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linguist
Description
Code
2643.4
Description
Linguists study languages scientifically. They master languages and can interpret them in terms of their grammatical, semantic, and phonetic characteristics. They research the evolution of language and the way it is used by societies.
Alternative Labels
africanist
americanist
anglist
arabist
baltist
computational linguist
germanist
hellenist
indologist
japanologist
koreanist
latinist
linguist
linguistic researcher
linguistic research scientist
linguistic scholar
linguistic science researcher
linguistic scientist
linguists
philologist
phonetics specialist
romanist
scandinavist
semitist
sinologist
slavist
terminologist
tibetologist
Regulatory Aspect
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Essential Skills and Competences
Essential Knowledge
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Status
released