Activity for curiousdannii
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A: Are questions on linguistics of "languages" like music, math, or coding on-topic? No. "Language" on this site refers to the natural languages of intelligent beings, not machine languages, music etc. In the absence of another qualifier a "language" is, as I wrote on another site, a system for communicating propositional and conceptual information to other beings. This is different ... (more) |
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Split off Linguistics into a site category? So to be honest, I have basically zero interest in any of the etymology, language usage, or language learning questions here. I'm here for the linguistics questions. And there's really not a lot of overlap between them. What if we made off linguistics as its own top level category (so next to Reso... (more) |
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Why are kinship terms typical examples of inalienablity but not meronomy? According to Chappell & McGregor (1996: 4) there are four typical types of inalienably possessed nouns: - spatial relationships such as the ’top’ or ’front’ of something - physical parts, especially human body parts - kinship bonds - objects which are essential for a person’s survival It... (more) |
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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 daimeishi), Japanese lacks true pronouns. (Daimeishi can be considered a subset of nouns.) Strictly speaking, ... (more) |
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Are there any examples of neopronouns for non-binary or third gender people being fully incorporated into a language's grammar? Many non-binary people now request that new third person pronouns (neopronouns) be used to refer to them, for example xe or ze. These have not been widely used by English speakers yet, but it's still too early to say whether they might in the future. Non-binary gender is a fairly recent concept fo... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |