linguist
Linguists study languages scientifically. They master languages and can interpret them in terms of their grammatical, semantic, and phonetic characteristics. They research the evolution of language and the way it is used by societies.
Also called: linguistic research scientist, romanist, linguistic scientist, linguistic researcher, africanist, terminologist, phonetics specialist, philologist
- 37
- essential skills
- 33
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2643
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- literary scholarWhat changes?33 skills in common
- anthropologist31 skills in common
- educational researcher31 skills in common
- historian31 skills in common
- microbiologist31 skills in common
- palaeontologist31 skills in common
- political scientist31 skills in common
- toxicologist31 skills in common
Essential skills
37- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply scientific methods
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- grammar
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- linguistics
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mentor individuals
- operate open source software
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- phonetics
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- scientific research methodology
- semantics
- speak different languages
- spelling
- study acquisition of language
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
33- anthropology
- apply blended learning
- apply teaching strategies
- computer engineering
- computer science
- conduct field work
- conduct public surveys
- cooperate in linguistic process steps
- cultural history
- develop scientific theories
- develop technical glossaries
- develop terminology databases
- forensic linguistics
- history
- history of literature
- improve translated texts
- interview focus groups
- journalism
- literature
- manage ICT semantic integration
- philology
- postediting
- practical lexicography
- pronunciation techniques
- psycholinguistics
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- teach languages
- terminology
- theoretical lexicography
- translate language concepts
- use consulting techniques
- use word processing software
- write research proposals
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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