A linguist might study the origins of the languages of the world. From LearnThat.org.
After lying low for a while America's premier linguist is back. From Wordnik.com. [Donald Rumsfeld: "Pods are there"] Reference
A linguist is taken to a secret US military base, and quite astounded by what he hears. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Haunted Stars - Edmond Hamilton] Reference
Synopsis: A linguist is hired to interpret the language of aliens who orbit the Earth and make contact through an artifact. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang] Reference
I became an applied linguist, which is a fancy way of saying language teacher. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: Something in a Name] Reference
As a non-professional linguist aka amateur, may I ask you how one swears in Japanese?. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew is the last common ancestor of all languages - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
- I mean, that's what a "linguist" is, right?. From Wordnik.com. [The Nutty Professor] Reference
I take it the 'linguist' is you, rather than the 'it' which bears all the hallmarks etc?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Interesting that even the 'linguist' quoted here thinks that less linguistic diversity is 'better.'. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: THE CHINESE BABEL.] Reference
Someone being a "linguist" doesn't mean their work only involves compiling word lists and dictionaries. From Wordnik.com. [1/3 of Americans can't speak?] Reference
And you are still no kind of linguist, and you still can't write a basic English sentence with a subsidiary clause. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Someone assumed that since I am a "linguist", I'd know the meaning of "vestal"--they wanted to know why they're called "vestal virgins.". From Wordnik.com. [Teaching and translating] Reference
Although the term "linguist" in the sense of "a student of language" dates from 1641. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Although the term "linguist" in the sense of "a student of language" dates from 1641, the term "linguistics" is first attested in 1847. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
As a linguist, that is pretty funny stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Hebrew is the last common ancestor of all languages - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
Our linguist, Geogg Nunberg, wonders why it's come up now. From Wordnik.com. ['Socialist' Charge Draws On Old Fears] Reference
Coming up linguist Geoff Nunberg defends the passive voice. From Wordnik.com. [Booker T. Jones: Onions, Potatoes, Other Essentials] Reference
I am a linguist and a storyteller, a gambler and a sportswoman. From Wordnik.com. [THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LIFE WITH A CON ARTIST] Reference
- Well, that's because you're not a linguist!. From Wordnik.com. [The Nutty Professor] Reference
It doesn't take a linguist to see the differences in the nuns 'writing. From Wordnik.com. [The Weight Of Words] Reference
- I guess ... what do you mean by, "I'm a linguist"?. From Wordnik.com. [The Nutty Professor] Reference
DAVID BIANCULLI, host: Our linguist, Geoff Nunberg, is a country music fan. From Wordnik.com. [Puns In Country Music Songs Done Right] Reference
He is a linguist and lecturer at Columbia University who's written about race. From Wordnik.com. [Affirmative Action: How Far Have We Come?] Reference
John McWhorter is a linguist and a contributor to The Root and The New Republic. From Wordnik.com. [Op-Ed: DEA Call For Ebonics Experts Smart Move] Reference
This project is one in a series of reviews regarding linguist support in Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: ABC J'accuse MEP: There is no there there] Reference
Our linguist Geoff Nunberg agrees with that view, but doesn't see that as a bad thing. From Wordnik.com. [Analyzing The Text Of Obama's Inaugural Address] Reference
As our linguist Geoff Nunberg observes, it's also given rise to an outpouring of haiku. From Wordnik.com. [Haiku Takes To Twitter, 140 Characters At A Time] Reference
When it comes to language, says our linguist Geoff Nunberg, we all have our pet peeves. From Wordnik.com. ['Equation,' 'Gingerly' And Other Linguistic Pet Peeves] Reference
But our linguist, Geoff Nunberg, isn't sure how that's different from just being angry. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Of Populism Walks Again — Again] Reference
Coming up, our linguist Geoff Nunberg considers the use of the word sensitivity in public life. From Wordnik.com. [Journalist Lawrence Wright's 'Trip To Al-Qaeda'] Reference
As the linguist Mark Liberman put it in the LanguageLog blog, politics is not a vocabulary contest. From Wordnik.com. [Refudiate? Repudiate? Let's Call The Whole Thing Off] Reference
Our linguist, Geoff Nunberg, has been wondering, where exactly is Main Street, and who lives there?. From Wordnik.com. [Parsing The Politics Of 'Main Street'] Reference
Still, the word does have what the African-American linguist John McWhorter called a tangy backwards flavor. From Wordnik.com. [A Sensitive Subject: Harry Reid's Language On Race] Reference
Other days I joined a group of students who met with a linguist from the university to learn how language worked. From Wordnik.com. [Living Inside the Box] Reference
GROSS: Geoff Nunberg is a linguist who teaches at the School of Information at the University of California at Berkeley. From Wordnik.com. [Haiku Takes To Twitter, 140 Characters At A Time] Reference
But to our linguist Geoff Nunberg, these political slips and errors aren't half as interesting as the way people react to them. From Wordnik.com. [Refudiate? Repudiate? Let's Call The Whole Thing Off] Reference
Strauss is spending about four hours a day with a State Department linguist, whose California expenses are being paid for by Strauss. From Wordnik.com. [Spasibo, Y'all] Reference
This spring, activists in New York and Seattle invited Berkeley linguist George Lakoff to speak about how to reframe the abortion issue. From Wordnik.com. [ROE'S ARMY RELOADS] Reference
As a professional linguist and lifelong word lover, I always assumed I had a good handle on regional differences in the way people talk. From Wordnik.com. [How to Speak American] Reference
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