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Q&A Whence אֶת between partners' names?

The word אֶת /et/ is used with the following meanings: In Biblical Hebrew, it means "with". In modern Hebrew it survives, but only with a complement-of-the-preposition pronoun suffix: "with me", ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by msh210‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by David‭

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Meta Welcome to Languages and Linguistics!

Welcome to the Codidact site for Languages and Linguistics! We're glad you're here and we're excited to see what you will build. This community is starting "from scratch", without importing Q&amp...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Whence אֶת between partners' names?

In fact, the homonyms "את"—one of which shows the form ʾitt- with suffixes and is the preposition "with", the other being the sign of the definite direct object in classical Hebrew, and having the ...

posted 3y ago by David‭  ·  edited 3y ago by David‭

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Q&A Why is it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation"?

A quick search gives a regular pattern in the form of trisyllabic laxing Trisyllabic laxing, or trisyllabic shortening, is any of three processes in English in which tense vowels (long vowels or d...

posted 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Why did the letter K survive in Latin, though it was rarely used?

In classical Latin, the letter C is pronounced like K. Hardly any words use the latter K; even imports from Greek turned kappa into C. A handful of words, such as "kalendae," held onto their K. In...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by gmcgath‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Why was Spanish the only Romance language to lose the initial "F" in Latin words?

Going through the History of the Spanish language article in Wikipedia, I read the section Latin f- to Spanish h- to null some interesting insight: F was almost always initial in Latin words, an...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by fedorqui‭  ·  edited 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Does Japanese have pronouns?

What arguments are used to answer this question? Does it stem from a lack of agreement over how to define a pronoun? Essentially, yes. Even your own Wikipedia quote has the infamous [citation ...

posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A What is the origin of the missing "to be" in sentences like "the car needs washed"?

I grew up in western Pennsylvania (US), where constructs like "the car needs washed" are common. I was taught (yes, in schools in that region) that correct formal grammar requires "to be" in this ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A What is the origin of the missing "to be" in sentences like "the car needs washed"?

Wikipedia gives me the impression that Appalachian English is a member of the Southern U.S. English dialect collection and can be subdivided into a southern variety called Smoky Mountain English an...

posted 2y ago by Jirka Hanika‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A Why "me too" and not "I too"?

I've been studying German lately, and came across something that sparked my curiosity: The way to say "me too" in German is "ich auch" - that is, "I too". A shallow glance at other Germanic languag...

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

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Q&A What's the difference between "in doing so" and "by doing so"?

It depends on the context, but generally "in doing so" refers to something that happens along with or as part of the action, and "by doing so" refers to a result of the action. In many cases either...

posted 1y ago by gmcgath‭  ·  edited 1y ago by gmcgath‭

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

Mandarin is represented in characters. Each character is a single syllable. A guide can be found here showing the pronunciations as romanized in Pinyin (alternative romanization patterns exist but ...

posted 3y ago by Sigma‭

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Q&A Does Japanese have pronouns?

It is often said that Japanese doesn't really have a pronoun word class, such as in the Wikipedia article on Japanese Grammar: Although many grammars and textbooks mention pronouns (代名詞 daimeish...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by curiousdannii‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Meta Who should the temporary moderators be?

As we have set up communities here on the Codidact network we've been appointing temporary moderators. Ultimately, of course, we want each community to choose its own moderators; we've been doing ...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 2y ago by sau226‭

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Q&A Why are there different suffixes for people of different countries in English?

tl;dr, English just borrowed other languages' suffixes I shouldn't really come as too much of a surprise to know that the irregularity comes from borrowing endings from multiple different language...

posted 2y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Meta Who should the temporary moderators be?

I nominate Moshi, since they are an active member, and consistently post well written questions and answers to this forum. I think they will be a good fit for the moderator role.

posted 2y ago by Razetime‭

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Q&A Why "me too" and not "I too"?

English tends to use accusative pronouns whenever they aren't clearly the subject of a sentence or clause, even when classical grammatical rules call for the nominative. Another example: "Who's the...

posted 12mo ago by gmcgath‭  ·  edited 12mo ago by gmcgath‭

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Q&A Is obrigado used in case of unclear gender of the author?

Is obrigado used in case of unclear gender of the author? Yes. Can I deduce that the writer of the text is male or is there some kind of neutral male default that might be in use here? T...

posted 11mo ago by Quasímodo‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A Calling another by name when one is exasperated

In my English-speaking culture, when two people are in conversation, usually we don't bother addressing each other by name—or even by any substitutive term of address, like ‘sir’/‘ma'am’ (formal) o...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by r~~‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Q&A Where, here, and there: What is the origin, and can it be generalized?

I recently stumbled upon this wikipedia page and it got me thinking. Take a look at the following table (terms are lifted from the Wikipedia page) W (interrogative) H (proximal) T (medial)...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Has there ever been a situation of perfect bilingualism, without falling in diglossia?

In many places around the world there are different languages that coexist: some people speak one, some the other, and many can speak both. There are as many cases as situations: some of the langu...

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

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

It's built just like the normal present perfect. I have had it. Have you had it?

posted 2y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Order of pronouns

Finally, I have found a book which explicitly mentions that it is a matter of manner. It says: a. Good manners require that the order of singular pronouns should be second person, third person ...

posted 2y ago by Severus Snape‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Severus Snape‭

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Q&A Etymology of "ohyra"?

This is not a proper answer as I cannot verify this etymology beyond Old Swedish "ohýris" meaning something like "immense". I'm rather inclined to think that the word could be related to even olde...

posted 2y ago by Jirka Hanika‭

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Meta Are conlang (artificially constructed natural languages) questions on topic?

I think questions about linguistics as applied to a language one is constructing (or has come across) should be on-topic as linguistics questions. For example: "Here's a description of how noun cas...

posted 3y ago by msh210‭  ·  edited 3y ago by msh210‭

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