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I am a linguist working on my dissertation. I specialize in morphology and phonology. I studied computer science as an undergrad.

I am from the United States, and have lived in the Midwest and both coasts.


299 Answers

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12
When should I use the subjunctive mood?
18
Why have the subjunctive and indicative converged in Modern English?
6
Are there /ɔ/ and /ʌ/ sounds in informal American English?
16
“Who turned off the lights?”
32
Is there an accepted rule for naming all of our various distant relatives (Kinship Terms)?
29
Is Valley Girl speak “like”, entering the language?
17
Is “including but not limited to” a redundant phrase?
31
What does “thy” mean?
13
“It is they who lied” or “it is them who lied?”
7
Is “conversate” a word?
18
Origin of 'tada'
10
Where/when did the *idea* of bad words come from in English?
92
Why is “bicycle” pronounced differently from other obviously related words?
8
Subject with multiple verbs
7
What is the origin of the term “screw” in the case of a prison guard?
7
Correct usage for “bad” v. “poor” adjectives
5
Adding “re” prefix
6
What does “uncancellable” mean? / What is a word for “not able to be uncancelled”?
7
Are double negatives ever appropriate in English?
12
What is the difference between “electric” and “electrical” and their usage?
7
Is “e'er” a true English word?
2
Etymology of close |kləʊz| (klōz) & close |kləʊs| (klōs)
11
“I do not know where … is” vs. “I do not know where is …”
12
What is the etymology of “board” as found in “room and board”?
14
What are the possible meanings of positive “any more”?
12
Latin (or Greek) -x becomes -ght?
4
About using singular as food
5
What is it called phonetically, when Americans change the pronunciation of “pronunciation” to “pro-*noun*-ciation”?
16
Is the -re “supposed” to be silent in the pronunciation of “macabre”?
7
The use of “for” and “of”
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