Assertion: linguist | /r/CapableOf | speak many languages
Facets:
value: better
type: MANNER
value: to a new generation
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Many people think that a linguist is someone who speaks many languages and works as a language teacher or as an interpreter at the United Nations.
text: Language description is a work intensive endeavour usually requiring years of field work for the linguist to learn a language sufficiently well to write a reference grammar of it.
text: Language revitalization: Linguists work with indigenous communities to document endangered languages, create pedagogical materials, and teach the languages to a new generation.
text: Many people think that Linguist is the person who just knows many languages.
text: Do linguists know lots of languages?
text: By now you can see that while linguists may be better informed if they know multiple languages, the work of a linguist actually involves learning about Language, rather than learning different languages.
text: And although it is possible for a person to be both a linguist and a polyglot, it is just as possible that a linguist speaks only one language.
text: For this, they will hire not only translators, but linguists and anthropologists to better understand the language as it is used in by the culture they are adverting to.
text: But while many linguists do speak multiple languages—or at least know a fair bit about multiple languages—the study of linguistics means much more than this.
text: Linguists can learn up to ten languages, taught by native speakers.
text: But, while some linguists do speak more than one language, it is not a prerequisite for becoming a linguist.
text: I would say most linguists do know at least one other language, but that's because they have a fascination with languages in general and are curious to study how it works - not because they need it for their career.
text: One of the biggest misconceptions is that all linguists speak many languages.