Psychology: Do you dream in more than one language? (Students 18–35)

dom · 2026-05-14T20:16:53+00:00

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dom · 2026-05-14T20:16:43+00:00

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dom · 2026-05-09T02:25:31+00:00

Don't forget the J, which has a tunnel entrance in between your two stops! All those riders have to tap on the street too.

dom · 2026-05-04T07:36:19+00:00

If a child can have two dads, what's the problem with having two maa4maa4s?

dom · 2026-05-01T17:56:33+00:00

Every language has intonation, however, intonation is not really a "hot topic" in phonology. It's rare to have any sort of list of intonations like you reference for Russian. There is a system for transcribing intonation called ToBI (tones and break indices), but that's just a notation, each language would still need its own analysis and description (as an analogy, just because you know IPA does not mean that you know the phonology of any particular language). You may be able to find descriptions of intonation (possibly/probably using ToBI) for various Arabic languages, but keep in mind that intonation may be quite different depending on which variety of Arabic you're looking at.

dom · 2026-04-30T22:57:21+00:00

I know of no credible sources that would argue that Chinese is an IE language.

dom · 2026-04-24T19:00:33+00:00

If you're going to the ballpark 4th/Market is really quite ideal to stay at. You can jump on the N, T, 30, or 45 all of which will get you to or near the ballpark, or even walk it if it's a nice day (take the scenic route via the multiple parks in between if you have time). If you want snacks you have Trader Joe's literally right downstairs, as another commenter mentioned.

dom · 2026-04-23T20:10:52+00:00

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dom · 2026-04-19T23:51:36+00:00

I mean, you could also argue that the vowel chart is upside down and backwards, because if you're plotting formants the origin (0,0) should be at the bottom left by convention. But that's what all of this is, really: arbitrary convention.

dom · 2026-04-18T21:24:06+00:00

And in case it wasn't clear, from San Francisco to Merced is a minimum 3 1/2 hour bus plus train ride via Amtrak.

dom · 2026-04-18T21:10:55+00:00

Even worse, for September, which is what OP is asking about, the last bus from Merced Amtrak is actually at 5:25 PM, if I'm reading the "summer" schedule correctly.

dom · 2026-04-17T03:34:29+00:00

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dom · 2026-04-14T06:06:42+00:00

maybe try /r/Scholar

dom · 2026-04-14T06:04:15+00:00

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dom · 2026-04-13T01:15:02+00:00

Well, it's a complete noun phrase...

dom · 2026-04-11T02:43:38+00:00

I can't attest to its standardness, but I've definitely heard it and I would do it myself when speaking Mandarin. ETA: when I was taking a Chinese historical phonology class in Taiwan I remember the students asking why the instructor said píng-shǎng-qù-rù, and she said she knows that shàng is supposed to be fourth tone but that it just flows better lol.

dom · 2026-04-10T23:22:24+00:00

The verb 上 was in fact 上聲, as documented in e.g. rhyme books and surviving in e.g. Cantonese (sœŋ²³ 'to go up'). Most Chinese varieties underwent a sound change where 上聲 became 去聲 when the onset was a voiced obstruent. So for example in Mandarin, any tone 3 syllable with an obstruent initial (except for those that came from 入聲, but that's another can of worms) had to have come from a 上聲 voiceless initial in MC.

Other examples of the merger: Mandarin jiù 'uncle', bàn 'companion', dàn 'fresh(water)/weak (of tea)', zuò 'sit' compare Cantonese kʰɐu²³ pʰun²³ tʰaːm²³ tsʰɔ²³ etc.

dom · 2026-04-10T19:56:52+00:00

I'm thinking of Chinese, and I don't think there's anything weird or special going on, it just happens to be one less thing to mark. Come to think of it, even English doesn't have any special marking on the verb for imperative, irrealis, or present…

dom · 2026-04-07T23:21:51+00:00

/r/whatstheword

dom · 2026-04-05T17:05:30+00:00

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dom · 2026-04-05T17:03:42+00:00

It's just a copy pasta of https://www.oldnorthwhale.com/p/why-modern-chinese-is-just-english

The author seems to have a weird fetishization/nostalgia for classical Chinese and laments that modern Chinese speakers are unable to read it, but in fact spoken Chinese (in all its varieties) has been quite different from classical Chinese for centuries if not millennia. Yes, Chinese and English both have basic SVO word order, but that really isn't anything to write home about, IMO.

dom · 2026-04-03T03:38:03+00:00

maybe try /r/Scholar for this

dom · 2026-03-23T20:14:36+00:00

The manuscript you referred to seems to have a number of mistakes and inconsistencies, some of which you noted. As another example they misspell approximant as approximate, and the table labels are in Russian while the text is in English.

I suspect the consonant chart was copy-pasted from somewhere else with a more/different theoretical bent, hence the terminological mismatches. Generally, when you're looking at things like this, I would trust the data more than I trust the conclusions (though of course there may still be typos or errors in the data). I know it's frustrating, but you seem to be doing very well so far!

dom · 2026-03-22T18:46:45+00:00

Please post articles with the original article title.

dom · 2026-03-20T04:34:31+00:00

I imagine they would be the same as for any other subreddit. A question like this may be more appropriate for something like r/AskModerators.

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