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What is a linguist?
a linguist is someone who has achieved over 500 contributions on at least two different wikianswers sites.
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What is linguistics?
Linguistics is the scientific study oflanguages . The area of the study includes specific branches such as:socio-linguistics,Historicallinguistics,phonetics,stylistics,etym…ology,syntax,Cognitivelinguistics. Linguistics includes learning theories and not the mere exercise oflearning foreign languages. Linguistics studies the why and how of learning a language When a native speaker learns a foreign language it is learning thebasic grammar and sentence structures and vocabulary but the thescientific approach to the studies, e.g., the grammar, syntax, andso forth is a linguistics approach . This approach makes it mucheasier to understand as how to use a language in differentcontexts. For example, when translating a scientific paper one mustbe aware that scientists write in a very different way from spokenor written language and style as in fictions by a novelists. Linguists are people able to communicate through more thanone language. If the person can speak two languages, they are knownas Bilingual, however if they can speak more than two then it wouldbe multi-lingual. (MORE)
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Who is a linguist?
Most famous is possibly David Crystal. Others include Peter Trugill, Deborah Cameron, Candace West, Angela Goddard, Grice & Goffman. Many universities employ professional ling…uists to teach linguistics/languages. (MORE)
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What can you do as a linguist?
Probably, maximizing the skills and learnings in speaking many languages. A teacher perhaps, and most likely an interpreter.
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How does a psycho-linguist differ from a linguist?
'Linguist' is a very general term for a scientist who deals with language in general. A psycho-linguist does research within the field of psycho-linguistics (or is more knowle…dgeable in this area). The aim of psycho-linguistics is to find models, which adequately represent the cognitive operations of language processing. Generally speaking it asks, for example, whether the brain does different things when you decipher acoustic (language) input (hear an utterance) or visual (language) input (read a text). (MORE)
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What is scope of linguistics?
linguistics is a scientific study of language and covers a vast domain of human development in relation to human history,sociology,anthropology,philosophy,psychology and comm…unication and vocalization including cognitive neural sciences. (MORE)
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How do you get to be a linguist?
Linguistics is the study of languages. It does not require anability to speak, read, or understand another language, but is a"Higher Course". I know a number of linguists who …specialize indead languages. if you desire to become polyglot ( able to speak,read, and understand other languages), the US Military and theDepartment of State have career tracks for that. Here's the killer:They want either really high math aptitudes or really great musicalability. Math gives you pattern recognition, music gives you theear. If you really want ot learn a foreign language, find folks whospeak it, and read their comic books. No kidding. (In my family we speak English, Portugese, Italian, French,Castillian (that's a separate language nowadays), bad Romish, badPolish, Basque, Russian, German, and probably more I can'tremember) Being a Linguist is not the same as being Polyglot. (MORE)
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Why do you study linguistics what is scope of linguistics?
Linguistics is the study of languages and covers all aspects oflanguage, including phonetics (sounds humans make), phonology (theway sounds interact in a given language), sema…ntics (meanings),syntax (sentence structure), grammar, discourse, languageacquisition and the role languages play in society and culture. Motivation for studying linguistics varies depending on theemphasis, but like any other science, the goal is to understand itbetter and apply discoveries to making life better. For instance, studying an emphasis on language acquisition can giveinsight to better ways to teach or learn languages. A study ofphonetics can help a person better imitate various dialects. Andlooking into the role languages can play in society can makesomeone a better speaker, if he or she can practicestyle-switching. (MORE)
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What does a Linguist do?
A linguist is an expert in language. They specialize in the humanlanguage. Basically, they study MANY languages and they interpretand teach languages.
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What does an linguist do?
A linguist is a person who is skilled in several languages and is often employed as an instantaneous translator. Also a teacher in language form, language meaning and language… context (MORE)