Activity for Monica Cellio
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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 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277086 |
If you're thinking of this as answering resource-request questions, that sounds to me like it should be part of the general Q&A category. On the other hand, if you're thinking of *cultivating* a set of resources, an on-site library or wiki or something, that would make sense as a separate category, ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277108 |
@Moshi thanks; a dictionary entry is helpful. I see that says it's British informal English. Are there others too or just "I'd've"? I'm curious about the pattern (if there is one). (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277173 |
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| Edit | Post #277108 |
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| Comment | Post #277108 |
@DonielF I write like this casually, but sometimes comment on it being quirky and I don't know that I've seen it outside of casual writing (like chat and email), and that got me wondering if it's a niche quirk or more widespread/accepted. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277108 |
@Moshi thanks; I had not heard of "double contractions" and that didn't come up in my search. (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277108 | Initial revision | — | over 4 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) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277097 |
I hadn't thought about it until you brought it up, but Hebrew *trop* is an edge case here. The *trop* symbols have both musical and grammatical meanings. (Mind, I would ask those questions on Judaism where I think I'm more likely to find the right expertise, but sites can have overlapping scopes.) (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277071 |
For now I used: "Our community for anyone interested in specific (human) languages, language and its constructs more generally, or linguistics." I'm not a linguist, so I don't know if there's too much overlap between the second and third clauses. If y'all develop something better, it's pretty easy ... (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277079 |
And are we distinguishing between conlangs that already exist (like Esperanto) and ones that don't? Is Klingon a conlang that already esists? (more) |
— | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277071 | Initial revision | — | over 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) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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| Edit | Post #277059 | Post edited | — | over 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277069 | Initial revision | — | over 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) |
— | over 4 years ago |
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