When we ask ChatGPT🤖 a question or use a translator on our smartphone, we don’t even think about who taught the machine to understand human language.🤔 The answer is simple — applied linguists!💻
Applied and computational linguistics is a field where linguistics meets algorithms⚙️, and philologists become architects of artificial intelligence.🧠
🧩 What will applied linguists actually be doing in 2026?
A modern specialist is a multi-instrumentalist🛠 who works on:
✅NLP (Natural Language Processing): developing systems that understand human speech🗣💻.
✅Sentiment Analysis: teaching AI to distinguish emotions, sarcasm, and tone in texts 😊🎭.
✅Digital Humanities: preserving cultural heritage through digital archives and text corpora🏛💾.
✅Machine translation: creating systems that translate not just words, but meanings🌍🔁.
💬”Applied linguistics is not about how to spell words correctly. It’s about giving those words digital power”💡✨.