Linguistics professor: “a kiln for language”

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  "input": {
    "prompt": " Photo-style portrait in a university office or lab: a linguistics professor (mid-career) stands beside a small ceramic kiln with the door cracked open, warm orange glow inside. On a table are labeled word tokens: “bull,” “santa,” “uranium,” “button sorter,” plus a notebook with “Semantic radiation” scribbled. The professor gestures as if warning; shelves behind show linguistics books and a few odd props (a tiny boar figurine, a samosa sketch) to reinforce the absurdity."
  }
}