Questions tagged [evolution]

We live in a world that is incredibly different to the one that was here 200 years ago. Literacy, in the developed world at least, is no longer an elite privilege, but rather almost taken for granted. English speakers are instructed in the rights…

Is there a resource which lists each IPA vowel/consonant (or many of them), and the anatomical features required to produce each sound? I guess I can go to each Wikipedia page and figure it out manually, but wondering if this sort of thing has been…

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I may as well try. The evolutionary benefit of warnings, all-clear signals, communication on where to find food and so on is quite clear. But what is the benefit of statements that just convey…

I think it would be best to illustrate by examples instead of by words: an + other → another → a + nother → a whole nother myn + Edward → my Ned les enfants /le.zɑ̃.fɑ̃/ (French) → les *zenfants → zenfant (Mauritian Creole)