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Is there a maximum number of suffixes that can be added to an English word?

suffixes linguistics morphology

I'm not sure how to mark the clause boundaries

grammar linguistics

Are there sounds where the tongue is not symmetrical?

pronunciation linguistics

Is there a term for "cough<something>cough"?

Semi-vowels in English [duplicate]

linguistics phonology semivowels

One-letter words in English language

orthography is-it-a-word linguistics

Am I imagining the Warshington (Washington) accent?

linguistics accent

Difference between /ʌ/ and /ə/ in English IPA

pronunciation pronunciation-vs-spelling linguistics vowels ipa

Are there names for consonant-shifts when suffixes are added?

suffixes morphology linguistics errors consonants

Good and bad - suppletive adjectives

adjectives history linguistics degree-of-comparison suppletion

Are "I scream" and "Ice cream" homophones, or do we have another term here?

linguistics figures-of-speech obscure-terms

Is there a term for “neutral” words whose connotations are limited to being either positive or negative?

semantics linguistics rhetoric

Language Gibberish

offensive-language linguistics

What's the grammatical or linguistic term for general, non-specific words? [closed]

grammar terminology linguistics

If someone is an expert in written (rather than spoken) language, can they still be called a "linguist"?

meaning linguistics

Has English adopted any common morphemes from languages that are not Greek, Latin, or French?

linguistics morphology

Why is it "ladies and gentlemen" instead of "gentlemen and ladies"? [duplicate]

word-choice collocation linguistics coordinating-conjunctions list-order

Doesn't English have vowel harmony?

linguistics vowels language-formation germanic-languages

Old English instead of Latin in early Britain

history latin linguistics old-english germanic-languages

What's the current scholarly opinion on the "minims" explanation for the spelling of "love", "tongue," etc?

orthography pronunciation-vs-spelling linguistics phonology historical-change