At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so he knows some of my subject.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm a linguist. I study how people talk to each other and how the ways we talk affect our relationships.
Linguistics is very much a science. It's a human science, one of the human sciences. And it's one of the more interesting human sciences.
My interest in the linguistic differences between women and men grew from research I conducted early in my career on conversations between speakers of different ethnic and regional backgrounds.
I joined a organisation called Wycliffe Bible Translators that had the objective of translating the Bible into all the languages of the world, and to do that you had to study linguistics, and so that was my initial exposure to linguistics.
I have my own vocabulary. I love linguistics. That surprises people.
What provides you with subject matter is your own language - and that's all.
It is only since linguistics has become more aware of its object of study, i.e. perceives the whole extent of it, that it is evident that this science can make a contribution to a range of studies that will be of interest to almost anyone.
I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.
My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way.
I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.