linguist
Let an agent explain what linguists do and their specialisms, relay training, methods and careers from academic sources, describe notable subfields, and distinguish the scientific linguist from the polyglot, the philologist and the language teacher.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain what linguists do and their specialisms, relay training, methods and careers from academic sources, describe notable subfields, and distinguish the scientific linguist from the polyglot, the philologist and the language teacher.
A scholar who studies language scientifically, investigating its structure, history, use and acquisition in specialisms such as phonetics and sociophonetics, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics including Indo-European studies, sociolinguistics, semiotics and interlinguistics, and applied fields such as language documentation and computational linguistics; the term is also used more loosely for a person fluent in several languages, and coiners of new words are sometimes called neologisers.
What it is for: Studying language scientifically.
It can be explain the profession and specialisms; relay training and methods; describe subfields; distinguish related roles.
Distinguishing features
Scientific study of language
Many subfields
Academic and applied work
Distinct from polyglot
What it looks like
Not a visible object; a scholar.
Physical character
major association: Linguistic Society of America name - founded 1924
typical qualification: doctorate note - for academic posts
How it is recognised
Scientist of language
Sociolinguists, sociophoneticians, semioticians, Indo-Europeanists, interlinguists, neologisers
A polyglot speaks many languages; a philologist studies texts; a language teacher instructs
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is a kind of - in registry terms, historically
practises - as a discipline
is contrasted with - who speaks many languages
In practice
Families and kinds
theoretical linguists in phonology, syntax and semantics
phoneticians and sociophoneticians
sociolinguists and anthropological linguists
historical linguists and Indo-Europeanists
semioticians and interlinguists
applied, computational and forensic linguists
neologisers as word coiners in a looser sense
Identifiers
ISCO-08 2643 translators, interpreters and other linguists
Standards and regulation
Academic qualification frameworks
Research ethics for fieldwork with language communities
No licensing
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing linguists with polyglots
Extractive fieldwork without community consent
Overstating contested theories
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.linguist-person
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a linguist is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a linguist, and how does the role differ from polyglot, philologist and language teacher? definition
- Is the question about the scientific profession or the loose sense of a multilingual person? boundary
Specialisms
Specialisms.
Specialisms
Specialisms.
- What do sociolinguists, sociophoneticians, semioticians, Indo-Europeanists and interlinguists study? definition
- Which entry fits the specific specialism? action
Work Work and methods.
Practice.
Methods
Methods.
Methods
Methods.
- What methods do linguists use, from fieldwork and corpora to experiments and computation? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Careers
Careers.
Careers
Careers.
- Where do linguists work, in academia, technology, education, forensics and policy? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Train Training.
Practice.
Education
Education.
Education
Education.
- How does one train as a linguist, and what degrees and skills are involved? provenance
- Which entry fits linguistics education? action
Ethics
Ethics.
Ethics
Ethics.
- What ethical principles guide fieldwork and language documentation? provenance
- Which entry fits language documentation? action
Context History and figures.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the profession develop from philology to modern linguistics? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of linguistics? action
Figures
Notable linguists.
Figures
Figures.
- Who are notable linguists across subfields? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific linguist? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should sociolinguist and computational linguist be separate primary entries?
- How should academic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming subfields and a loose usage; should they be split off?