### person | scientist:

Linguist
* Many linguists believe the child's brain is preprogrammed for language learning
  - study a variety of languages, others study a single language intensively
  - technically differentiate between grammar and syntax, at least some of the time
* Most linguists deal with descriptive grammar
  - know that the number of human languages in use is rapidly decreasing
  - now regard language as compulsory in humans
  - organize the African languages into four major language families
* Some linguists also study the acoustical properties of sound, i.e. the physics of sound
  - work part time
* Some linguists say a dialect language without official status
  - that people can only perceive what their language can describe
* Some linguists use augmented transition networks to model natural grammars
  - the term genitives to include English possessors
* also study the geographical and social dialect variations of language.
* also work in law, in the computer industry, and in foreign language translation
  - occupations related to law, the computer industry, and foreign languages
* are interested in all aspects of language, and in all languages of the world
  - every aspect of language
  - learning how language works
  - several types of relationships between languages
* are often bilingual and find work as interpreters
  - multi-lingual and find careers in the business world as translators
* believe that it is easier for a child to learn a second language than it is for an adult.
* can work in many kinds of jobs depending on choice of concentration.
* compare languages, looking for universal rules.
* divide sounds up into several large categories
  - words into function and content words
* estimate that a language dies about every two weeks, and with it unique ways of life
  - the number of languages today at about six thousand
* explore the sounds, the words, the sentences, and the meanings of language.
* gather data and test out ideas to make conclusions about language.
* investigate both spoken and written language.
* look at languages to learn about their generalproperties and differences.
* love to be tolerant about the way languages grow.
* often differ when they talk about languages, dialects, and linguistic affiliations.
* say names have gender markers, even when they're invented.
* seek to explain how language is organized and produced.
* sometimes make mistakes in how they analyze things in a language.
* study all aspects of human communication
  - both the universal properties and the particular structures of language
  - how each particular language structures the expression of concepts
* study the development of grammar and word meaning
  - language itself
* study the nature and development of language and the relationship of language to culture
  - structure of human speech
  - role of language in society, and the effect of social structure on a language
  - science of language
  - structure of language
* try and create a grammar, or set of rules, for a language.
* use specialized symbols in order to transcribe language.
* usually refer to 'varieties of language'.
* work with communities in many different ways.
+ Languages of Africa, Organization
+ Rusyn language: Slavic languages
  * It is spoken by the Rusyns of Central Europe. In English, it is also called 'Ruthene' or 'Ruthenian'. Some linguists treat it as a distinct language. Some Ukrainian scholars think it is a dialect of Ukrainian.
+ Sign language, Writing sign languages: Disability :: Language-related lists
  * Linguists use it for research on sign languages. Most of these linguists are in Europe.

### person | scientist | linguist:

Grammarian
* are linguists
  - workers
* call pronouns that substitute for beings and objects, personal pronouns.
* make a distinction between telling an untruth and lying.

Psycholinguist
* consider language to have three major components.
* examine the cognitive aspects of language.