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Linguistics The Study of Language By Lorelei Logsdon Image from politicalhumor.about.com
What is “Language”?   ,[object Object],Photo from www.inmagine.com
Language Fun Fact ,[object Object],Well, I’ll be!
Common Misconceptions   ,[object Object],[object Object],Image from newscientist.com Image from joehageonline.com
So then which of these does  a linguist do?   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Language Fun Fact ,[object Object],Image from dvo.com
The field of Linguistics has many subfields   ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The study of languages originating from alien species!
Why study Linguistics?   ,[object Object]
Language Fun Fact ,[object Object],Image from www.solec.org Even our tongues are lazy! ------ efficient!
Direct or Indirect? ,[object Object],Gender Differences in Language Image from ac-nancy-metz.fr
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