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Would it be admissible to ask a question on how, since Antiquity, two adjectives that originally meant different things became conflated?
In Ancient Greece, two adjectives, say, X and Y, meant different things. Over 2 millennia later, they are considered nearly synonymous in popular culture. Would it be admissible to post a question on ...
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Tag proposal: kartvelian, possibly proto-kartvelian
There are tags indo-european, semitic-languages etc., also proto-indo-european. Also georgian. But no tag kartvelian or kartvelian-languages.
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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Ads test beginning week of January 13th, 2025
We’ve been exploring the concept of using open auction to manage advertising on some Stack Exchange sites. Under this model, advertisers (who have been organized into categories based on their ...
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Why was my question about the name "Jakin" (Croatian name for Ancona) poorly received? Are questions about toponyms generally poorly received?
I am talking about this question: Why is the Croatian name for Ancona "Jakin", rather than something like *Jukin?
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Can I ask for when the meaning of three Arabic words changed in a single question or it is too broad?
I want to ask about the history of meaning change in three Arabic words.
I want to explain each word in one or two paragraph.
Can I ask it in a single question or it is considered too broad and ...
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Do you accept questions about stochastic cellular automata and stochastic languages related to Kolmogorov theorem?
I don't see any questions about this topic on your site.
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Why does a high-reputation user refuse to correct an obvious falsehood even after it has been pointed out to him?
from the comments under the question
Do linguists consider that vowel length marks aren't necessary for AmE (and parhaps RP,too)?
the follwoing comments occur:
@SK No, OALD is based on BrE; where ...
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I think linguistics is a pseudoscience, full of lies and misinformation. Why can't this opinion be expressed here?
Almost EVERYTHING in linguistics is either an outright lie ("pre-fortis clipping") or full of vague, misleading claims. Am I banned from asking questions that expose the complete fraud ...
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Not satisfied with original formulation of my question — what steps can I take?
I have asked the question https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/48734/ on May 3rd. The question has been closed deleted by the community. However, I am against posting a new question, and I ...
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My profile page says I have answered no questions
When I go to my profile page, or whatever you call it, and look at Summary and the headings below it.
It states under questions, that I have not answered any questions.
How can that be?
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Moderators: please don't moderate yourself
I recently flagged two comments as unfriendly/unkind:
We usually don't mind self-answered questions that much, but this one seems particularly pointless. Why ask and answer this one?
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How do we handle site members who have a pattern of leaving unfriendly initial comments?
I've noticed that, on occasion, some members of our community leave comments which could be taken as unfriendly, particularly to new posters.
The comments sometimes make uncharitable assumptions, ...
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Suggestions for the design of a font for linguistics
Recently I've resumed work on a font I'm currently developing, meant to be released as a completely free, open-source, OFL-licensed font designed specifically for use in academic and formal writing.
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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