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Recent Examples of linguist
In this piece for The Dial, Julia Webster Ayuso reports on the field of forensic linguistics, in which linguists look for patterns in language—syntax, punctuation, spelling, word choice—to find clues in criminal investigations.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2024
Recently, five computational linguists put Chomsky’s claim to the test.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
As linguists and geneticists continue to untangle the origins of Indo-European languages, one thing is clear—the story of language is one of movement, change and cultural exchange, far from the rigid, nationalist narratives of the past.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Babbel lessons were designed by a team of over 100 expert linguists.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 22 Nov. 2024
Recently, five computational linguists put Chomsky’s claim to the test.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
As linguists and geneticists continue to untangle the origins of Indo-European languages, one thing is clear—the story of language is one of movement, change and cultural exchange, far from the rigid, nationalist narratives of the past.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2025
Babbel lessons were designed by a team of over 100 expert linguists.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for linguist
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Perhaps most directly influenced by the novelist was Fielding, whose novel Bridget Jones’s Diary is a retelling of Austen’s seminal 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Her social calendar included lunches with the novelist Ray Bradbury and the screenwriter Ivan Moffat, and Dodgers games with the agent Irving Lazar.—
Nathan Taylor Pemberton,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Planes, rockets, and the spaces in between (2018) – at the time, the largest painting executed by Amy Sherald – was some three years in the making after the master painter and storyteller of the contemporary African American experience in the United States stretched the massive canvas.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Still, memory is the theme of several poetic passages of dialogue between Ren and her lover, and, as a professional storyteller, her personal experiences inevitably shape her work.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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For more than three decades, Iyer, an essayist and a novelist, has spent several weeks a year at a silent retreat in a monastery in Big Sur, California.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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James, written by author and professor Percival Everett and narrated by Dominic Hoffman took home the award for Best Literary Fiction & Classics, while There's Always This Year written and narrated by poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib took home Best Non-Fiction.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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The Irishman — long and boring, based on the self-serving memoirs of a fabulist and a creep — was supposed to be the film of the year.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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With his distinct style, business sense and comedy that’s been steadily consumed by the masses for over a quarter of a century, the comic has developed a fabulist folklore around his rise to fame akin to his favorite things outside of stand-up — videogames and professional wrestling.—
Nate Jackson,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/linguist. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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