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linguist
This term encompasses two distinct professional identities. In an academic or scientific setting, it refers to a specialist in linguistics who analyzes the internal mechanics of language, such as syntax, phonology, and morphology, regardless of how many languages they actually speak.
In a more general or colloquial sense, the word is often used to describe a polyglot. In this context, the emphasis shifts from the scientific study of language to the practical ability to communicate in multiple tongues. While a scientist of language is always a linguist, a person who speaks five languages is not necessarily a trained linguist.
Meanings
A person who studies the scientific structure and development of language.
Examples
The university hired a renowned linguist to lead the research on endangered languages.
The university hired a renowned linguist to lead the research on endangered languages.
I wish I were a linguist so I could understand how these grammar rules actually work.
She is a gifted linguist who speaks six languages fluently.
The intelligence agency needs a linguist who specializes in rare Middle Eastern dialects.
As a linguist, he noticed a strange pattern in the way the villagers spoke.
You are quite the linguist for picking up the local slang so quickly.
The linguists debated whether the sound change was caused by social factors or internal logic.
He spent years as a field linguist documenting oral traditions in the Amazon.