English > linguist: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A specialist in linguistics. |
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| Synonym | linguistic scientist |
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| Instances | Bloomfield, Leonard Bloomfield | United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949) |
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| Chomsky, Noam Chomsky, A. Noam Chomsky | United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928) |
| Firth, J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth | English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960) |
| Grimm, Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm | The older of the two Grimm / Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories |
| Jakobson, Roman Jakobson, Roman Osipovich Jakobson | United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982) |
| Jespersen, Otto Jespersen, Jens Otto Harry Jespersen | Danish linguist (1860-1943) |
| Sapir, Edward Sapir | anthropologist and linguist |
| de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure | Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913) |
| Narrower | Hebraist | linguist specializing in the Hebrew language |
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| computational linguist | someone trained in computer science and linguistics who uses computers for natural language processing |
| grammarian, syntactician | A linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax |
| lexicographer, lexicologist | A compiler or writer of a dictionary |
| neurolinguist | someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception |
| phonetician | A specialist in phonetics |
| phonologist | A specialist in phonology |
| psycholinguist | A person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language |
| semanticist, semiotician | A specialist in the study of meaning / meaning |
| sociolinguist | A linguist who studies the social and cultural / cultural factors that influence linguistic communication |
| Broader | scientist | A person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences |
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| Spanish | científico lingüista, lingüista |
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| Catalan | lingüista |
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| Adjectives | linguistic | of or relating to the scientific study of language |
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| Nouns | linguistics | the scientific study of language |
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| linguistics | the humanistic study of language and literature |
English > linguist: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A person who speaks more than one language. |
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| Synonym | polyglot |
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| Instances | Greenberg, Joseph Greenberg | United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001) |
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| Harris, Zellig Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris | United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing in a social context (1909-1992) |
| Narrower | bilingual, bilingualist | A person who speaks two languages fluently |
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| translator, transcriber | A person who translates written messages from one language to another |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | poliglota, políglota, poligloto, polígloto |
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| Catalan | poliglota, políglota, poliglot |
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| Adjectives | linguistic | consisting of or related to language |
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