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Adding careers section to linguistics

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'Did 'the' in 'the which' mean anything?' : Why closed as 'Language-specific'?

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Why were these 2 questions closed as 'language-specific'?

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Why the surfeit of close votes for questions on the Semantics of French Prepositions?

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Is asking questions about a particular data set on-topic?

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Name etymologies

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Why was this downvoted: 'Why was 'rite' assigned to the PIE root *re(i)-?'?

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Are data set requests on-topic?

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How can I fit into this community?

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How to narrow these two questions on resources for French and Spanish's difficulties?

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What is the meaning of “Language-specific grammar and usage questions are off-topic unless primarily concerned with linguistics rather than usage”

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is a question about a specif form of a Korean word on topic?

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What does the single word on-topic item mean?

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Is this a good question? - Does this method of preventing a concept forming in my Fantasy Counterpart of French work?

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Please undelete or prevent deletion of questions with helpful, treasured comments

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Please undelete 'Unpaired word in one language but paired in another?' ?

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Why prevent me from answering questions that others have put on hold

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What is our attitude towards “why-” questions?

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Why were my questions on the subjunctive, and that on the gerund, closed?

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Better font for rendering IPA (esp. diacritics)

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Would this be the place to ask about (speculative) onomastics?

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Let's get critical: Mar 2015 Site Self-Evaluation

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How would this questioner successfully ask about Google as a research tool?

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