Wikipedia:Userboxes/Linguistics

This user is interested in linguistics .

This user is interested in linguistics .

This user is interested in linguistics .

This user is interested in linguistics .

BLAH This user is interested in linguistics and etymology.

[lɪŋ] This user's favourite subject is Linguistics .

This user is a linguist .

This user is a linguist .

This user is a linguist .

This user wants to be a linguist .

LING This user is an expert in Linguistics.

In linguistics, this user prefers descriptivism over prescriptivism.

In linguistics, this user prefers prescriptivism over descriptivism.

[aɪphiːeɪ] This user is capable of using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

(削除) a lot (削除ここまで) alot This user recognizes that linguistic change is a natural and desirable aspect of human language.

Majority ≠ right This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

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".

Majority Usage
=
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.

Speakers Know Best This user recognizes that grammar comes from humans, not from the heavens. Trust native speakers.

This user participates in WikiProject Linguistics.

This user is a member of the Applied Linguistics Task Force

This user is a member of the Etymology Task Force .

This user is a participant in the
Philosophy of language
task force.

This user is a member of the
Theoretical Linguistics
Task Force .

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