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| bio | website | paleografie.tk |
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| location | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
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| visits | member for | 1 year, 11 months |
| seen | Feb 22 '12 at 22:59 | |
| stats | profile views | 3 |
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Apr 11 |
awarded | Talkative |
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Oct 30 |
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Why is indirect speech marked by modus instead of tempus in German? German is not really an exception: the subjunctive/conjunctive and optative are very common in Greek and Latin. Cf. dicit Romanos urbam delevisse quam nuper oppugnavissent, and the Greek optativus obliquus. Often tense is used in conjunction with mood in Latin. But the indicative is rare in indirect speech in Latin, at least in the classical era. |
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Sep 6 |
awarded | Quorum |
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Jun 16 |
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Why is “Fräulein” considered offensive, as opposed to “Frau”? Hah, very true. I suppose she should have a chip built in that transmits her dating preferences through wifi. |
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Jun 4 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Jun 4 |
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Why is “Fräulein” considered offensive, as opposed to “Frau”? Oh, so then it would be an instrument against polygamy as well! I was joking. |
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Jun 4 |
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Why is “Fräulein” considered offensive, as opposed to “Frau”? Could be useful for dating. How many times haven't we all... |
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Jun 3 |
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When is the last sound of a syllable unvoiced? Right, in the end it all comes down to models and frameworks! Keeping in mind that PIE /m/ and /n/ were often partially or fully vocalized as om/mo/am/ma/o/a/etc. in certain daughter languages often makes it easier to brainstorm for etymological connections, in my experience. I'd forgotten the term sonorant, a useful class. |
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Jun 3 |
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When is the last sound of a syllable unvoiced? Interesting! Dutch writes and actually pronounces all of those schwas: handelen, verevenen, etc. It strikes me that this phenomenon (only? mainly?) occurs with pairs of stop + liquid/nasal consonant. Is it that this schwa was for some reason dropped only from those combinations? Or was it actually introduced into those combinations for ease of pronunciation in the first place? My guess would be the latter: those nasals and liquids were probably vocalized from PIE (semi-)consonants, and the resulting schwas were therefore "weaker" than those schwas that came from reduced vowels. |
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Jun 3 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Jun 3 |
accepted | Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus? |
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Jun 3 |
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Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus? Ah! Das Wort eines Salzburgers wird meinen Vater überzeugen können. Vielen Dank! |
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Jun 3 |
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Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus? Hertzlichen Dank für's Rückbesprechen! Jetz kan ich auf jeden Fall ruhig schlafen, mit dieser Sicherheit. |
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Jun 1 |
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Is it still good form to use a capital D for Du or Dir in a letter? + It is good to see that German spelling norms are as those in Holland! Ours change into opposites every few years as well. |
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Jun 1 |
awarded | Student |
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Jun 1 |
asked | Wie sprechen die Salzburger den Namen ihrer Stadt aus? |
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Jun 1 |
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Wie spricht man von der deutschen Sprache? Ja, er hat es schon geändert. Verzeihung bitte wegen meines schlechten Deutsches; ich schreibe nicht oft auf Deutsch. Weißt du eigentlich, daß ich nur dann von deinem Kommentar einen Bericht empfange, wann du meinen Name genau so schreibst, wie hier geschrieben? Ferner schreibt man auf dieser Website gewönlich den Kommentar unter demjenige, auf das man reagiert. |
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Jun 1 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jun 1 |
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Personalpronomen für „jedermann“? Oder "jeder"? Ist das auch möglich? |
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Jun 1 |
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Wie spricht man von der deutschen Sprache? "Nominativ," wirklich? Sollte das nicht Nomen oder Substantiv sein? |
