Re: OT: Help with the Role of a Linguist
| From: | Marcus Smith <smithma@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, June 30, 2002, 0:55 |
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The LSA has a page that "was written to explain the discipline to the
general public". It contains an overview of linguistics, as well as
discussions of individual subfields.
http://www.lsadc.org/web2/fldfr.htm
Marcus
On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, David Peterson wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can find a definition (preferably online) of
> what a linguist does? My mother's doing an institute at USC, and she needs a
> definition, and the US Department of Labor doesn't seem to consider
> linguistics an actual profession. Linguistic anthropologist, yes, linguist,
> no. Can you help?
>
> -Dave
>