research vs performance activities professional labels karl teeter remark linguist 51187 ambiguity bad think opportunities offered present introductory lecture linguistics answer question many languages speak also occupational hazard linguist often tend become polyglot willynilly ambiguity actually applies answer oh 92 eric hamp reputed reminded similar problem back 70 realized would happier linguistics pursuing graduate work musicology anyone unsure subject jump gun explain semantically morphologically musicology music linguistics language often social gatherings would asked would say musicolo gist next line would oh instrument play since never particularly good instrumentalist passable singer always struck somewhat embarrassing question would gamely swing brief explanation musicology research performance activity nowadays often get many languages speak line nt quite embarrassing actually fairly polyglot admit karl appreciate opportunity give brief explanation couple weeks ago deal barber intelligently refused jump conclusions instead straightout requested definition linguistics best steven dr steven schaufele 712 west washington urbana il 61801 217344 8240 fcosws prairienet org syntagmata linguarum liberemini humanarum nihil vestris privari nisi obicibus potestis