linguist

1. A specialist in linguistics (synset 110284134)
   is a type of: scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
   subtypes:

   • 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
   • hebraist - linguist specializing in the Hebrew language
   • lexicographer, lexicologist - a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language
   • 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
   • sociolinguist - a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication
   specific instances:

   • bloomfield, leonard bloomfield - United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949)
   • a. noam chomsky, chomsky, noam chomsky - United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
   • de saussure, ferdinand de saussure, saussure - Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)
   • 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 brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)
   • jakobson, roman jakobson, roman osipovich jakobson - United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)
   • jens otto harry jespersen, jespersen, otto jespersen - Danish linguist (1860-1943)
   • edward sapir, sapir - anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)
   same as: linguistic scientist
2. A person who speaks more than one language (synset 110283916)
   is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
   subtypes:

   • bilingual, bilingualist - a person who speaks two languages fluently
   • transcriber, translator - a person who translates written messages from one language to another
   specific instances:

   • greenberg, joseph greenberg - United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001)
   • 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)
   same as: polyglot

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