tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081854755492444172.post9020767069136502469..comments2024-03-09T09:33:00.697-08:00Comments on Imp of the Diverse: The Linguist Spoke EsperantoJohn Dumashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08908646219266836986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081854755492444172.post-33403357960660511732015-03-20T18:35:42.517-07:002015-03-20T18:35:42.517-07:00True, but Carr was a professor of linguistics at t...True, but Carr was a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkely, among other institutions.<br /><br />He was also, clearly, a polyglot. (I should note that in early-twentieth century usage the term "linguist" was often used to refer to polyglots who had not actually made a study of the phenomenon of language.)John Dumashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08908646219266836986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1081854755492444172.post-47712446126934564152015-03-20T18:31:26.673-07:002015-03-20T18:31:26.673-07:00There’s a difference between a polyglot (which cle...There’s a difference between a polyglot (which clearly Carr was) and a linguist (e.g. Noam Chomsky).Jonathan Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04725948138439172152noreply@blogger.com