expectancy?

0 answers · last activity 17 days ago by ‭msh210‭

Thai number

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How do Chinese people give their names in Japanese? (And vice versa)

1 answer · last activity 17 days ago by ‭Aidan‭

chinese mandarin japanese names translation

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Structures like "skulle gjort" and "skulle gjøre"

1 answer · last activity 17 days ago by ‭Lundin‭

verbs norwegian

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Which spelling -if any- of ar-Rahmaan is more correct "الرحمن" or "الرحمان"?

1 answer · last activity 22 days ago by ‭DecapitatedSoul‭

arabic orthography

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Why "sommaren är kommen" rather than "sommaren har kommit"?

2 answers · last activity 26 days ago by ‭Lundin‭

swedish

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Does English support three-word contractions?

2 answers · last activity 28 days ago by ‭shpielmeister‭

english contractions

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Does al-Asma'i's poem "صوت صفير البلبل" (the sound of the whistle of the bulbul) has a story to tell?

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Medi1saif‭

arabic poetry

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How do I pronounce historical French correctly from times when the language was in transition?

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭user8078‭

historical-linguistics pronunciation french

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What is the Arabic "praise/censure grammar" (e.g. ！ياله من رجل رائع) called in Arabic?

2 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Medi1saif‭

arabic grammar

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Is it really true that all Chinese words have one syllable?

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Sigma‭

chinese

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When do you use 'whom'?

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭msh210‭

english

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Has Japanese always had the "polite form"?

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Moshi‭

historical-linguistics japanese

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Why is it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation"?

2 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭DecapitatedSoul‭

english conjugation

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Is there a difference between when I should use "אוטו" vs "רכב"?

2 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭JohnDoea‭

hebrew vocabulary

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Using adjectives that are related to taste for describing emotions

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Melancholy‭

etymology english

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How were ת & ט pronounced historically?

1 answer · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭msh210‭

hebrew historical-linguistics pronunciation

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How do linguists determine historical pronunciation?

0 answers · last activity about 1 month ago by ‭Sigma‭

historical-linguistics phonology

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What determines the present-tense form of a kal verb?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭Monica Cellio‭

hebrew conjugation

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Recent literature on Arabic "Greater Etymology"

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭user53100‭

etymology arabic

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Why no "to"-infinitive in pual and huf'al?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭msh210‭

hebrew conjugation

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Why is linguistics limited in how much it can look back in time?

0 answers · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭user53100‭

historical-linguistics

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Whence אֶת between partners' names?

1 answer · last activity about 2 months ago by ‭David‭

hebrew etymology