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This gallery includes userbox templates about linguistics. You may place any of these userboxes on your user page. Some of these templates have multiple options, so visit the template for further information.

Linguistics

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{{User linguistics}}
This user is interested in linguistics.
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{{User linguistics-2}}
This user is interested in linguistics.
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{{User:Life in General/Userboxes/Linguistics}}
This user is interested in linguistics.
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{{User:The Raven's Apprentice/Userboxes/User Linguistics}}
This user is interested in linguistics.
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{{User:Earthnut/Userboxes/blah}}
BLAHThis user is interested in linguistics and etymology.
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{{User Linguistics Subject}}
[lɪŋ]This user's favourite subject is Linguistics.
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{{User linguist}}
This user is a linguist.
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{{User linguist-2}}
This user is a linguist.
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{{User:Simiyachaq/User linguist}}
This user wants to be a linguist.
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{{User Linguistics expert}}
LINGThis user is an expert in Linguistics.
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{{User:Mcguy15/UBX/Descriptivism}}
In linguistics, this user prefers descriptivism over prescriptivism.
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{{User:Mcguy15/UBX/Perscriptivism}}
In linguistics, this user prefers prescriptivism over descriptivism.
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{{User:A diehard editor/userboxes/IPA-user}}
[aɪ pʰiː eɪ]This user is capable of using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
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Historical linguistics

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{{User:Mgcsinc/userboxes/linguistic change}}
a lot alotThis user recognizes that linguistic change is a natural and desirable aspect of human language.
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{{User:Unimaginative Username/Userboxes/Majority error}}
Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.
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{{User:UBX/Userboxes/ad populum}}
majority

ad populum fallacy
Although this user acknowledges the logical fallacy ad populum, they do not think that it applies to human language, and recognise that the majority determines grammatical "right" and "wrong".
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{{User:UBX/userboxes/majority change}}
Majority Usage
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Correct Grammar
This user recognizes that if most people make the same grammatical "mistake", it ceases to be a mistake and becomes proper grammar, for grammar has no immutable or moral "right" or "wrong" and "correct grammar" is determined by majority usage.
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{{User:Mgcsinc/Userboxes/Majority is right}}
Speakers Know Best This user recognizes that grammar comes from humans, not from the heavens. Trust native speakers.
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WikiProjects

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{{User WikiProject Linguistics}} linked pages
{{User Etymology}}
This user is a member of the Etymology Task Force.
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{{User WP Phil of language}} linked pages
{{User Theoretical Linguistics}}
This user is a member of the
Theoretical Linguistics
Task Force
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See also

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See Wikipedia:Userboxes
for a guide to userbox templates.


See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries
for a guide to userbox galleries.


See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries/alphabetical
for a list of all userbox galleries.