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Publication details [#65005]

Stollznow, Karen. 2018. “How many languages do you speak?” Perceptions and misconceptions about linguistics and linguists. Lingua 205 : 15–28.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

belief | linguistics | misunderstanding | myth | perception3

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This article conducts a study to distinguish popular beliefs on what linguistics is and what linguists do, to explore these beliefs, and to define the preponderance of these perceptions.