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How many languages do linguists speak?

April 26, 2017Languages linguists speak

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How many languages do linguists speak?

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A. At least one their mother tongue. Linguists don’t learn languages (they do that also, but not as a profession); linguists mostly learn about languages. Mark Mandel quotes Lynne Murphy: “Asking a linguist (language scientist) how many languages he speaks is like asking a doctor how many diseases she has” (Dr. Lynne Murphy of the University of Sussex).