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Can you answer this? Why are reflexives prohibited in partitive constructions? https://t.co/QkAvT4jEAe #syntax

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Stable words in the Proto-Indo-European language family https://t.co/SLYbxyF2Oz #protoindoeuropean

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Bounty offered: Looking for references on translatability from the point of view of theories of ... https://t.co/2CrwHn8RUO #translation

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Why does Chomsky consider recursion in language to be a "narrow" ability unique to humans? https://t.co/QkZlgT8fAi #generativegrammar

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Do other languages have correspondences like English's No-Nope and Yeah-Yep? https://t.co/FrWXT1mlIk #english

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Is there a standardized way to classify languages according to how much the order of the words is t... https://t.co/qb62M7uwme #grammar

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Can you answer this? Name for ongoing syntactic dependencies after a word https://t.co/CcDPeVbC4G #computationallinguistics

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Can you answer this? syntactic analysis under Split INFL Hypothesis https://t.co/8efGOiLQ11 #syntax

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Portuguese — Why use definite articles in front of possessive nouns? Why the extensive use of p... https://t.co/jvLbSPqUnR #terminology

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What is the difference between if and if-then? https://t.co/5vqc4snEn6 #semantics

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Can you answer this? How to look up a sign language sign in a dictionary https://t.co/7eKgc6gro8 #dictionary

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Using 'is' after non-denoting phrases https://t.co/5GT0AtWa6o #english

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Argumentation for the existence of Tense phrase https://t.co/8b5ZAGxnmv #syntaxtrees

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What does 'overt NP' mean? https://t.co/n7BABTrVRA #syntax

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Are there many "lexical universals" like mama/papa - based on similar re-creation? https://t.co/Ux3pziQUm2 #etymology

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Is the rarity of dental sounds explained by babies not immediately having teeth? https://t.co/h65ms8ck7q #phonology

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Why is the English name for Bruges the same as the French despite that it's a Flemish city? https://t.co/8b6PqPXEe6 #english

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Can you answer this? How do syntacticians explain "me and him" as the subject of a sentence? https://t.co/cSbgTovIbC #syntax

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Does Biblical Hebrew have a plural of majesty? https://t.co/WaOusqyFRf #hebrew

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Programmatically determining the form of the English indefinite article https://t.co/QTDpsk50qB #articles