linguist

Definition

One who studies linguistics.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin lingua English -ist English linguist Borrowed from Latin lingua (“language”) + -ist.

Example Sentences

• "President Donald Trump has "turned words into weapons" -- and journalists are providing additional ammunition. That's according to Trump critic George Lakoff, a renowned linguist and professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley."
• "The internet serves as an accelerant to fanilects. Because song lyrics are readily available online, they have a characteristic linguists call "persistence," meaning anyone can refer to them and reuse them."
• "The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance."

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