Languagist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Languagist is a noun meaning A linguist; one who is proficient in languages.
Meaning
A linguist; one who is proficient in languages.
More Meanings
- One who discriminates on the basis of language use.
Example Sentences
"Now you just get ahold of yourself, lady, and tell me what's going on. In English. I ain't no languagist, you hear?”
Identifying and curbing the activity of such ethnocentric languagist functionaries ought to rank high among Chicano political priorities .
"Oh dear, dear!" said Miss Crocky, admiringly, " he is such a languagist ; isn't he, Miss Norah? I tell him he's thrown away here. His place is at courts, I'm sure."
They can do with these all that the languagists claim to do, and more — save English for our children for, by the way they teach English the lifeblood has escaped, only the skeleton remains.
Word Forms
- languagists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include linguist, linguicist, languager, linguistician, languist, polylinguist.
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