linguist

Example Sentences

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The foreign ministry said the family of linguist and researcher Dennis Coyle had written to the supreme leader of Afghanistan, asking that he be released and pardoned for Eid.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Michael Hahn, a linguist based in Saarbrücken, set out to answer that question with Richard Futrell from the University of California, Irvine.

From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026

“There’s Communications Hill featuring a tower that’s part of the history of Silicon Valley,” the speech-recognition linguist said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Watkins was recommended to the “Predator: Badlands” team by Paul Frommer, the linguist who created the Na’vi language for the “Avatar” films.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Hence a linguist would immediately deduce correctly that the English language arose in coastal northwestern Europe and spread around the world from there.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond