29.1612, Fun Fact: Ask-A-Linguist

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LINGUIST List: Vol-29-1612. Fri Apr 13 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.1612, Fun Fact: Ask-A-Linguist

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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 15:41:26
From: LINGUIST List [linguist at linguistlist.org]
Subject: Fun Fact: Ask-A-Linguist

 
Hey everyone!

Ken here with another fun fact for you. Last week, I talked about the usage
numbers for the website. This week, I'm going to talk a little bit about one
of the services we offer on our website: Ask-a-Linguist.

This site is a QA board for non-linguists to ask questions from linguists like
you. However, I find that many of the questions asked appear to be from
linguists who are interested in something that's not their area of research or
linguistics students.

We've had 33 questions posted so far this year that touch on a variety of
different disciplines and the majority of these questions have answers. Some
even have multiple responses and comments.

I invite all of you to check it out. There's some great questions like this
question about what language is
(https://askaling.linguistlist.org/question/1844/what-are-the-defining-qualiti
es-of-a-language) and this question about how affixes emerge in
languages(https://askaling.linguistlist.org/question/1797/the-origin-of-affixe
s).

What do you think about these questions? If you think they're interesting or
if you have questions of your own, please create an account at
https://askaling.linguistlist.org/account/signup/?login_provider=local .

All posts are moderated (by me) so only questions that are related to
Linguistics or language are allowed and all spam is filtered out.

If you appreciate services like Ask-a-Linguist, please donate to the LINGUIST
List Funddrive (https://funddrive.linguistlist.org).

We are half of the way to our goal and time is running out. Please donate.







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