linguist
noun
lin·guist
ˈliŋ-gwist 
1
: a person accomplished in languages
especially
: one who speaks several languages
2
: a person who specializes in linguistics
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University of Washington linguist Emily Bender studies LLMs and has consistently warned that language models are simply unverified text synthesis machines.
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In How Language Began, author and linguist Daniel Everett makes the controversial claim that our ancestors had been chatting with each other well before our species evolved.
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His name was Lin Yutang, a noted linguist and writer from southern China.
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PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2025
University of Washington linguist Emily Bender studies LLMs and has consistently warned that language models are simply unverified text synthesis machines.
—Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
In How Language Began, author and linguist Daniel Everett makes the controversial claim that our ancestors had been chatting with each other well before our species evolved.
—Madeleine Beekman
august 11, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2025
His name was Lin Yutang, a noted linguist and writer from southern China.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 5 July 2025
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linguist
noun
lin·guist
ˈliŋ-gwəst
1
: a person skilled in languages
2
: a person who specializes in linguistics
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