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Where does "ta!" come from?

expressions history linguistics

What's the term for adding an adjective unnecessarily when the noun already conveys that property? [duplicate]

single-word-requests linguistics

Is there a well-known term for the synonym or near-synonym "telescoping" words?

synonyms terminology linguistics word-games

A word for "using two words next to each other that mean the same thing"?

single-word-requests linguistics

What are "coherence" and "cohesion" in text linguistics?

differences linguistics

Analysis (tree diagram) of "She hugged and kissed her mother"

conjunctions linguistics conjunction-reduction diagramming

Is it true that iambic pentameter is "natural" to English? If so, why?

linguistics rhymes meter

Is there a term for when the "d'" is dropped in a "not" contraction?

single-word-requests pronunciation-vs-spelling linguistics phonology fast-speech-rules

What is the origin of the "-th" suffix? What is the linguistic term for the meaning it adds to words?

meaning etymology suffixes linguistics derivational-morphology

Term for using "thingy-esque" phrases rather than a common word

expressions terminology linguistics

How do you proceed from pronouncing "t" in the regular way to t-glottalization, as found in various English accents?

british-english linguistics phonology

Is there a term for switching syllables of words?

linguistics rhetoric

"We went swimming later in the afternoon, Jack and I."

grammar phrases nouns word-order linguistics

Pure verbal nouns/deverbal nouns vs. gerunds

gerunds linguistics syntactic-analysis nonfinite-verbs

Meaning of "native speaker of English"

meaning linguistics

Could a comma be used after a question mark? [duplicate]

punctuation orthography linguistics

English questions and negation with *do* in syntax

negation syntactic-analysis linguistics do-support

“kinda”, “sorta”, “coulda”, “shoulda”, “lotta”, “oughta”, “betcha”, "tseasy", etc. What are these?

terminology speech linguistics eye-dialect yod-coalescence

Etymology of "fairy"

etymology linguistics french roots research

How much of the English lexis comes from each of its influences?

etymology vocabulary linguistics