List of unsolved problems in linguistics

This article discusses currently unsolved problems in linguistics.

Some of the issues below are commonly recognized as unsolved problems; i.e. it is generally agreed that no solution is known. Others may be described as controversies; i.e. although there is no common agreement about the answer, there are established schools of thought that believe they have a correct answer.

Concepts

Philosophy of language

Languages

Psycholinguistics

Sociolinguistics

Main article: Sociolinguistics

Computational linguistics

Lexicology and lexicography

Main articles: Lexicology and lexicography

Translation

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