linguist
a specialist in linguistics.
a person who is skilled in several languages; polyglot.
Origin of linguist
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How to use linguist in a sentence
She started to read the work of linguist and political thinker Noam Chomsky in her spare time.
One year after George Floyd’s death sparked a movement, many protesters’ lives are forever changed | Marissa Lang | May 28, 2021 | Washington Post“Semantic change” is what linguists call it when the meaning of a word changes over time.
A crispy cauliflower recipe with lemon-mustard dressing proves a cutlet is what you make of it | Daniela Galarza | May 13, 2021 | Washington PostI recently talked to a gesture linguist to learn how people use their hands in different cultures.
The woman who will decide what emoji we get to use | Tanya Basu | May 11, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThe team consulted linguists to define the parameters for a “male” and “female” voice and figure out where they overlap.
A feminist internet would be better for everyone | Emily Luong | April 1, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewThat is Steven Pinker, the Harvard psychologist and linguist.
“We Get All Our Great Stuff from Europe — Including Witch Hunting.” (Ep. 446) | Steven D. Levitt | January 7, 2021 | Freakonomics
Global linguist Solutions, LLC (GLS) and the U.S. Military thanks you for your service.
Obama Went to War to Save Them, But They Can’t Get U.S. Visas | Christine van den Toorn, Sherizaan Minwalla | September 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut as linguist Mark Liberman notes at Language Log, the president used the word “I” exactly 10 times in that speech.
Why the Right Thinks Obama’s a Narcissist—and Why They’re Wrong | John McWhorter | September 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor example, the creator/writer of Alice in Arabia is Brooke Eikmeier, a former US Army linguist in Arabic.
Hollywood’s Major Muslim Problem Doesn't End With 'Alice in Arabia' | Dean Obeidallah | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUtopia for Beginners Joshua Foer, The New Yorker An amateur linguist loses control of the language he invented.
The Week’s Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks December 22, 2012 | David Sessions | December 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTlinguist Geoffrey Nunberg gives the A-word the biography it so richly deserves.
‘Ascent of the A-Word:’ The Beauty of the Indispensable Vulgarity | Malcolm Jones | August 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPeter Elmsly, a partner of the celebrated Paul Valliant, and himself an importer of books and no mean critic and linguist, died.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBora on April 27, 1852, this prelate was a man of great culture and a distinguished linguist, who had travelled considerably.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanHis mother was a highly educated woman, and was careful to make her son an accomplished linguist.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyHe was a marvellously alert man, an unusually good linguist, and a cosmopolitan to his finger-tips.
The Doctor of Pimlico | William Le QueuxEdward Lhuyd died; a celebrated antiquary and linguist, and keeper of the Ashmolean museum.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
British Dictionary definitions for linguist
/ (ˈlɪŋɡwɪst) /
a person who has the capacity to learn and speak foreign languages
a person who studies linguistics
Western African and esp Ghanaian the spokesman for a chief
Origin of linguist
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