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 …
syntax - subject predicate complements and object predicate …
Mar 27, 2024 · Is there an easy way of determining which part of a sentence subject predicate complement (PCs) and which is a object predicate complement (PCo)? my understanding is very …
Unusual sentence grouping with conjunctions - Linguistics Stack …
Sep 14, 2019 · The question is concerned with the nature of the strings that can be coordinated. Certainly, coordination (conjunction or disjunction) patterns in many languages similar to how it …
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 …
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
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 …
phonology - Is there any word in other languages that begins with the ...
Apr 11, 2021 · There are probably languages where a retroflex r can be word-initial, but the use of the Urdu alphabet is a quite specific demand, and accidental at the same time, because the language …
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 …
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 …
grammar - The semantics of grammatical transformations? - Linguistics ...
May 31, 2020 · You are describing the theory of transformation grammar practiced up to some point in the 70's, as exemplified by Chomsky Aspects of the theory of syntax and Burt From deep to surface …