Linguist

saintkeppy:
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OK...Just wanna cos some Professors like gcof don dey quote me with Oshiomole pishure

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saintkeppy:
Studied English: English Language Graduate

Studies English: English Language Student


Ok, wait a minute!

English Language Trainee

or English Language Apprentice

Taku555:
it is called a graduate of language not language graduate

It is a student of language not language student.

Take note...

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It Still the same thing depending on the Context, &u forgot to prefix 'English' to the Language you post to specify the type of language.

Jimmy231:
ayele Oooo ibosioooo

Yeah mehn.
That's how we roll.

biafraisdead:
a person who studied English is called 'England'

Crazy modafucker

An English Major is someone who studies english language. I stand to be corrected.

dabaniru:


Hi Blaze, Just wondering what informed your position that a linguist would have to master foreign languages. First, one who is well grounded in multiple languages is a "polyglot" and not necessarily a linguist.

Next, if you read through "your" links, you would learn that linguistics is an important field in English Studies. So again, it beats me why you insist that studying the language does not make you a linguist simply because it is your spoken language - weird logic I must say.

Now, if your position was that studying a course does not automatically bestow you the right to d title ( e.g. not all mathematics students should be called mathematicians), then I might agree with you - since the mere decision to study a course does not make one a master of that course.

So OP, for d sake of clarity, anyone who studies a language and 'masters' the structure, history, grammar, dialects, etc.of that language, can be called a Linguist. To put this in context, your friend studying English Language is studying to be a linguist.

Cheers!

Hello Dabaniru, i was responding to the OP and a particular line from the person I quoted; which I put in bold.

As you rightly point out studying a subject does not mean you can be termed a professional in it. I read Economics in school and had a healthy dose of Accountancy and Law completed as my main modules. I am not an Accountant or Lawyer based on that. Even calling myself an Economist would be stretching it as I read Business Econmics and most people who refer to themselves as Economists are masters in the macro level (thats if you believe Economics can be mastered; thats another subject)l.

However I can see where, I may have caused confusion and I have edited my post to add "OR" which was what I meant and you can see that was the reply I gave immediately to the guy who asked about studying French in a French speaking country.

So I disagree with you that studying English or mastering it in an English Speaking country will allow you to be termed a Linguist unless your field of expertise is Linguistics . Another way to look at it, not all doctors are called Paedetricians though most doctors can treat children.

Again, my responses were only at the OP and the guy I quoted who I feel jumbled it all up.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/linguist

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/linguist

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/linguist

Pedekunle:


You captured my mind.

A linguist must combine, at least, knowledge of a foreign language with the primary language of study. Thus, there is the large tendencies of COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS in the work that qualifies you to be called a linguist.

The study of one pure language such as English doen't make you a linguist even though that is what most students are made to believe

What people are not getting is that in English the term has an ordinary or everyday meaning and a professional one.

Everyday meaning: speaks varied languages (especially foreign in nature)

Professional meaning: a professional in Lingusitics

It seems our English Students, just like most Nigerians, are fascinated with nomenclature and badges.

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GrammarNazi1:

What tone, dear? Tones are named. So, what tone?

[/s] What tone dear? Tones are named, so what tone?

sirBLUNT:
missjoy29 what are you called?

Lol....that's why I keep telling people that English Language is hard. Look at a simple question here that we can't even find the answer.

Well, I studied English Language Education. Mine is different from what the op is concerned about.

What's up hun? Anything for me that side? Let me check.

MissJoy29:

Lol....that's why I keep telling people that English Language is hard. Look at a simple question here that we can't even find the answer.

Well, I studied English Language Education. Mine is different from what the op is concerned about.

What's up hun? Anything for me that side? Let me check.

A linguist i will say,if its morethan one languages then its a polyglots

yea and the story continues....

sirBLUNT:
A linguist i will say,if its morethan one languages then its a polyglots

yea and the story continues....

Yeah....

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Its simple,a person who studied English language is called an "Englishiologist"

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asuustrike2009:
A linguistic is the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of grammar, syntax, and phonetics. We have various type of linguistics. They include linguistic in English, linguistic in French , linguistic in Yoruba, Linguistic in Efik and among others. A person who studies a language is called a linguist. Hence if I study French or English I am a linguist

Therefore they are called English Linguist

[quote author=biafraisdead post=68371316]a person who studied English is called 'England'[/quote you might be right

biafraisdead:
a person who studied English is called 'England'

you might be right

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