Activity for Monica Cellio
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A: Mixed fonts within a sentence (and proposed fixes) Markdown doesn't work, but HTML does. The HTML source for the following is taken from the question ("preferred solution"): This is a sentence with 中文 characters 日本語が分かりません (more) |
— | 10 months ago |
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Should posting on Meta affect reputation? When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, sorry. Do you want us to change posts on Meta to not award rep for upvotes or subtract it for downvotes? ... (more) |
— | 11 months ago |
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A: Tags are there(?) but no longer visible after edit As noted in a comment, this is unfortunately a known issue. In this case, it looks like someone was able to restore the tag. Until we find and fix the bug, please feel free to ask for help if individual posts have wrong tags. Sorry about the inconvenience. (more) |
— | almost 2 years ago |
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How can we grow this community? Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engaged participants. The folks already here are doing good work; our challenge is to find more people like you ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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Learning biblical Hebrew as a speaker of modern Hebrew There are some key differences between modern and biblical Hebrew (and the idea of one "biblical Hebrew" also doesn't stand up to scrutiny). These differences are in both form/grammar and vocabulary. For the speaker of Modern Israeli Hebrew (MIH), reading Biblical Hebrew (BH) can be at times puzzli... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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A: Resources for a speaker of Modern Hebrew to learn Biblical Hebrew? I don't know if it counts as a study, but how about a relevant textbook? The book Biblical Hebrew for Students of Modern Israeli Hebrew by Marc Zvi Brettler looks like it will help you. It's used in the rabbinic program at Hebrew Union College and probably other places (though I only have first-h... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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Resources for a speaker of Modern Hebrew to learn Biblical Hebrew? Re-asking a question I answered elsewhere: As a speaker of modern Hebrew I[^1], I can tell that some things have changed since the Hebrew of the bible -- some words I think I know just don't make sense. Are there any studies that compare the two languages, that would help people whose knowledge o... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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A: Does using plural form for singular object make sense? There has been a tendency in English toward using singular "they" in the non-specific case, like "someone knocked on my door and they left a package". This is more common in speech than in writing, but becoming more common in both. People will usually understand what you meant. Some people will ex... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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What language is this (cursive) sample? A recent post on Language Log includes this sample of an unidentified language: 13 lines of right-justified text, maybe a numbered list The article says this about the source: > This is from RG 84, General Correspondence of the American consulate in Tangier, Morocco. The dates of the stuff ... (more) |
— | over 2 years ago |
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A: What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α? ℵ (aleph) is a consonant in Hebrew, not a vowel. Like other consonants, it can carry a vowel.[^1] You'll see the vowel markers (nikud) in "pointed" Hebrew, but someone who is fluent in Hebrew doesn't need them for comprehension so they're left out of most texts other than children's/learners' texts... (more) |
— | almost 3 years ago |
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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 case: 'the care needs to be washed", and this is what I understand to be normative. (It's certainly wha... (more) |
— | about 3 years ago |
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A: Who should the temporary moderators be? Please welcome your two new moderators, Moshi and Jirka Hanika. If the community wants more moderators later (or the existing mods want help), just start a discussion so the community can decide what to do. (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Bug or license issue with imported post from SE? Thank you for raising this question. This post didn't use Codidact's import script; it was manually copied here. If the person is the same user as on the other site, that's kosher -- you always own your own work and can repost it anywhere else without any licensing considerations. While not defi... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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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 this as a stopgap, while communities are forming, so Codidact staff don't have to handle all the flags (... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Why do certain Hebrew letters have alternate final forms? Five Hebrew letters -- כ, מ, נ, צ, and פ -- have different forms when at the end of a word. I have heard that this is true for certain letters in Arabic too, though I don't know if they're the "matching" letters. My question is about Hebrew, though Arabic might be related. Why do any letter... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Primary clause uses singular, subordinate co-reference is plural, what verb to use in English? I sometimes find myself writing sentences with subordinate clauses where there is number mismatch between the primary and subordinate clauses. For example: > The oath he swore, those words about serving all the people and not just the favored ones, (was | were) just fluff to him. The general r... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Is posting links to commercial content as part of a resource post allowed? Speaking personally (I haven't consulted anybody else on the team), I don't see why this would be a problem so long as there's nothing sneaky or sketchy going on. Not all resources are freely available online; if a book is relevant, I think a link is more helpful than just a citation. Amazon migh... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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How do I pronounce historical French correctly from times when the language was in transition? I sing in a choir that performs medieval and renaissance music in several languages I don't otherwise speak. When we are unclear about pronunciation, we look for recordings from reputable performers -- but this doesn't always work, and anyway I would like to better develop skill instead of just look... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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How were ת & ט pronounced historically? In Sephardi or Israeli Hebrew today, ט and ת are pronounced the same, at least to my non-native ear, something like /t/. In Ashkenazi Hebrew, on the other hand, sometimes ת is pronounced like ס (samech), /s/. Was there a pre-modern time when they were pronounced differently? If so, how? I'm wo... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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How should we customize the Resources category? I have created the Resources category, as requested. There are a couple customizations available that I have left blank for now: - The short description at the top of the list. - (Override of) help that is shown when someone starts to create a post. This should give guidance on how to write a r... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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A: Are resource requests on-topic? Suggestion (based on a comment discussion on another answer): create a category called "resources" or "wiki" or something similar. In this category, use the article type (not Q&A). Create one article per language for useful resources for that language. Treat these as community-maintained articles,... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
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Does English support three-word contractions? In English certain pairs words can be contracted with an apostrophe, such as "I've" (I have). I don't know if there are strong rules for which words can be combined in this way and which can't. In all the examples I can think of, each contributing word is only one syllable. Does any version of E... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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What should this site's short description say? The site list has a short description of each community. This description is sometimes also used in ads. It's outward-facing, what you want people who aren't already here to know. Some examples: > Writing: Our community for anybody interested in the craft of professional writing, editing, and p... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
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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&A from other sites, so your community can set its own direction.[^1] Please ask questions about language(s... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |