linguistics – Page 7 – Denseman on the Rattis

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A labiodental problem

Timor Leste Originally uploaded by Alex Castro Amaia (who will be two in January) seems to have a slight issue

Street Seller with fresh melons Originally uploaded by IvanWalsh.com In Chinese, many concepts that we tend to have a single

In some languages, palindromes are fairly easy to construct. However, to some extent this is a result of the writing

Coke Bottles Originally uploaded by JMRosenfeld As I’ve probably mentioned already, I’m teaching myself Chinese at the moment. One thing

Isolated House – Casolare Originally uploaded by Aesum (Very Busy) The generally very interesting blog called Languages of the World

I’ve just started learning Chinese in my spare time. Given that I studied Japanese for almost two years at university,

Badges Originally uploaded by jemsweb I’ve struggled with the phonetic realisation of /?/ in Scottish English (i.e., the vowel in

Ice cream Originally uploaded by PhylB One of the errors Danes often make when speaking English is to say warm

Ice cream Originally uploaded by PhylB One of the errors Danes often make when speaking English is to say warm

Annual Class Photo Hands clasped in laps Originally uploaded by theirhistory In English, the word for young human beings is