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THE LINGUIST ON LANGUAGE
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What is a linguist?
What is a linguist? Why do I call my blog The Linguist on Language? Why did I call my book
The Way of the Linguist?
Every so often someone comments on my blog about that fact that I am not a linguist, since I have not studied linguistics.
So let me be clear. I have read a few books and articles about linguistics. I am not interested. I do not find the hair-splitting and categorization of the phenomena of language that takes place in linguistics to be interesting. It certainly does not help me learn languages.
So why do I call the blog The Linguist on Language? Because I use the term "linguist" in the sense of the first definition provided by the Oxford dictionary. I believe we are all potential linguists.
linguist
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009
lin·guist / ˈlinggwist/ • n. 1. a person skilled in foreign languages. 2. a person who studies linguistics.
FOREWORD
This is a book of blog posts that I have made over a period of five years. These are personal thoughts on the subject of language learning. At times I may be wrong and at times I may contradict myself.
I am not an expert in the traditional sense. I do not offer footnotes no r quote colleagues. I have not conducted research projects to support my views. These are just my views.I am a bit of simplifier. I believe that formal language education is stifling learning because it attempts to be too precise, too organized and too formal. I believe that this is counterproductive. In this book you wil find a cal to something different, something vaguer, more natural, more ambiguous, yet richer, more satisfying and more effective.
The ability to speak, read, and write your own language well is an invaluable asset in today's information age. It is a source of confidence, and is essential to effective communication, network building and persuasiveness. Language skil s are usual y the best indicator of professional success in a modern society.
The ability to speak one or more foreign languages is, perhaps, more important for the vast majority of people whose native language is not English, at least for now. English stil enjoys the position of being the most used international language. However, this may be changing.
Foreign language skil s are becoming more important, even for English speakers. The world is becoming smal er. People are traveling more. The internet is bringing language content to our finger-tips, in text, audio and video formats, in an avalanche of information. We are more interconnected than ever.
