Linguistics

133 topics in this forum

1. Word inventions......... 1 2 3 4 17

   By infamous, September 24, 2006
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   • Pyrotex
   • June 18, 2010

2. Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs 1 2 3 4 15

   By Turtle, October 13, 2006
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   • freeztar
   • May 29, 2009

3. The most misused words in the English language 1 2 3 4 6

   By mynah, October 30, 2008
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   • lemit
   • May 15, 2009

4. The Hardest Language 1 2 3 4 5

   By alexander, December 1, 2006
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   • satsumajin
   • December 3, 2008

5. Language and its influence on thought 1 2 3 4 5

   By JMJones0424, February 18, 2009
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   • sigurdV
   • January 19, 2012

6. How did language originate? 1 2 3 4

   By LogicTech, December 10, 2008
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   • sman
   • March 9, 2010

7. Euphemisms of the Politically Correct Persuasion 1 2 3 4

   By Turtle, October 12, 2006
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   • jedaisoul
   • June 19, 2010

8. Rabelaisian Oxymorons 1 2 3 4

   By Turtle, June 2, 2009
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   • Boerseun
   • September 7, 2009

9. Funny sounding words and phrases 1 2 3

   By TheBigDog, March 11, 2007
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   • DFINITLYDISTRUBD
   • December 5, 2009

10. Double Positives and Double Negatives 1 2 3

    By LaurieAG, October 13, 2007
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    • DFINITLYDISTRUBD
    • August 5, 2009

11. Word disassociation game 1 2 3

    By PsyCho, October 31, 2006
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    • Pyrotex
    • February 1, 2007

12. Words with Unexpected Meanings 1 2 3

    By freeztar, August 26, 2009
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    • belovelife
    • May 2, 2012

13. Sounds Then Speech Then Language. 1 2 3

    By pljames, April 7, 2014
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    • exchemist
    • November 13, 2018

14. How Letters In English Dictate What The Word 'is?' 1 2 3

    By BrettNortje, January 21, 2015
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    • AbdulWaheed
    • September 28, 2016

15. I Could Care Less! 1 2

    By Queso, February 9, 2007
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    • Buffy
    • February 16, 2007

16. Why Did We Evolve Language? 1 2

    By charles brough, April 14, 2007
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    • chlotilde
    • September 6, 2007

17. I'll have an ice cold _____ 1 2

    By TheBigDog, October 28, 2006
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    • pgrmdave
    • November 2, 2006

18. Have We Said Everything There Is To Say? 1 2

    By Deepwater6, November 24, 2012
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    • ErlyRisa
    • March 25, 2014

19. Rare words and their meanings 1 2

    By alexander, May 5, 2008
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    • Guest
    • March 27, 2013

20. Buzz phrases distorting reality 1 2

    By HydrogenBond, January 31, 2007
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    • Michaelangelica
    • April 1, 2007

21. Where have all the poems gone, long time passing? 1 2

    By paigetheoracle, December 27, 2007
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    • belovelife
    • March 10, 2009

22. Let's Learn Ancient Egyptian Together 1 2

    By alexander, August 11, 2008
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    • alexander
    • August 20, 2008

23. A Question About The English Language 1 2

    By RainMan, March 25, 2014
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    • Eclogite
    • May 19, 2014

24. The Vagueness Of Verbal Language Versus Sight 1 2

    By pagetheoracle, December 8, 2014
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    • AbdulWaheed
    • September 28, 2016

25. Answer to a sneeze 1 2

    By eric l, September 11, 2007
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    • Turtle
    • August 3, 2009