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Meanings of linguist in English
Language scholar specialized in linguistics.
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Examples for "linguistic scholar"
Examples for "linguistic scholar"
1
For this would be a task of extreme difficulty and complexity which only an accomplished linguistic scholar could profitably undertake.
1
He was a devout -even puritanical -Catholic, a published playwright, an Irish language scholar and a teacher.
2
Congreve, prior to joining the Metropolitan Police, had been a formidable language scholar at Cambridge and never tired of reminding Hawke of it.
3
I asked him to use his best efforts to locate a Chinese- language scholar, which I assumed would be no easy matter under the circumstances.
4
She belonged to the dead- language scholars, not to crude red-blooded creatures like himself.
5
This is a very important project, one that should be welcomed not only by Latin scholars, but by historians, and Irish- language scholars as well.
Usage of linguist in English
1
Former diplomat, foreign minister, prodigious linguist, including Russian learned on military service.
2
He had just been reading the work of the linguist Noam Chomsky.
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The linguist felt as if he were choking on his own words.
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So when a suitable linguist popped up, he was put to work.
5
Stanford linguist Arnold Zwicky says a few things are going on here.
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Julia is the linguist, and can jabber French and German like natives.
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He was a fair linguist, this ancient survivor of the Liberating armies.
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The linguist must not merely master grammar, but he must manage gutturals.
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He was an accomplished linguist, familiar with several languages, ancient and modern.
10
His tongue is very voluble, which, with canting, proves him a linguist.
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Unless I have a secret linguist among my fine young men?
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She also covered court cases and was a teacher, writer, linguist and musician.
13
Burghart, the linguist at the Fort Worth looking glass, spoke up.
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Burghart, the linguist at the Ft. Worth looking glass, spoke up.
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He explains: I am not a linguist which I think was an advantage.
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Miss Calhoun, tourist extraordinary, again consulted the linguist in the saddle.
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Translations for linguist
Russian
Catalan
Linguist through the time
Linguist across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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