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Why, out of a number of function words, only prepositions are "heads" of phrases?

phrases phrase-meaning phrase-usage linguistics

Adjectives that describe vs. distinguish their referents

adjectives linguistics

Is a country's name a metonym - and when? E.g.: "The White House" / "Washington" / ..."The U.S.?"

terminology linguistics figurative metonyms synecdoche

For words that can be a noun or not a noun, why does the noun have the emphasis at the start?

etymology linguistics emphasis

Is there a word or phrase in linguistics describes the patterns of English in common use?

syntactic-analysis linguistics descriptive-grammar style-manuals

“Mining” as opposed to “minting” w.r.t. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

word-usage etymology semantics linguistics semantic-shift

"Enormity" in figurative sense

linguistics

Which of these phrases are equivalent, if any, and why

linguistics

Meaning of suffix ''- ic'' in relation to ''materialist'' vs ''materialistic''

grammar adjectives suffixes semantics linguistics

Any English terms for ‘to change the part of speech (of a word) without applying modification’? [duplicate]

terminology linguistics

How to write Spanish Vowel sounds into English?

pronunciation translation linguistics phonetics

Eponymous adjective formation

etymology adjectives linguistics philology bilingual

Is there a word for when a word changes from a noun to a verb?

single-word-requests linguistics

What's an elegent way to describe a phrase that flows nicely because its vowels and consonants alternate?

single-word-requests phrase-requests linguistics phonotactics

Term for direct antonyms?

single-word-requests terminology linguistics

A theory or concept related to language use by elite or the higher classes

linguistics concept

John ate vs John is too stubborn to talk to

syntactic-analysis semantics linguistics

How do you assign Case to sentences with an infinitival clause?

syntactic-analysis infinitives clauses linguistics grammatical-case

Why is "DMV" different from a language point of view in Linguistics?

meaning terminology linguistics

noble - can it be split into morphemes?

meaning grammar etymology linguistics morphology