pronunciation - How did שְׁלֹמֹה (shlomo) become Solomon?
Jul 1, 2019 · According to Wiktionary, שלמה (pronounced /ʃloˈmo/ in Modern Hebrew) is the Hebrew version of Solomon. The pronunciation seems to follow reasonably well from the spelling, and as far …
How common is free indirect speech in Chagossian Creole?
Feb 22, 2026 · I am listening to an interview in English with an interviewee whose mother-tongue is Chegossian Creole. In one part of the interview she describes an incident on a certain island as if …
phonetics - Is it possible that Swabian German retains the ‘ao ...
Jun 19, 2025 · PG *au became OHG ou (> Standard German [SG] au) in general, but before /r, h, D/ (= dentals), that ou monophthongised to ō; that’s why SG has the diphthong in words like Haupt and …
Why is the future tense almost completely regular in Portuguese?
Dec 9, 2023 · In Portuguese (Br, and I think Pt too), the future tense of a verb can be created by taking its infinitive, and adding a suffix depending on the subject, e.g.: to think -> pensar I will think -&...
morphology - Polynonpersonal agreement: agreement for noun class …
Mar 12, 2024 · Among languages that inflect their verbs for person, a majority index both the agent and patient arguments in a transitive clause. There are also languages that index one argument for non …
Searching for ommited words in COCA using english-corpora interface
Oct 7, 2025 · I'm attempting to examine the examples of the omission of copula "to be" (e. g. "You sure?" or "She liking me.") in COCA, though I can't figure out any way to search for
What are all the ways to formulate a word?
Jul 11, 2024 · Consider the formula according to which Sanskrit and most Indo-European languages formulate the word: [prefix] root + suffix + ending. And now consider the formula according to which …
Tensed infinitives across languages - Linguistics Stack Exchange
Jul 5, 2024 · As the Latin language shows, infinitives can be marked for tense (amare - present, amavisse - perfect). English also shows that: to love, to have loved. Can anyone suggest any …
Origins of the alphabets for Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic languages
Nov 5, 2023 · I am working on a program to learn some of the most popular non-Western languages: first, Arabic and Hebrew, second, Bengali and Hindu whose scripts are based on Sanskrit, and third, …
list of languages - Which cultures are big-endian? - Linguistics Stack ...
May 5, 2020 · @GrahamH. My understanding is that it's because of eggs. Specifically, the phrases "little-endian" and "big-endian" first appeared in Gulliver's Travels in 1726, and described opposing …