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Presently, this gallery contains images relating to linguistics and language (work in progress!). Please add more.

This lecture on American Sign Language is being conducted in ASL. Today, much research on sign language comes from linguists who are themselves deaf.

Language may be written using different orthographies using modern technology.

An example of written language - in this case, English.

Why this shop name in Japan? Linguists also investigate how language is used, but how it is 'abused' is left to others.

Humans instinctively talk, as the conversation of these two men in Naples, Italy shows.

Stopping and talking is central to human culture.

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 [[Image:marines-poo-diving-shop-japan.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Why this shop name in [[Japan]]? Linguists also investigate how language is used, but how it is 'abused' is left to others.]]
+[[Image:Spoken-language-naples.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Human]]s instinctively talk, as the conversation of these two men in [[Naples]], [[Italy]] shows.]]
+[[Image:Spoken-language-naples-bike.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Stopping and talking is central to human [[culture]].]]