Linguistics

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Linguistics is the scientific study of language. Someone who engages in this study is called a linguist. More specicic fields include xenolinguistics, which focuses on alien languages, and archaeolinguistics, which is the study of ancient or dead languages.

Richard Boswell graduated from Starfleet Academy with a major in linguistics and served as a linguist on the USS Franklin from 2353 to 2355. He later taught at Starfleet Academy for four years. (Star Trek: Remington)

Timothy Sinclair had a natural talent for linguistics, which was honed during his childhood training at Enclave J-12. He developed an intuitive, almost instinctual, ability to learn and understand most unfamiliar languages he encountered. From 2376 to 2378, he held a position as an archaeolinguist with the Daystrom Institute. Sinclair returned to that position briefly after his second retirement from Starfleet in 2385. (Star Trek: Pendragon)

Dakota Caldwell was altered by an alien artifact sometime prior to 2360, giving him an unnatural ability with languages. Naturally, he entered linguistics in Starfleet and has held the position of chief linguistics officer aboard the USS Galaxy and USS Cantabrian. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Catalyst, Part One", "Dakota", "Better the Devil You Know")

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