👉 Copyist, in the context of language acquisition and the study of languages, refers to a person who is responsible for creating or reproducing copies of written or spoken language. This can be done through various means such as transcription, translation, or other methods, which are used to preserve and transmit language knowledge across generations. The term comes from the Latin "copia", meaning copy in Latin, which refers to a copy of something, especially a book or document. In linguistics, a copyist