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A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies natural language (an academic discipline known as linguistics). Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows more than 2 languages), or a grammarian (a scholar of grammar), but these two uses of the word are distinct (and one does not have to be a polyglot in order to be an academic linguist).^[1] The following is a list of linguists in the academic sense.

A

• Abel, Carl, Germany, comparative lexicography
• Abdul Haq, Maulvi (India, 1870–1961), Urdu language
• Abramson, Arthur S. (United States), phonetics
• Adams, Douglas Q. (United States), English language, comparative linguistics, Tocharian languages
• Adler, George J. (Germany/United States, 1821–1868), lexicography, German language, English language
• Aikhenvald, Alexandra Yurievna (Russia, 1957–), syntax, typology, Amazonian languages, Papuan languages, Hebrew language, Russian language
• Aitken, Adam Jack (UK, 1921–1998), lexicography
• Ajduković, Jovan (Serbia, 1968–), Slavic languages, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, Russian language, Serbian language
• Albright, William Foxwell (United States, 1891–1971), Semitic languages
• Allan, Keith (Australia), semantics
• Alleyne, Mervyn Coleridge (Trinidad & Tobago/Jamaica, 1933–), creole languages
• Amerias (Greece), Ancient Macedonian language, lexicography
• Anderson, Gregory D.S. (United States), Munda languages
• Aoun, Joseph (Lebanon/United States), oriental languages, syntax
• Arisaka Hideyo (Japan, 1908–1952), Japanese language
• Aristar, Anthony (South Africa/United States, 1948–), linguistic infrastructure
• Aronoff, Mark (Canada, 1949–), morphology
• Ascoli, Graziadio Isaia (Italy, 1829–1907), Substrata, ladin language
• Austin, John Langshaw (UK, 1911–1960), philosophy of language, speech act
• Azad, Humayun (Bangladesh, 1947–2004), Bengali language

B

• Bach, Emmon (United States, 1929–), syntax, phonology, Haisla language
• Badshah Munir Bukhari (Pakistan, 1978–) applied linguistics, languages of Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan
• Baker, Mark (United States), Mohawk language, generative grammar
• Bally, Charles (Switzerland, 1865–1947), French language, phraseology
• Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen (United States, 1954–) second language acquisition, tense and aspect, pragmatics
• Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua (Israel, 1915–1975), machine translation, categorial grammar
• Barker, (Philip) Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman (United States, 1930–), Urdu language, Indian languages
• Barlow, Robert Hayward (United States, 1918–1951), Nahuatl language
• Barnhart, David K. (United States, 1941–), lexicography, English language
• Barnhart, Robert (United States, 1933–2007), lexicography, English language
• Barsky, Robert (United States), discourse analysis
• Bartlett, John Russell (United States, 1805–1886),
• Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan Niecisław (Poland, 1845–1929), phonology, Polish language
• Beckman, Mary E. (United States), phonetics, phonology
• Beckwith, Christopher (United States, 1945–), Asian languages, Tibetan language
• Bello, Andrés (Venezuela), Spanish language, Philology
• Bellugi, Ursula (United States), sign language, neurolinguistics
• Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer (Israel), Lexicography, Revival of the Hebrew language
• Bender, M. Lionel (United States), African languages
• Benedict, Paul K. (United States), Sino-Tibetan languages, Tai–Kadai languages, historical linguistics
• Berlitz, Charles Frambach (United States, 1914–2003), language acquisition
• Berlitz, Maximilian Delphinius (United States, 1852–1921), language acquisition
• Bhartrihari (India, 450–510), Sanskrit
• Bickel, Balthasar (Switzerland, 1965–), language typology, Kiranti languages
• Bickerton, Derek (United States, 1926–), creole languages, origin of language
• Bleek, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel (Germany, 1827–1875), languages of Africa
• Bloch, Bernard (United States, 1907–1965), Japanese language
• Bloch, Jules (France, 1880–1953), languages of India
• Bloomfield, Leonard (United States, 1887–1949), structural linguistics
• Blust, Robert (United States), Austronesian languages
• Boas, Franz (United States, 1858–1942), indigenous languages of the Americas
• Boersma, Paul (Netherlands, 1959–), phonetics
• Bolinger, Dwight Le Merton (United States, 1907–1992), semantics, Spanish language
• Bomhard, Allan R. (United States, 1943–), Nostratic languages, historical linguistics
• Bopp, Franz (Germany, 1791–1867), Indo-European languages, comparative linguistics
• Boyd, Julian Charles (United States, 1931–2005), English language
• Bowerman, Melissa psycholinguistics, Language acquisition
• Bresnan, Joan (United States, 1945–), syntax
• Bright, William (United States, 1928–2006), Native American languages, South Asian languages
• Brody, Michael (Hungary, 1954–), syntax
• Browman, Catherine (phonetics, phonology)
• Brugmann, Karl (Germany, 1849–1919), Indo-European languages, Sanskrit, comparative linguistics
• Bucholtz, Mary (United States), sociolinguistics
• Burgess, Anthony (UK, 1917–1993), English, phonetics
• Burling, Robbins (United States, 1926–), languages of India
• Burridge, Kate (Australia), Germanic languages
• Butzkamm, Wolfgang (Germany, 1938–), applied linguistics, English language

C

• Campbell, Lyle (United States), Native American languages
• Canger, Una (Denmark, 1938–), Mesoamerican languages
• Capell, Arthur (Australia, 1902–1986), Australian languages, Austronesian languages, Papuan languages
• Cardona, George (United States, Indo-European studies
• Carnap, Rudolf (Germany, 1891–1970), syntax, constructed languages
• Carnie, Andrew (Canada, 1969–), syntax
• Caro, Miguel A. (Colombia, 1843–1909), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish
• Carpenter, William Henry (United States, 1853–1936), Icelandic language
• Chadwick, John (UK, 1920–1998), Linear B
• Chafe, Wallace (United States, 1927–), cognitive linguistics, semantics
• Chao Yuen Ren (PR China, 1892–1982), Chinese language
• Chakrabarti, Byomkes (India, 1923–1981), Santali language, Bengali language, comparative linguistics
• Champollion, Jean-François (France, 1790–1832), Egyptian hieroglyphs
• Chambers, Jack (Canada, 1938–), sociolinguistics
• Charity Hudley, Anne Harper (United States), sociolinguistics
• Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (India, 1890–1977), Bengali language
• Choijinzhab (PR China, 1931–), Mongolian language
• Chomsky, Noam (United States, 1928–), syntax, universal grammar
• Choueiri, Lina (Lebanon), syntax, Lebanese Arabic
• Chyet, Michael L. (United States, 1957–), Kurdish language
• Clyne, Michael George (Australia), Germanic languages
• Cohen, Paul S. (United States), 1942–), phonology, etymology
• Collitz, Hermann (Germany/United States, 1855–1935), historical linguistics
• Comrie, Bernard (UK, 1947–), typology
• Cook, Guy (UK, 1951–), applied linguistics
• Coşeriu, Eugen (Romania/Germany, 1921–2002), Romance languages
• Cowgill, Warren (United States, 1929–1985), Indo-European studies
• Cowper, Elizabeth (Canada), syntax
• Creissels, Denis (France), syntax, phonology, Niger-Congo languages, Nakh-Daghestanian languages
• Croft, William (United States, 1956–), syntax, cognitive linguistics
• Crystal, David (UK, 1941–), English language, language death, applied linguistics
• Cuervo, Rufino Jose (Colombia, 1844–1911), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish
• Culicover, Peter W. (United States), syntax, language change
• Culioli, Antoine (France, 1924–), general linguistics
• Curme, George Oliver, Sr. (United States, 1860–1948), German language, English language

D

• Dal, Vladimir (Russia, 1801–1872), lexicography, Russian language
• Dani, Ahmad Hasan (Pakistan, 1920–2009), South Asian languages
• Daniels, Peter T. (United States), writing systems
• Deacon, Terrence (United States), language change, origin of language, cognitive linguistics
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (Iran, 1879–1959), lexicography, Persian language
• Delbrück, Berthold (Germany, 1842–1922), Indo-European languages, syntax, comparative linguistics
• DeLozier, Judith (United States), neuro-linguistic programming
• Dempwolff, Otto (Germany, 1871–1938), Austronesian languages
• Diderichsen, Paul (Denmark, 1905–1964) Danish
• Diffloth, Gérard (United States), Mon–Khmer languages
• van Dijk, Teun Adrianus (Netherlands, 1943–), pragmatics, discourse analysis, text linguistics
• Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward (Australia, 1939–), syntax, typology, Australian languages, Amazonian languages
• Dobrovský, Josef (Czech Republic, 1753–1829), Slavic languages, Czech language, lexicography
• Doke, Clement Martyn (South Africa, 1893–1980), Bantu languages, Lamba language
• Dolgopolsky, Aharon (Russia/Israel, 1930–), Nostratic languages
• Dorian, Nancy (United States), language death, Scottish Gaelic
• Dougherty, Ray C. (United States), transformational grammar, computational linguistics
• Dowty, David (United States), semantics, syntax
• Dozier, Edward P. (United States, 1916–1971), Native American languages, languages of the Philippines
• Dressler, Wolfgang U. (Austria, 1939–), phonology, morphology, text linguistics
• van Driem, George (Netherlands), Tibeto-Burman languages, symbiosism, Dzongkha language
• Duden, Konrad (Germany, 1829–1911), lexicography, German language
• Dunn, John Asher (United States), Tsimshian language

E

• Edmondson, Jerold A. (United States), Tai–Kadai languages, languages of Southeast Asia
• Edwards, Jonathan, Jr. (United States, 1745–1801), North American languages, historical linguistics, Mohegan language
• Ehret, Christopher (United States), languages of Africa, historical linguistics
• Elgin, Suzette Haden (United States, 1936–), constructed languages, transformational grammar
• Ellis, Rod (UK), second language acquisition
• Elman, Jeffrey L. (United States), language processing, neurolinguistics
• Emeneau, Murray Barnson (United States, 1904–2005), Dravidian languages, linguist areas
• Esenç, Tevfik (Turkey 1904–1992), Ubykh language
• Evans, Nicholas (Australia, 1956–) Indigenous Australian languages, Papuan languages, typology
• Even-Shoshan, Avraham (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984), Hebrew language, lexicography
• Everett, Daniel Leonard (United States, 1951–), languages of Brazil, Pirahã language
• Everson, Michael (United States/Ireland, 1963–), writing systems, historical linguistics

F

• Fillmore, Charles J. (USA, 1929–), syntax, lexical semantics, cognitive linguistics, lexicography
• Firth, John Rupert (UK, 1890–1960), phonetics, phonology, prosody
• Fischer-Jørgensen, Eli (Denmark 1911–), phonetics, phonology, Danish language
• Fishman, Joshua (United States, 1926–), Sociology of language
• Fiske, Willard (United States, 1831–1904), Northern European languages, Icelandic language
• Fodor, Janet Dean (United States), psycholinguistics, semantics, syntax
• Fodor, Jerry Alan (United States, 1935–), psycholinguistics, language of thought
• Foley, William (Australia), Papuan languages, Austronesian languages
• Ford, Jeremiah Denis Mathias (United States, 1873–1958), Spanish language
• Fowler, Carol A. (United States), phonetics, phonology
• François, Alexandre (France), Austronesian languages, historical linguistics, language contact
• Freiman, Aleksandr Arnoldovich (Poland/Russia, 1879–1968), Iranian languages
• French, David Heath (United States, 1918–1994), Native American languages
• Friedrich, Johannes (Germany, 1893–1972), Hittite language
• Fromkin, Victoria (United States, 1923–2000), theoretical linguistics, constructed languages
• Fujitani Nariakira (Japan, 1738–1779), Japanese language

G

• Galloway, Brent D. (United States, 1944–), Amerindian languages, Halkomelem language
• Gamkrelidze, Thomas V. (Georgia, 1929–), Indo-European studies, Georgian language
• Gans, Eric (United States, 1941–), origin of language
• Garnier, Romain (France), Indo-European linguistics
• Gazdar, Gerald (UK, 1950–), computational linguistics, syntax, semantics
• Gebauer, Jan (Czech Republic, 1838–1907), Czech language
• Geeraerts, Dirk (Belgium, 1955–), semantics, lexicography
• Givón, Talmy (Israel/United States, 1936–), syntax, semantics, pragmatics, typology, functionalism
• Giegerich, Heinz (Germany/UK), English language, phonology
• Gleason, Jean Berko (United States), psycholinguistics, language acquisition
• Goatly, Andrew (UK), English language, Chinese language
• Goddard, Cliff (Australia), semantics, pragmatics
• Goddard, R.H. Ives, III (United States), Algonquian languages, historical linguistics
• Gode, Alexander (Germany/United States, 1906–1970), constructed languages, Germanic languages
• Goldberg, Adele (United States, 1963–), syntax, psycholinguistics
• Goldsmith, John Anton (United States, 1951–), phonology, computational linguistics
• Goldstein, Louis M. (United States), phonetics, phonology
• Gong Hwang cherng (Republic of China, 1934–2010), Sino-Tibetan languages, Old Chinese, Tangut language
• Gordon, Cyrus Herzl (United States, 1908–2001), ancient languages, cuneiform script
• Gray, Louis Herbert (United States, 1875–1955), Indo-Iranian languages, phonology
• Greenberg, Joseph Harold (United States, 1915–2001), typology, language universals, languages of Africa
• Grice, (Herbert) Paul (UK/United States, 1913–1988), pragmatics
• Grierson, George Abraham (Ireland, 1851–1941), languages of India
• Gries, Stefan Th. (Germany/United States, 1970–), corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, cognitive linguistics, construction grammar
• Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Carl (Germany, 1785–1863), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, German language
• Grinder, John Thomas (United States, 1940–), neurolinguistics
• Grube, Wilhelm (Germany, 1855–1908), Tungusic languages, Nivkh language, Jurchen language
• Gumperz, John Joseph (United States, 1922–), sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, linguistic anthropology
• Gutiérrez Eskildsen, Rosario María (Mexico, 1899–1979), Spanish language, dialectology
• Guy, Gregory (United States), sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, phonetics, phonology

H

• Haarmann, Harald (Germany, 1946–), evolutionary linguistics, language contact
• Haas, Mary Rosamund (United States, 1910–1996), Native American languages, Thai language, historical linguistics
• Hagberg, Carl August (Sweden, 1810–1864), Scandinavian languages
• Hajič, Jan (Czech Republic), computational linguistics
• Hajičová, Eva (Czech Republic), (1935–), corpus linguistics
• Hale, Kenneth Locke (United States, 1934–2001), syntax, phonology
• Hall, Kira (United States), sociocultural linguistics
• Hall, Richard Michael Ryan (United States, 1927–1996), historical linguistics, Indo-European studies, Nilotic languages
• Hall, Robert A., Jr. (United States, 1911–1997), Romance languages, Pidgins and Creoles
• Halle, Morris (Latvia/United States, 1923–), phonology, morphology
• Halliday, Michael Alexander Kirkwood (UK/Australia, 1925–), systemic functional grammar, ecolinguistics, applied linguistics
• Hammond, Michael (United States, 1957–), phonology, computational linguistics, syntax
• Hamp, Eric P. (United States, 1920–), Indo-European languages, Native American languages
• Harder, Peter (Denmark, 1950–), English language, functional linguistics
• Harkavy, Alexander (Belarus/United States, 1863–1939), Yiddish language, lexicography
• Harley, Heidi B. (United States, 1969–), distributed morphology, syntax
• Harrington, John Peabody (United States, 1884–1961), Native American languages, phonetics
• Harris, Roy (UK, 1931–), semiology, integrational linguistics
• Harris, Zellig Sabbetai (Ukraine/United States, 1909–1992), structural linguistics, discourse analysis, Semitic languages
• Harrison, David K. (United States, 1966–), phonology, endangered languages, language extinction
• Hartmann, Reinhard Rudolf Karl (Austria/UK, 1938–) lexicography, contrastive linguistics
• Hasan, Ruqaiya (India/Australia, 1931–), systemic functional grammar, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics
• Hashimoto Mantarō (Japan, 1932–1987), Japanese language
• Hashimoto Shinkichi (Japan, 1882–1945), Old Japanese language, Japanese language
• Haspelmath, Martin (Germany, 1963–), typology, language change, language contact, Lezgian language
• Haugen, Einar Ingvald (United States, 1906–1994), sociolinguistics, Old Norse
• Hawkins, Bruce Wayne (United States), cognitive linguistics
• Hawkins, John A. (UK), psycholinguistics, historical linguistics
• Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye (Canada/United States, 1906–1992), semantics
• Hayes, Bruce (United States), phonology
• Hays, David Glenn (United States, 1928–1995), computational linguistics, machine translation, dependency grammar, corpus linguistics, natural language processing, cognitive science
• Heath, Jeffrey (United States), historical linguistics, morphology, linguistic anthropology
• Heim, Irene Roswitha (Germany/United States), semantics
• Heine, Bernd (Germany, 1939–), languages of Africa, sociolinguistics, language contact
• Herbert, Robert Knox (United States, 1952–2007), phonology, languages of Africa, sociolinguistics
• Hetzron, Robert (Hungary/United States, 1937–1997), Afro-Asiatic languages
• Hewitt, John Napoleon Brinton (United States, 1859–1937), Iroquoian languages
• Hjelmslev, Louis (Denmark, 1899–1965), comparative linguistics, semantics
• Hobbs, Jerry R. (United States, 1942–), computational linguistics, discourse analysis, syntax, semantics
• Hock, Hans Henrich (Germany/United States), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, Sanskrit
• Michael Hoey (United Kingdom), lexical priming, textual interaction, corpus linguistics
• Hepburn, James Curtis (United States, 1815–1911), Japanese language, lexicography
• Hockett, Charles Francis (United States, 1916–2000), phonology, morphology
• Hoffmann, John-Baptist (Germany, 1857–1928), Mundari language
• Hoijer, Harry (United States, 1904–1976), Athabaskan languages, Tonkawa language
• Hopper, Paul (UK/United States), historical linguistics, emergent grammar
• Hornstein, Norbert (United States), syntax
• Hrozný, Bedřich (Czech Republic, 1879–1952), Hittite language, ancient languages
• von Humboldt, Wilhelm (Germany, 1787–1835), Basque language
• Huddleston, Rodney D. (UK/Australia), English language
• Hudson, Richard (UK, 1939–), syntax, word grammar
• Hupel, August Wilhelm (Germany/Estonia, 1737–1819), Estonian language, lexicography
• Hyman, Larry M. (United States, 1947–), phonology, languages of Africa
• Hymes, Dell Hathaway (United States, 1927–), sociolinguistics, Kathlamet language

I

• Illich-Svitych, Vladislav Markovich (Ukraine/Russia, 1934–1966), comparative linguistics, Nostratic languages
• Ivanov, Aleksei Ivanovich (Russia, 1878–1937), Chinese language, Tangut language
• Ivanov, Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich (Russia, 1929–), Indo-European studies
• Ivić, Pavle (Serbia, 1924–1999), South Slavic languages, phonology, Serbocroatian language

J

• Jackendoff, Ray (United States, 1945–), syntax, lexical semantics
• Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams (United States, 1862–1937), Indo-Iranian languages, Avestan language
• Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone (UK, 1909–1991), Brythonic languages, Gaelic languages
• Jacques, Guillaume (France), Old Chinese, Rgyalrongic languages, Tangut language
• Jagić, Vatroslav (Croatia, 1838–1923), Croatian language, Slavic languages
• Jakobson, Roman Osipovich (Russia/Czech Republic/United States, 1896–1982), structuralism, phonology
• Jarring, Gunnar (Sweden, 1907–2002), Turkic languages
• Jasanoff, Jay (USA, 1942–), Indo-European linguistics
• Jaszczolt, Katarzyna (UK), semantics, pragmatics, philosophy of language
• Jaunius, Kazimieras (Lithuania, 1848–1908), Lithuanian language, comparative linguistics
• Jendraschek, Gerd (Germany), Basque language, Turkish language, Iatmul language
• Jespersen, Otto (Denmark, 1860–1943), English language, phonetics, constructed languages
• Johnson, David E. (United States, 1946–), syntax
• Jones, Daniel (UK, 1881–1967), phonetics
• Jones, Sir William (UK, 1746–1794), Indo-European studies, Sanskrit, comparative linguistics
• Joshi, Aravind Krishana (India/United States, 1929–), computational linguistics
• Junast (PR China, 1934–), Mongolian language, Monguor language, Eastern Yugur language, Phags-pa script
• Jurafsky, Daniel (United States), computational linguistics

K

• Kaplan, Ronald M. (United States), computational linguistics
• Karadžić, Vuk Stefanović (Serbia, 1787–1864), Serbian language, lexicography
• Kari, James (United States), Native American languages
• Kasravi, Ahmad (Iran, 1890–1946), ancient languages, Iranian languages
• Katz, Jerrold J. (United States, 1932–2002), semantics, generative grammar
• Kaufman, Terrence (United States), historical linguistics, contact linguistics, Mesoamerican languages
• Kay, Martin (UK, United States), computational linguistics
• Kay, Paul (United States), construction grammar
• Kayne, Richard (United States), syntax, transformational grammar
• Kazama Kiyozō (Japan, 1928–), Japanese language
• Kazama Shinjirō (Japan, 1965–), Japanese language
• Keating, Patricia (United States), phonetics
• Keenan, Edward (United States), typology, semantics, Malagasy language
• Kellogg, Samuel H. (United States), Hindi language
• Kenyon, John Samuel (United States, 1874–1959), English language, lexicography, phonology
• Keyser, Samuel Jay (United States, 1935–), phonology, English language
• Kiesling, Scott Fabius (United States), sociolinguistics
• Kindaichi Haruhiko (Japan, 1913–2004), Japanese language
• Kindaichi Kyōsuke (Japan, 1882–1971), Ainu language
• Kinkade, M. Dale (United States, 1933–2004), Salishan languages
• Kiparsky, Paul (Finland/United States, 1941–), phonology, morphology
• Klima, Edward (United States, 1931–2008), sign language
• Knechtges, David R. (United States), East Asian languages, Chinese language
• Knorozov, Yuri Valentinovich (Russia, 1922–1999), Maya hieroglyphics, writing systems
• Kober, Alice (UK/United States, 1906–1950), Linear B
• Kornai András (Hungary/United States, 1957–), mathematical linguistics, phonology, morphology, Hungarian language, syntax
• Korsakov, Andrey Konstantinovich (Russia/Ukraine, 1916–2007), Germanic languages, English language, morphology, syntax
• Korzybski, Alfred Habdank Skarbek (Poland/United States, 1879–1950), general semantics
• Koster, Jan (Netherlands, 1945–), generative grammar
• Krahe, Hans (Germany, 1898–1965), Indo-European languages, Illyrian language
• Krashen, Stephen (United States, 1941–), second language acquisition
• Kratzer, Angelika (United States/Germany), semantics
• Krauss, Michael E. (United States, 1941–), Native American languages
• Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (India, 1929–), Dravidian languages
• Kroeber, Alfred Louis (United States, 1876–1960), Native American languages
• Kucera, Henry (Czech Republic/United States, 1925–), computational linguistics
• Kuno Susumu (Japan/United States, 1933–), Dravidian languages, Japanese language, syntax
• Kurath, Hans (Austria/United States, 1891–1992), English language, lexicography, dialectology
• Kuroda Shigeyuki (Japan, 1934–2009), Japanese language
• Kuryłowicz, Jerzy (Poland, 1895–1978), Indo-European languages, syntax, morphology
• Kychanov, Evgenij Ivanovich (Russia, 1932–), Tangut language

L

• Labov, William (United States, 1927–), sociolinguistics, phonology, English language
• Lado, Robert (United States, 1915–1995), applied linguistics, contrastive analysis
• Ladefoged, Peter Nielsen (UK/United States, 1925–2006), phonetics, endangered languages
• Laird, Charlton (United States, 1901–1984), lexicography, English language
• Lakoff, George P. (United States, 1941–), cognitive linguistics, transformational grammar, generative semantics, syntax
• Lakoff, Robin Tolmach (United States, 1942–), sociolinguistics
• Lamb, Sydney MacDonald (United States, 1929–), stratificational grammar, Native American languages, historical linguistics, computational linguistics
• Lambdin, Thomas Oden (United States), Semitic languages, Egyptian language
• Lane, Harlan (United States, 1936-), speech, Deaf culture, sign language
• Langacker, Ronald W. (United States, 1942–), cognitive linguistics
• Langdon, Margaret (United States, d. 2005), Native American languages
• LaPolla, Randy J. (United States), morpho-syntax, Chinese, Qiang, Rawang
• Lasersohn, Peter (United States), semantics
• Lasnik, Howard (United States, 1945–), syntax
• Lawler, John (United States), syntax, semantics, computational linguistics
• Laycock, Donald (Australia, —1988), languages of Papua New Guinea
• Leech, Geoffrey (UK) applied linguistics, English language
• Lees, Robert (United States, 1922–1996), machine translation
• Lehmann, Winfred P. (United States, 1916–2007), historical linguistics, Proto-Indo-European language
• Lepsius, Karl Richard (Germany, 1810–1884), Egyptian language, Nubian languages, phonology
• Leskien, August (Germany, 1840–1916), comparative linguistics, Baltic languages, Slavic languages
• Levinson, Stephen C. (UK/Netherlands), pragmatics
• Levstik, Fran (Slovenia, 1831–1881), Slovene language
• Li Fanwen (PR China, 1932–), Tangut language
• Li Fanggui (PR China/United States, 1902–1987), Mattole language, Tai languages, Old Chinese, Tibetan language
• Li, Paul Jen-kuei (Taiwan), Formosan languages, Austronesian languages, historical linguistics, lexicography
• Liberman, Alvin Meyer (United States, 1917–2000), speech perception, phonology
• Liberman, Anatoly (Russia/United States), etymology, Germanic languages
• Liberman, Mark (United States), phonetics, prosody
• Lieber, Rochelle (United States, 1954–), morphology, syntax, lexical semantics
• Lieberman, Philip (United States, phonetics, language evolution
• Lisker, Leigh (United States, 1918–2006), phonetics, Dravidian languages
• Local, John (UK, 1947–), phonetics, phonology, conversation analysis
• Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn (United States, 1914–1998), Native American languages, Mayan languages
• Lowman, Guy Sumner, Jr. (United States, 1909–1941), phonetics
• Ludlow, Peter (United States, 1957–), syntax, semantics
• Lukoff, Fred (United States, 1920–2000), Korean language, phonology
• Lunde, Ken (United States, 1965–), East Asian languages
• Lynch, John (Australia, 1946–), Austronesian languages, historical linguistics

M

• MacWhinney, Brian (United States, 1945–), language acquisition, second language acquisition, corpus linguistics
• Maddieson, Ian (United States), phonetics
• Malkiel, Yakov (United States, 1914–1998), etymology, philology
• Mallinson, Christine (United States, 1978–), sociolinguistics
• Manaster Ramer, Alexis (United States/Poland), phonology, syntax, poetics, etymology
• Marantz, Alec (United States), distributed morphology
• March, Francis Andrew (United States, 1825–1911), comparative linguistics, lexicography, Old English language, English language
• Margolis, Max Leopold (Lithuania/United States, 1866–1932), Semitic languages
• Marr, Nikolay Yakovlevich (Georgia/Russia, 1865–1934), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, origin of language
• Martin, James (Sydney, Australia), genre
• Martin, Samuel Elmo (United States, 1924–2009), Korean language, Japanese language
• Martinet, André (France, 1908–1999), structuralism, historical linguistics, constructed languages
• Martinet, Jeanne (France, 1920–), semiotics, constructed languages
• Mathesius, Vilém (Czech Republic, 1882–1945), phonology, syntax, English language, Czech language
• Matisoff, James A. (United States, 1937–), Tibeto-Burman languages, phonology
• Matthews, Peter Hugoe (UK, 1934–), morphology, syntax
• Matthews, Stephen (UK/PR China), typology, syntax, semantics, Cantonese language
• Mattingly, Ignatius G. (United States, 1927–2004), phonetics, speech synthesis, speech perception
• Matveyev, Aleksandr (Russia, 1926–2010), onomastics, etymology
• McCarthy, John J. (United States, 1953–), phonology, morphology, optimality theory
• McCawley, James D. (UK/United States, 1938–1999), syntax, semantics, phonology
• McCune, George McAfee (North Korea/United States, 1908–1988), Korean language
• McNamara, Barbara (United States), Chinese language
• McWhorter, John Hamilton (United States, 1965–), creole languages, Saramaccan language
• Meinhof, Carl Friedrich Michael (Germany, 1857–1944), languages of Africa
• Melchert, H. Craig (United States), Anatolian languages
• Michaelis, Laura A. (United States), syntax, English language
• Miklošič, Franc (Slovenia/Austria, 1813–1891), Slavic languages
• Miller, Roy Andrew (United States, 1924–), Tibetan language
• Mithun, Marianne (United States, 1946–), Native American languages
• Mitxelena Elissalt, Koldo (Spain, 1915–1987), Basque language
• Miura Tsutomu (Japan, 1911–1989), Japanese language
• Miyake, Marc (United States, 1971–), historical linguistics, Old Japanese, Tangut language
• Mönkh-Amgalan, Yümjiriin (Mongolia), pragmatics, semantics, syntax, Mongolian language, dialectology
• Mori Hiromichi (Japan, 1949–), Japanese language
• Motoori Norinaga (Japan, 1730–1801), Japanese language
• Motoori Haruniwa (Japan, 1763–1828), Japanese language
• Montague, Richard Merett (United States, 1930–1971), semantics, philosophy of language
• Moro, Andrea (Italy, 1962–), syntax, copula, expletive, antisymmetry, neurolinguistics
• Moser, Edward W. (United States), Seri language
• Mufwene, Salikoko (United States), creole languages, African American Vernacular English, language evolution
• Munro, Pamela (United States), Native American languages, lexicography
• Murayama Shichirō (Japan, 1908–1995), Japanese language
• Murray, James (UK, 1837–1915), lexicography, English language, etymology
• Myers-Scotton, Carol (United States, 1934–), language contact

N

• Nábělková, Mira (Slovakia), lexical semantics, sociolinguistics
• Nádasdy Ádám (Hungary), phonology, morphophonology
• Napoli, Donna Jo (United States), 1948–), syntax, phonetics, phonology, Japanese language
• Neeleman, Ad (Netherlands/UK, 1964–), syntax, semantics, phonology, generative grammar
• Nelson, Andrew Nathaniel (United States, 1893–1975), Japanese language, lexicography
• Nevsky, Nikolai Aleksandrovich (Russia, 1892–1937), Tangut language
• Newmeyer, Frederick J. (United States, 1944–), syntax, origin of language
• Nichols, Johanna (United States), languages of the Caucasus, Chechen language, Ingush language, typology
• Nishida Tatsuo (Japan, 1928–), Tangut language
• Nolan, Francis (UK), phonetics
• Noreen, Adolf Gotthard (Sweden, 1854–1925), dialectology, historical linguistics, Germanic languages
• Nunberg, Geoffrey (United States), lexical semantics, English language

O

• Odden, David A. (United States), phonology, African linguistics, Bantu languages
• Ohala, John (United States), phonetics, phonology
• Okrand, Marc (United States), Klingon language, Native American language, constructed languages
• Ōno Susumu (Japan, 1919–2008), Japanese language, Tamil language
• Orešnik, Janez (Slovenia, 1935–), comparative linguistics
• Orikuchi Shinobu (Japan, 1887–1953), Japanese language
• Orton, Harold (UK, 1898–1975), phonology, dialectology, English dialects
• Osthoff, Hermann (Germany, 1847–1909), Indo-European studies, historical linguistics
• Ōtsuki Fumihiko (Japan, 1847–1928), Japanese language

P

• Pāṇini (India, ca. 520–460 BC), Sanskrit, morphology, descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics
• Partee, Barbara Hall (United States, 1940–), semantics
• Paul, Hermann Otto Theodor (Germany, 1846–1921), lexicography, German language
• Pawley, Andrew Kenneth (Australia/New Zealand, 1941), Austronesian languages, Papuan languages, lexicography, phraseology
• Pedersen, Holger (Denmark, 1867–1953), Celtic languages, historical linguistics, Nostratic languages
• Pedersen, Johannes (Demark, 1883–1977), Hebrew language
• Pei, Mario Andrew (Italy/United States, 1901–1978), Italian language, Indo-European languages
• Pesetsky, David Michael (United States, 1957–), transformational grammar
• Phillipson, Robert (UK/Denmark, 1942–), language policy
• Pierrehumbert, Janet (United States), phonetics, phonology
• Pinault, Georges-Jean (France), Tokharian, Indo-European linguistics
• Pike, Kenneth Lee (United States, 1912–2000), English language, constructed languages, tagmemics
• Pilch, Herbert (Germany, 1927–), Old English, Celtic languages, phonetics
• Pimsleur, Paul (United States), language acquisition, French language, phonetics
• Pinker, Steven (Canada/United States, 1954–), language acquisition, syntax, semantics
• Piron, Claude (Switzerland, 1931–2008), Esperanto, psycholinguistics
• Pollard, Carl Jesse (United States, 1947–), syntax, semantics
• Pollock, Jean-Yves (France), syntax
• Poppe, Nicholas (Russia, 1897–1991), Mongolic languages
• Postal, Paul M. (United States, 1936–), syntax, semantics
• Primer, Sylvester (United States, 1842–1912), English language, dialectology, phonetics, Germanic languages
• Prince, Alan Sanford (United States, 1946–), optimality theory, phonology
• Pulgram, Ernst (Austria/United States, 1915–2005), Romance languages, Italic languages
• Pullum, Geoffrey K. (UK/United States, 1945–), syntax, English language
• Pustejovsky, James D. (United States), natural language processing, computational linguistics, semantics

Q

• Quirk, Charles Randolph (UK/Germany, 1920–), English language

R

• Rael, Juan Bautista (United States, 1900–1993), phonology, morphology, New Mexican Spanish
• Rask, Rasmus Christian (Denmark, 1787–1832), lexicography, comparative linguistics, Indo-European language
• Ratliff, Martha (United States), Hmong–Mien languages, historical linguistics
• Read, Allen Walker (United States, 1906–2002), etymology, lexicography, English language
• Reinhart, Tanya (Israel, 1943–2007), syntax
• Rickford, John Russell (United States), sociolinguistics, African American Vernacular English
• Rizzi, Luigi (Italy, 1952–), syntax, language acquisition
• Roberts, Ian G. (UK, 1957–), syntax
• Rock, Joseph Francis Charles (Austria/United States/PR China, 1884–1962), Naxi language, lexicography
• Rosenblat, Ángel (Poland/Venezuela, 1902–1984), Lexicography, Venezuelan Spanish, Philology
• Ross, John Robert (United States, 1938–), semantics, syntax
• Ross, Malcolm David (Australia, 1942–), Austronesian languages, Papuan languages, historical linguistics, language contact
• Rubach, Jerzy (Poland/United States, 1948–), phonology, Polish language
• Rubin, Philip E. (United States, 1949–), articulatory synthesis, phonology
• Ruhlen, Merritt (United States), typology, historical linguistics

S

• Sacks, Harvey (United States, 1935–1975), conversation analysis
• Sadock, Jerrold (United States), syntax, morphology, pragmatics, Greenlandic language, Yiddish language
• Sag, Ivan (United States, 1949–), syntax, construction grammar
• Sagart, Laurent (France), Chinese linguistics and Austronesian languages
• Sakaguchi, Alicja (Poland/Germany, 1954–), interlinguistics, Esperanto
• Salo, David (United States, 1969–), constructed languages, Tocharian languages, Elvish languages
• Sampson, Geoffrey (UK, 1944–), philosophy of language
• Sánchez Carrión, José María (Spain, 1952–), Basque language, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics
• Sankrityayan, Rahul (India, 1893–1963), Tibetan language, Hindi language
• Sapir, Edward (Germany/United States, 1884–1939), Native American languages, constructed languages, semantics
• Saunders, Irene (United States/PR China), lexicography, Chinese language
• de Saussure, Ferdinand (Switzerland/France, 1857–1913), semantics, Indo-European studies, structural linguistics
• Sayce, Archibald Henry (UK, 1846–1933), Akkadian language
• Schegloff, Emanuel (United States), conversation analysis
• Schleicher, August (Germany, 1821–1868), Indo-European studies, language development, historical linguistics
• Schmidt, Johannes (Germany, 1843–1901), historical linguistics, Indo-European studies
• Schmidt, Wilhelm (Germany/Austria/Switzerland, 1868–1954), Mon–Khmer languages
• Schwarzschild, Roger (United States), semantics, pragmatics
• Searle, John Rogers (United States, 1932–), philosophy of language, pragmatics
• Sen, Sukumar (India, 1900–1992), Bengali language
• Sequoyah (United States, 1767–1843), Cherokee language
• Setälä, Eemil Nestor (Finland, 1864–1935), Finnish language, Uralic languages
• Sgall, Petr (Czech republic, 1926–), syntax
• Shackle, Christopher (UK, 1942–), Urdu language, Punjabi language
• Shepard-Kegl, Judy (United States), Nicaraguan Sign Language
• Shevoroshkin, Vitaly Victorovich (Russia/United States), Slavic languages, Nostratics
• Shinmura Izuru (Japan, 1876–1967), Japanese language
• Sibawayh (Iran, ca. 760–796), Arabic language
• Sidwell, Paul (Australia), Mon–Khmer languages, historical linguistics
• Sievers, Eduard (Germany, 1850–1932), Germanic languages, historical linguistics
• Siewierska, Anna (Poland/Netherlands/UK, 1955–2011), language typology
• Sihler, Andrew Littleton (United States, 1941), comparative linguistics, Indo-European languages
• Sinclair, John McHardy (UK, 1933–2007), applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis
• Skeat, Walter W. (UK, 1835–1912), Old English, Middle English, etymology, philology
• Skinner, B.F. (United States, 1905–1992), Verbal behavior
• Skousen, Royal (United States, 1945–), language modeling
• Smith, Neilson Voyne (UK, 1939–), syntax, language acquisition
• Smolensky, Paul (United States, 1955–), phonology, optimality theory, syntax
• Starostin, Georgiy Sergeevich (Russia, 1976–), comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Nostratics, Proto-World
• Starostin, Sergei Anatolyevich (Russia, 1953–2005), comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Nostratics, Proto-World
• Steels, Luc (Belgium), computational linguistics, evolutionary linguistics
• Stetson, Raymond Herbert (United States, —1950), phonetics
• Stieber, Zdzisław (Poland, 1903–1980), Slavic languages, phonology
• Stokoe, William (United States, 1919–2000), American Sign Language, cherology.
• Suzuki Takao (Japan, 1926–), Japanese language, sociolinguistics
• Swadesh, Morris (United States, 1909–1967), typology, historical linguistics, Native American languages, lexicostatistics
• Sweet, Henry (UK, 1845–1912), Germanic languages, phonetics
• Sweetser, Eve (United States), cognitive linguistics, semantics, historical linguistics, Celtic languages

T

• Talmy, Leonard (United States), cognitive linguistics, semantics, Yiddish language, Native American languages
• Tannen, Deborah Frances (United States, 1945–), discourse analysis
• Tarpent, Marie-Lucie (Canada), Tsimshianic languages
• Teeter, Karl van Duyn (United States, 1929–2007), Algic languages, endangered languages
• Thieberger, Nicholas (Australia), Indigenous Australian languages
• Thomas, Calvin (United States, 1854–1919), Germanic languages, German language
• Thomason, Sarah Grey (United States), language contact, historical linguistics, typology, Montana Salish
• Thompson, John Eric Sidney (UK, 1898–1975), Maya languages, Maya hieroglyphics
• Thompson, Sandra A. (United States), syntax, discourse analysis, Mandarin language
• Tokieda Motoki (Japan, 1900–1967), Japanese language
• Tolkien, John Ronal Reuel (UK, 1892–1973), Old English language, constructed languages, Sindarin, Quenya
• Toporišič, Jože (Slovenia, 1926–), Slovene language
• Trager, George Leonard (United States, 1906–1992), phonemics, paralanguage, semantics
• Trask, Robert Lawrence (United States, 1944–2004), Basque language, historical linguistics, origin of language
• Trubetzkoy, Nikolai Sergeyevich (Russia/Austria, 1890–1938), structural linguistics, morphology, phonology
• Trudgill, Peter (UK, 1943–), sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology
• Tuite, Kevin (United States, 1954–), Caucasian languages, Georgian language
• Turner, Mark (United States), cognitive linguistics

U

• Ullendorff, Edward (UK, 1920–), Semitic languages
• Unger, James Marshall (United States, 1947–), Japanese language, historical linguistics, writing systems
• Upton, Clive (UK), English language, sociolinguistics, dialectology

V

• Vajda, Edward (United States), Ket language, historical linguistics, Na-Dené languages, comparative linguistics
• van Valin, Robert D. (United States, 1952–), syntax, semantics, cognitive linguistics
• Valli, Clayton (United States, —2003), American Sign Language,
• Vasmer, Max (Russia/Germany, 1886–1962), etymology, historical linguistics, Russian language
• Vaux, Bert (United States, 1968–), phonology, morphology, Armenian language
• Veltman, Calvin (United States/Canada/France), sociolinguistics
• Vendler, Zeno (United States, 1921–2004), philosophy of language, event structure
• Ventris, Michael George Francis (UK, 1922–1956), Linear B, Archaic Greek
• Verner, Karl (Denmark, 1846–1896), phonology, comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Indo-European phonology
• Voloshinov, Valentin Nikolaevich (Russia, 1895–1936), semantics
• Vovin, Alexander (Russia/United States), Japanese language, languages of Siberia, Korean language, Ainu language, Central Asian languages

W

• Wackernagel, Jacob (Switzerland, 1853–1938), Indo-European studies, Sanskrit
• Wang Li (PR China, 1900–1986), Chinese language
• Watanabe Shōichi (Japan, 1930–), Japanese language
• Watkins, Calvert (United States), comparative linguistics, Indo-European languages
• Weeks, Raymond (United States, 1863–1954), phonetics, French language
• Weinreich, Max (Latvia/United States, 1893–1969), Yiddish language
• Weinreich, Uriel (Poland/United States, 1926–1967), sociolinguistics, dialectology, semantics, Yiddish language
• Wells, John Christopher (UK, 1939–), phonetics, Esperanto,
• Westermann, Diedrich Hermann (Germany, 1875–1956), languages of Africa, typology
• Westphal, Ernst Oswald Johannes (South Africa/UK, 1919–1990), Bantu languages, Khoisan languages
• Whalen, Douglas H. (United States), phonology, endangered languages
• Wheeler, Benjamin Ide (United States, 1954–1927), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, Greek language
• White, Lydia (United Kingdom/Canada), second language acquisition
• Whitney, William Dwight (United States, 1827–1894), lexicography, Sanskrit, English language
• Whorf, Benjamin Lee (United States, 1897–1941), Native American languages, Maya script, Linguistic relativity
• Wichmann, Søren (Denmark, 1964–), Mesoamerican languages, Mixe–Zoque languages, Mayan languages, Maya script
• Widdowson, Henry G. (UK), English language, discourse analysis
• Wierzbicka, Anna (Poland/Australia, 1938–), semantics, pragmatics
• Williams, Nicholas Jonathan Anselm (UK/Ireland, 1942–), Cornish language, Irish language, Manx language, phonology,
• Williams, Samuel Wells (United States/China, 1812–1884), Chinese language, lexicography
• Wilson, Robert Dick (United States, 1856–1930), comparative linguistics, Hebrew language, Syriac language
• Wittmann, Henri (France/Canada, 1937–), French language, creole languages, morphology, comparative linguistics
• Wolvengrey, Arok (Canada), Cree language, syntax, Native American languages, lexicography
• Wurm, Stephen Adolphe (Hungary/Australia, 1922–2001), Australian Aboriginal languages, Papuan languages

X

Y

• Yamada Yoshio (Japan, 1873–1958), Japanese language
• Yiakoumetti, Androula (Cyprus), Greek language, dialectology
• Yngve, Victor (United States, 1920–), computational linguistics, natural language processing
• Young, Robert W. (United States, 1912–2007), Navajo language, lexicography

Z

• Zamenhof, Ludwik Łazarz (Poland, 1859–1917), Esperanto
• Zepeda, Ofelia (United States, 1952–), O'odham language
• Zhang, Niina Ning (PR China), formal syntax, morphology
• Zhou Youguang (PR China, 1903–), orthography, Romanization of Chinese
• Zuazo, Koldo (Spain, 1956–), Basque dialectology, sociolinguistics
• Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (Israel, Italy, UK, Australia, 1971–), contact linguistics, lexicology, revival linguistics
• Zwicky, Arnold (United States, 1940–), syntax, morphology

Notes

1. ^ The word linguistician has been coined to refer to one who studies linguistics, in order to avoid this ambiguity, although this word is vanishingly rare and has no currency in the field [1].