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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 of languages. The area of the study includes specific branches such as: socio-linguistics,Historical linguistics,phonetics,styl…istics,etymology,syntax,Cognitive linguistics. Linguistics includes learning theories and not the mere exercise of learning foreign languages. Linguistics studies the why and how of learning a language When a native speaker learns a foreign language it is learning the basic grammar and sentence structures and vocabulary but the the scientific approach to the studies, e.g., the grammar, syntax, and so forth is a linguistics approach . This approach makes it much easier to understand as how to use a language in different contexts. For example, when translating a scientific paper one must be aware that scientists write in a very different way from spoken or written language and style as in fictions by a novelists. Linguists are people able to communicate through more than one language. If the person can speak two languages, they are known as Bilingual, however if they can speak more than two then it would be 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 do Linguist do?
They specialize in the human language. Basically, they study MANY languages and they interpret and teach languages.
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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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How do you get to be a linguist?
Linguistics is the study of languages. It does not require an ability to speak, read, or understand another language, but is a "Higher Course". I know a number of linguist…s who specialize in dead languages. if you desire to become polyglot ( able to speak, read, and understand other languages), the US Military and the Department of State have career tracks for that. Here's the killer: They want either really high math aptitudes or really great musical ability. Math gives you pattern recognition, music gives you the ear. If you really want ot learn a foreign language, find folks who speak 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, bad Polish, Basque, Russian, German, and probably more I can't remember) 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 of language, including phonetics (sounds humans make), phonology (the way sounds interact in a given language)…, semantics (meanings), syntax (sentence structure), grammar, discourse, language acquisition and the role languages play in society and culture. Motivation for studying linguistics varies depending on the emphasis, but like any other science, the goal is to understand it better and apply discoveries to making life better. For instance, studying an emphasis on language acquisition can give insight to better ways to teach or learn languages. A study of phonetics can help a person better imitate various dialects. And looking into the role languages can play in society can make someone a better speaker, if he or she can practice style-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)