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So you
know a
linguist… Jodie Martin
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You see there’s two types of linguists.
Type 1: Speaks many languages (also called a ‘polyglot’)
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Yeah, a lot of us get into linguistics because we learnt or speak another language.
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But we get asked that question all the time.
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So it might help if you understand there’s another type of linguist
Type 2: a language scientist
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We study words and word histories
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We study not so successful
communication
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Most linguists aren’t grammar nazis
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Who get REALLY excited over an aspirated p, or the history of a word, or using “Dude” as a
gender-neutral greeting.
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