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George Walkden
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I am a Professor of English Linguistics and General Linguistics at the University of Konstanz.

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Origin of "as useful as a chocolate teapot / fireguard"
Feb 22, 2013
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The use of "were- should- had” at the beginning of sentences instead of “if”
Jun 7, 2015
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"must": obligation x certainty. Which meaning developed first in the English language?
Nov 30, 2014
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What's the term used for the abbreviated language found in headlines etc?
Feb 22, 2013
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Advanced rules for shortening relative clauses with a participle?
Feb 22, 2013
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Split infinitives—did Old English have them?
Dec 16, 2014
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What is the need of an invisible affix?
Jun 21, 2015
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Is the -old morpheme in 'threshold' an OE locative?
Aug 23, 2015
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Why are prepositions out of place with many phrasal verbs?
May 3, 2013
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What happened to voiced velar fricative [ɣ] and velar approximant [ɰ] in English language?
Feb 12, 2015

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