Assertion: linguist | /r/CapableOf | study language
Facets:
value: for their own sake
type: PURPOSE
value: before the 20th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: on a diachronic plane
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A linguist is someone who studies language.
text: Before the 20th century, linguists analysed language on a diachronic plane, which was historical in focus.
text: Some linguists spend their entire lives studying only one language.
text: Linguists study language, like why we use what words we do, where our words come from, how men and women use (or don't use) language differently, how language has changed over time, why some languages use a certain word order while other languages use another, why some languages don't have "north" or "south" but instead use "towards the mountains" or "downstream," whether animal communication is considered "language," things like that.
text: Many linguists are academics — studying languages for their own sake — but a lot of others work for government organizations, including the military, or for nonprofits documenting and revitalizing languages.