lin⋅guis⋅tics: the scientific study of human language

• what form does it take?
• how is meaning constructed?
• how is it structured?
• how is it produced?

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Encouraged:

• publicly-available scholarly articles
• helpful resources
• well-written news articles
• self-post discussions on linguistic topics
• discussions on the linguistics field
• interesting examples of language

Discouraged and subject to removal:

• translation requests (try /r/translator) or a subreddit specific to the language in question instead)
• blogspam (link directly to source!)
• language identification requests (try /r/askreddit)
• non-self-posts to examples of "poor" language
• reposts of content less than two weeks old from /r/linguistics
• "Is there a word for x?" (where x is not a linguistic concept; try /r/whatstheword) for that)
• "What's the etymology of x?" (try Etymonline and Wiktionary first)
• memes/advice-animals (try /r/LinguisticsHumor)
• survey response requests (try /r/SampleSize unless your survey is explicitly for linguists)

Discussion:

• Cite your sources and don't be afraid to ask others to do the same
• Keep the anecdotal evidence and layman speculation to a minimum
• No personal attacks

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For more characters, see this virtual keyboard.

FAQ

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• /r/compling: Computational Linguistics
• /r/slp: Speech-Language Pathology
• /r/languagetechnology: Natural Language Processing
• /r/conlangs: Constructed Languages
• /r/cognitivelinguistics: Cognitive Linguistics
• /r/translationstudies: Translation theory
• /r/translator: Translation Requests
• /r/etymology: Etymologies
• /r/Proofreading: Proofreading Requests
• /r/LanguageLearning + /r/LearnANewLanguage + /r/TowerOfBabel: Language Learning Tips
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