List of linguists 55416 218508014 2008-06-10T23:21:16Z N-true 14495 /* G */ minor correction A '''linguist''' in the academic sense is a person who studies [[linguistics]]. Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a [[Polyglot (person)|polyglot]] (one who knows more than 2 languages), or a [[grammarian]], 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). The word ''linguistician'' is also used by some people to refer to one who studies linguistics, in order to avoid this ambiguity, although this word is rare, and generally disliked by those in the field. The following is a list of linguists. {{linguistics}} __NOTOC__ {{compactTOC2}} ==A== * [[Maulvi Abdul Haq|Abdul Haq, Maulvi]] ([[India]], [[1870]]–[[1961]]), [[Urdu language]] * [[Arthur S. Abramson|Abramson, Arthur S.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[phonetics]] * [[Douglas Q. Adams|Adams, Douglas Q.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[English language]], [[comparative linguistics]], [[Tocharian languages]] * [[George J. Adler|Adler, George J.]] ([[Germany]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1821]]–[[1868]]), [[lexicography]], [[German language]], [[English language]] * [[Alexandra Aikhenvald|Aikhenvald, Alexandra Yurievna]] ([[Russia]], [[1957]]—), [[syntax]], [[typology]], [[Amazonian languages]], [[Papuan languages]], [[Hebrew language]], [[Russian language]] * [[Adam Jack Aitken|Aitken, Adam Jack]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1921]]–[[1998]]), [[lexicography]] * [[Jovan Ajduković|Ajduković, Jovan]] ([[Serbia]], [[1968]]—), [[Slavic languages]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[contact linguistics]], [[Russian language]], [[Serbian language]] * [[William Foxwell Albright|Albright, William Foxwell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1891]]–[[1971]]), [[Semitic languages]] * [[Mervyn C. Alleyne|Alleyne, Mervyn Coleridge]] ([[Trinidad & Tobago]]/[[Jamaica]], [[1933]]—), [[creole languages]] * [[Amerias]] ([[Greece]]), [[Ancient Macedonian language]], [[lexicography]] * [[Joseph Aoun|Aoun, Joseph]] ([[Lebanon]]/[[United States|USA]]), [[oriental languages]], [[syntax]] * [[Anthony Aristar|Aristar, Anthony]] ([[South Africa]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1948]]—), [[linguistic infrastructure]] * [[Mark Aronoff|Aronoff, Mark]] ([[Canada]], [[1949]]—), [[Morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] * [[J. L. Austin|Austin, John Langshaw]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1911]]–[[1960]]), [[philosophy of language]], [[speech act]] * [[Humayun Azad|Azad, Humayun]] ([[Bangladesh]], [[1947]]–[[2004]]), [[Bengali language]] ==B== * [[Emmon Bach|Bach, Emmon]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1929]]—), [[syntax]], [[phonology]], [[Haisla language]] * [[Mark Baker (linguist)|Baker, Mark]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[Mohawk language]], [[generative grammar]] * [[Charles Bally|Bally, Charles]] ([[Switzerland]], [[1865]]–[[1947]]), [[French language]], [[phraseology]] * [[Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig|Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1954]]—) [[second language acquisition]], [[grammatical tense|tense]] and [[grammatical aspect|aspect]], [[pragmatics]] * [[Yehoshua Bar-Hillel|Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua]] ([[Israel]], [[1915]]–[[1975]]), [[machine translation]], [[categorial grammar]] * [[M. A. R. Barker|Barker, (Philip) Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1930]]—), [[Urdu language]], [[Indian languages]] * [[R. H. Barlow|Barlow, Robert Hayward]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1918]]–[[1951]]), [[Nahuatl language]] * [[David Barnhart|Barnhart, David K.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1941]]—), [[lexicography]], [[English language]] * [[Robert Barnhart|Barnhart, Robert]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1933]]–[[2007]]), [[lexicography]], [[English language]] * [[Robert Barsky|Barsky, Robert]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[discourse analysis]] * [[John Russell Bartlett|Bartlett, John Russell]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1805]]–[[1886]]), * [[Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay|Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan Niecisław]] ([[Poland]], [[1845]]–[[1929]]), [[phonology]], [[Polish language]] * [[Mary Beckman|Beckman, Mary E.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[phonetics]], [[phonology]] * [[Christopher Beckwith|Beckwith, Christopher]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1945]]—), [[Asian languages]], [[Tibetan language]] * [[Lionel Bender|Bender, M. Lionel]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[African languages]] * [[Charles Berlitz|Berlitz, Charles Frambach]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1914]]–[[2003]]), [[language acquisition]] * [[Maximilian Berlitz|Berlitz, Maximilian Delphinius]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1852]]–[[1921]]), [[language acquisition]] * [[Bhartrihari]] ([[India]], [[450]]–[[510]]), [[Sanskrit]] * [[Derek Bickerton|Bickerton, Derek]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1926]]—), [[creole languages]], [[origin of language]] * [[Wilhelm Bleek|Bleek, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel ]] ([[Germany]], [[1827]]–[[1875]]), [[languages of Africa]] * [[Bernard Bloch|Bloch, Bernard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1907]]–[[1965]]), [[Japanese language]] * [[Jules Bloch|Bloch, Jules]] ([[France]], [[1880]]–[[1953]]), [[languages of India]] * [[Leonard Bloomfield|Bloomfield, Leonard]] ([[United States|USA]] , [[1887]]–[[1949]]), [[structural linguistics]] * [[Franz Boas|Boas, Franz]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1858]]–[[1942]]), [[indigenous languages of the Americas]] * [[Paul Boersma|Boersma, Paul]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1959]]—), [[phonetics]] * [[Dwight Bolinger|Bolinger, Dwight Le Merton]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1907]]–[[1992]]), [[semantics]], [[Spanish language]] * [[Allan R. Bomhard|Bomhard, Allan R.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1943]]—), [[Nostratic languages]], [[historical linguistics]] * [[Franz Bopp|Bopp, Franz]] ([[Germany]], [[1791]]–[[1867]]), [[Indo-European languages]], [[comparative linguistics]] * [[Julian Boyd|Boyd, Julian Charles]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1931]]–[[2005]]), [[English language]] * [[Joan Bresnan|Bresnan, Joan]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1945]]—), [[syntax]] * [[William Bright|Bright, William]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1928]]–[[2006]]), [[Native American languages]], [[South Asian languages]] * [[Michael Brody|Brody, Michael]] ([[Hungary]], [[1954]]—), [[syntax]] * [[Catherine Browman|Browman, Catherine]] ([[phonetics]], [[phonology]]) * [[Karl Brugmann|Brugmann, Karl]] ([[Germany]], [[1849]]–[[1919]]), [[Indo-European languages]], [[Sanskrit]], [[comparative linguistics]] * [[Mary Bucholtz|Bucholtz, Mary]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[sociolinguistics]] * [[Anthony Burgess|Burgess, Anthony]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1917]]–[[1993]]), [[English language|English]], [[Nadsat]], [[phonetics]] * [[Robbins Burling|Burling, Robbins]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1926]]—), [[languages of India]] * [[Kate Burridge|Burridge, Kate]] ([[Australia]]), [[Germanic languages]] ==C== * [[Lyle Campbell|Campbell, Lyle]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[Native American languages]] * [[Una Canger|Canger, Una]] ([[Denmark]], [[1938]]—), [[Mesoamerican languages]] * [[Arthur Capell|Capell, Arthur]] ([[Australia]], [[1902]]–[[1986]]), [[Indigenous Australian languages|Australian languages]], [[Austronesian languages]], [[Papuan languages]] * [[George Cardona|Cardona, George]] ([[United States|USA]], [[Indo-European studies]] * [[Rudolf Carnap|Carnap, Rudolf]] ([[Germany]], [[1891]]–[[1970]]), [[syntax]], [[constructed languages]] * [[Andrew Carnie|Carnie, Andrew]] ([[Canada]], [[1969]]—), [[syntax]] * [[Miguel Antonio Caro|Caro, Miguel A.]] ([[Colombia]], [[1843]]–[[1909]]), [[Spanish language]], [[Colombian Spanish]] * [[William Henry Carpenter (philologist)|Carpenter, William Henry]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1853]]–[[1936]]), [[Icelandic language]] * [[John Chadwick|Chadwick, John]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1920]]–[[1998]]), [[Linear B]] * [[Yuen Ren Chao|Chao Yuen Ren]] ([[PR China]], [[1892]]–[[1982]]), [[Chinese language]] * [[Byomkes Chakrabarti|Chakrabarti, Byomkes]] ([[India]], [[1923]]–[[1981]]), [[Santali language]], [[Bengali language]], [[comparative linguistics]] * [[Jean-François Champollion|Champollion, Jean-François]] ([[France]], [[1790]]–[[1832]]), [[Egyptian hieroglyphs]] * [[Jack Chambers (linguist)|Chambers, Jack]] ([[Canada]], [[1938]]—), [[sociolinguistics]] * [[Suniti Kumar Chatterji|Chatterji, Suniti Kumar]] ([[India]], [[1890]]–[[1977]]), [[Bengali language]] * [[Noam Chomsky|Chomsky, Noam]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1928]]—), [[syntax]], [[universal grammar]] * [[Michael L. Chyet|Chyet, Michael L.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1957]]—), [[Kurdish language]] * [[Michael Clyne|Clyne, Michael George]] ([[Australia]]), [[Germanic languages]] * [[Hermann Collitz|Collitz, Hermann]] ([[Germany]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1855]]–[[1935]]), [[historical linguistics]] * [[Bernard Comrie|Comrie, Bernard]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1947]]—), [[typology]] * [[Eugenio Coşeriu|Coşeriu, Eugen]] ([[Romania]]/[[Germany]], [[1921]]–[[2002]]), [[Romance languages]] * [[Warren Cowgill|Cowgill, Warren]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1929]]–[[1985]]), [[Indo-European studies]] * [[Elizabeth Cowper|Cowper, Elizabeth]] ([[Canada]]), [[syntax]] * [[William Croft (linguist)|Croft, William]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1956]]—), [[syntax]], [[cognitive linguistics]] * [[David Crystal|Crystal, David]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1941]]—), [[English language]], [[language death]] * [[Rufino Jose Cuervo|Cuervo, Rufino J.]] ([[Colombia]], [[1844]]–[[1911]]), [[Spanish language]], [[Colombian Spanish]] * [[Peter Culicover|Culicover, Peter W.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[syntax]], [[language change]] * [[George Oliver Curme|Curme, George Oliver, Sr.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1860]]–[[1948]]), [[German language]], [[English language]] ==D== * [[Vladimir Dal|Dal, Vladimir]] ([[Russia]], [[1801]]–[[1872]]), [[lexicography]], [[Russian language]] * [[Ahmad Hasan Dani|Dani, Ahmad Hasan]] ([[Pakistan]], [[1920]]—), [[South Asian languages]] * [[Peter T. Daniels|Daniels, Peter T.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[writing systems]] * [[Terrence Deacon|Deacon, Terrence]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[language change]], [[origin of language]], [[cognitive linguistics]] * [[Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda|Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar]] ([[Iran]], [[1879]]–[[1959]]), [[lexicography]], [[Persian language]] * [[Berthold Delbrück|Delbrück, Berthold]] ([[Germany]], [[1842]]–[[1922]]), [[Indo-European languages]], [[syntax]], [[comparative linguistics]] * [[Judith DeLozier|DeLozier, Judith]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[neuro-linguistic programming]] * [[Otto Dempwolff|Dempwolff, Otto]] ([[Germany]], [[1871]]–[[1938]]), [[Austronesian languages]] * [[Teun A. Van Dijk|van Dijk, Teun A.]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1943]]—), [[pragmatics]], [[discourse analysis]], [[text linguistics]] * [[R. M. W. Dixon|Dixon, R. M. W.]] ([[Australia]], [[1939]]—), [[syntax]], [[typology]], [[Australian languages]], [[Amazonian languages]] * [[Josef Dobrovský|Dobrovský, Josef]] ([[Czech Republic]], [[1753]]–[[1829]]), [[Slavic languages]], [[Czech language]], [[lexicography]] * [[Clement Martyn Doke|Doke, Clement Martyn]] ([[South Africa]], [[1893]]–[[1980]]), [[Bantu languages]], [[Lamba language]] * [[Aharon Dolgopolsky|Dolgopolsky, Aharon]] ([[Russia]]/[[Israel]], [[1930]]—), [[Nostratic languages]] * [[Sheila Dooley|Dooley, Sheila]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1959]]—), [[syntax]], [[linguistic typology|typology]] * [[Nancy Dorian|Dorian, Nancy]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[language death]], [[Scottish Gaelic]] * [[Ray C. Dougherty|Dougherty, Ray C.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[transformational grammar]], [[computational linguistics]] * [[David Dowty|Dowty, David]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[semantics]], [[syntax]] * [[Edward Dozier|Dozier, Edward P.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1916]]–[[1971]]), [[Native American languages]], [[languages of the Philippines]] * [[Wolfgang U. Dressler|Dressler, Wolfgang U.]] ([[Austria]], [[1939]]—), [[phonology]], [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]], [[text linguistics]] * [[George van Driem|van Driem, George]] ([[Netherlands]]), [[Tibeto-Burman languages]], [[symbiosism]], [[Dzongkha language]] * [[Konrad Duden|Duden, Konrad]] ([[Germany]], [[1829]]–[[1911]]), [[lexicography]], [[German language]] * [[John Asher Dunn|Dunn, John Asher]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[Tsimshian language]] ==E== * [[Jonathan Edwards (the younger)|Edwards, Jonathan, Jr.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1745]]–[[1801]]), [[North American languages]], [[historical linguistics]], [[Mohegan language]] * [[Christopher Ehret|Ehret, Christopher]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[languages of Africa]], [[historical linguistics]] * [[Suzette Haden Elgin|Elgin, Suzette Haden]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1936]]—), [[constructed languages]], [[transformational grammar]] * [[Jeff Elman|Elman, Jeffrey L.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[language processing]], [[neurolinguistics]] * [[Murray Barnson Emeneau]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1904]]–[[2005]]), [[Dravidian languages]], [[Areal (linguistics)|linguist areas]] * [[Tevfik Esenç|Esenç, Tevfik]] ([[Turkey]] [[1904]]–[[1992]]), [[Ubykh language]] * [[Abraham Even-Shoshan|Even-Shoshan, Abraham]] ([[Belarus]]/[[Israel]], [[1906]]–[[1984]]), [[Hebrew language]], [[lexicography]] * [[Daniel Everett|Everett, Daniel Leonard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1951]]—), [[languages of Brazil]], [[Pirahã language]] * [[Michael Everson|Everson, Michael]] ([[United States|USA]]/[[Ireland]], [[1963]]—), [[writing systems]], [[computational linguistics]] ==F== * [[Charles J. Fillmore|Fillmore, Charles J.]] ([[United States of America|USA]], [[1929]]—), [[syntax]], [[lexical semantics]], [[cognitive linguistics]], [[lexicography]] * [[J. R. Firth|Firth, John Rupert]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1890]]–[[1960]]), [[phonetics]], [[phonology]], [[prosody]] * [[Willard Fiske|Fiske, Willard]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1831]]–[[1904]]), [[Northern European languages]], [[Icelandic language]] * [[William Foley|Foley, William]] ([[Australia]]), [[Papuan languages]], [[Austronesian languages]] * [[Jeremiah D. M. Ford|Ford, Jeremiah Denis Mathias]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1873]]–[[1958]]), [[Spanish language]] * [[Carol Fowler|Fowler, Carol A.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[phonetics]], [[phonology]] * [[Aleksandr A. Freiman|Freiman, Aleksandr Arnoldovich]] ([[Poland]]/[[Russia]], [[1879]]–[[1968]]), [[Iranian languages]] * [[David H. French|French, David Heath]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1981]]–[[1994]]), [[Native American languages]] * [[Johannes Friedrich (linguist)|Friedrich, Johannes]] ([[Germany]], [[1893]]–[[1972]]), [[Hittite language]] * [[Victoria Fromkin|Fromkin, Victoria]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1923]]–[[2000]]), [[theoretical linguistics]], [[constructed languages]] ==G== * [[Brent Galloway|Galloway, Brent D.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1944]]—), [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Amerindian languages]], [[Halkomelem language]] * [[Thomas V. Gamkrelidze|Gamkrelidze, Thomas V.]] ([[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[1929]]—), [[Indo-European studies]], [[Georgian language]] * [[Eric Gans|Gans, Eric]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1941]]—), [[origin of language]] * [[Gerald Gazdar|Gazdar, Gerald]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1950]]—), [[computational linguistics]], [[syntax]], [[semantics]] * [[Jan Gebauer|Gebauer, Jan]] ([[Czech Republic]], [[1838]]–[[1907]]), [[Czech language]] * [[Dirk Geeraerts|Geeraerts, Dirk]] ([[Belgium]], [[1955]]—), [[semantics]], [[lexicography]] * [[Thomas Givón|Givón, Talmy]] ([[Israel]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1936]]—), [[syntax]], [[semantics]], [[pragmatics]], [[linguistic typology|typology]], [[functionalism]] * [[Heinz Giegerich|Giegerich, Heinz]] ([[Germany]]/[[United Kingdom|UK]]), [[English language]], [[phonology]] * [[Jean Berko Gleason|Gleason, Jean Berko]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[psycholinguistics]], [[language acquisition]] * [[Andrew Goatly|Goatly, Andrew]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]), [[English language]], [[Chinese language]] * [[Ives Goddard|Goddard, R.H. Ives, III]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[Algonquian languages]], [[historical linguistics]] * [[Alexander Gode|Gode, Alexander]] ([[Germany]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1906]]–[[1970]]), [[constructed languages]], [[Germanic languages]] * [[Adele Goldberg (linguist)|Goldberg, Adele]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1963]]—), [[syntax]], [[psycholinguistics]] * [[John Goldsmith|Goldsmith, John Anton]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1951]]—), [[phonology]], [[computational linguistics]] * [[Louis M. Goldstein|Goldstein, Louis M.]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[phonetics]], [[phonology]] * [[Cyrus H. Gordon|Gordon, Cyrus Herzl]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1908]]–[[2001]]), [[ancient languages]], [[cuneiform script]] * [[Louis Herbert Gray|Gray, Louis Herbert]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1875]]–[[1955]]), [[Indo-Iranian languages]], [[phonology]] * [[Joseph Greenberg|Greenberg, Joseph Harold]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1915]]–[[2001]]), [[typology]], [[language universal]]s, [[languages of Africa]] * [[Paul Grice|Grice, (Herbert) Paul]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1913]]–[[1988]]), [[pragmatics]] * [[George Abraham Grierson|Grierson, George Abraham]] ([[Ireland]], [[1851]]–[[1941]]), [[languages of India]] * [[Stefan Th. Gries|Gries, Stefan Thomas]] ([[Germany]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1970]]—), [[corpus linguistics]], [[computational linguistics]], [[cognitive linguistics]], [[construction grammar]] * [[Jakob Grimm|Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Carl]] ([[Germany]], [[1785]]–[[1863]]), [[historical linguistics]], [[comparative linguistics]], [[German language]] * [[John Grinder|Grinder, John Thomas]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1940]]—), [[neurolinguistics]] * [[Robert Guisepi|Guisepi, Robert A.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1949]]—), [[ancient languages]] * [[John J. Gumperz|Gumperz, John Joseph]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1922]]—), [[sociolinguistics]], [[discourse analysis]], [[linguistic anthropology]] *[[Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen|Gutiérrez Eskildsen, Rosario María]] ([[Mexico]], [[1899]]–[[1979]]), [[Spanish language]], [[dialectology]] * [[Gregory Guy|Guy, Gregory]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[sociolinguistics]], [[historical linguistics]], [[phonetics]], [[phonology]] ==H== * [[Harald Haarmann|Haarmann, Harald]] ([[Germany]], [[1946]]—), [[evolutionary linguistics]], [[language contact]] * [[Mary Haas|Haas, Mary Rosamund]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1910]]–[[1996]]), [[Native American languages]], [[Thai language]], [[historical linguistics]] * [[Jan Hajič|Hajič, Jan]] ([[Czech Republic]]), [[computational linguistics]] * [[Eva Hajičová|Hajičová, Eva]] ([[Czech Republic]]), ([[1935]]—), [[corpus linguistics]] * [[Kenneth L. Hale|Hale, Kenneth Locke]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1934]]–[[2001]]), [[syntax]], [[phonology]] * [[Kira Hall|Hall, Kira]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[sociocultural linguistics]] * [[R. M. R. Hall|Hall, Richard Michael Ryan]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]]–[[1996]]), [[historical linguistics]], [[Indo-European studies]], [[Nilotic languages]] * [[Robert A. Hall, Jr.|Hall, Robert A., Jr.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1911]]–[[1997]]), [[Romance languages]], [[Pidgin]]s and [[Creole language|Creoles]] * [[Morris Halle|Halle, Morris]] ([[Latvia]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1923]]—), [[phonology]], [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] * [[Michael Halliday|Halliday, Michael Alexander Kirkwood]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]/[[Australia]], [[1925]]—), [[systemic functional grammar]], [[ecolinguistics]] * [[Michael Hammond|Hammond, Michael]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1957]]—), [[phonology]], [[computational linguistics]], [[syntax]] * [[Eric P. Hamp|Hamp, Eric P.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1920]]—), [[Indo-European languages]], [[Native American languages]] * [[Alexander Harkavy|Harkavy, Alexander]] ([[Belarus]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1863]]–[[1939]]), [[Yiddish language]], [[lexicography]] * [[Heidi Harley|Harley, Heidi B.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1969]]—), [[distributed morphology]], [[syntax]] * [[John Peabody Harrington|Harrington, John Peabody]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1884]]–[[1961]]), [[Native American languages]], [[phonetics]] * [[Roy Harris (linguist)|Harris, Roy]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1931]]—), [[semiology]], [[integrational linguistics]] * [[Zellig Harris|Harris, Zellig Sabbetai]] ([[Ukraine]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1909]]–[[1992]]), [[structural linguistics]], [[discourse analysis]], [[Semitic languages]] * [[Shinkichi Hashimoto|Hashimoto Shinkichi]] ([[Japan]], [[1882]]–[[1945]]), [[Old Japanese language]], [[Japanese language]] * [[Martin Haspelmath|Haspelmath, Martin]] ([[Germany]], [[1963]]—), [[linguistic typology|typology]], [[language change]], [[language contact]], [[Lezgi language]] * [[Einar Haugen|Haugen, Einar Ingvald]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1906]]–[[1994]]), [[sociolinguistics]], [[Old Norse]] * [[Bruce Wayne Hawkins|Hawkins, Bruce Wayne]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[cognitive linguistics]] * [[John A. Hawkins|Hawkins, John A.]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]), [[psycholinguistics]], [[historical linguistics]] * [[S. I. Hayakawa|Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye]] ([[Canada]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1906]]–[[1992]]), [[semantics]] * [[Bruce Hayes|Hayes, Bruce]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[phonology]] * [[Jeffrey Heath|Heath, Jeffrey]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[historical linguistics]], [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]], [[linguistic anthropology]] * [[Irene Heim|Heim, Irene Roswitha]] ([[Germany]]/[[United States|USA]]), [[semantics]] * [[Bernd Heine|Heine, Bernd]] ([[Germany]], [[1939]]—), [[languages of Africa]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[language contact]] * [[Robert Hetzron|Hetzron, Robert]] ([[Hungary]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1937]]–[[1997]]), [[Afro-Asiatic languages]] * [[John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt|Hewitt, John Napoleon Brinton]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1859]]–[[1937]]), [[Iroquoian languages]] * [[Louis Hjelmslev|Hjelmslev, Louis]] ([[Denmark]], [[1899]]–[[1965]]), [[comparative linguistics]], [[semantics]] * [[Jerry Hobbs|Hobbs, Jerry R.]] ([[United States]], [[1942]]—), [[computational linguistics]], [[discourse analysis]], [[syntax]], [[semantics]] * [[Hans Hock|Hock, Hans Henrich]] ([[Germany]]/[[United States|USA]]), [[historical linguistics]], [[comparative linguistics]], [[Sanskrit]] * [[James Curtis Hepburn|Hepburn, James Curtis]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1815]]–[[1911]]), [[Japanese language]], [[lexicography]] * [[Charles F. Hockett|Hockett, Charles Francis]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1916]]–[[2000]]), [[phonology]], [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]] * [[John-Baptist Hoffmann|Hoffmann, John-Baptist]] ([[Germany]], [[1857]]–[[1928]]), [[Mundari language]] * [[Harry Hoijer|Hoijer, Harry]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1904]]–[[1976]]), [[Athabaskan languages]], [[Tonkawa language]] * [[Paul Hopper|Hopper, Paul]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]/[[United States|USA]]), [[historical linguistics]], * [[Peter E. Hook|Hook, Peter Edwin]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[Indo-Aryan languages]], [[typology]] * [[Norbert Hornstein|Hornstein, Norbert]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[syntax]] * [[Bedřich Hrozný|Hrozný, Bedřich]] ([[Czech Republic]], [[1879]]–[[1952]]), [[Hittite language]], [[ancient languages]] * [[Wilhelm von Humboldt|von Humboldt, Wilhelm]] ([[Germany]], [[1787]]–[[1835]]), [[Basque language]] * [[Rodney Huddleston|Huddleston, Rodney D.]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]/[[Australia]]), [[English language]] * [[Richard Hudson|Hudson, Richard]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1939]]—), [[syntax]], [[word grammar]] * [[August Wilhelm Hupel|Hupel, August Wilhelm]] ([[Germany]]/[[Estonia]], [[1737]]–[[1819]]), [[Estonian language]], [[lexicography]] * [[Larry Hyman|Hyman, Larry M.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1947]]—), [[phonology]], [[languages of Africa]] * [[Dell Hymes|Hymes, Dell Hathaway]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1927]]—), [[sociolinguistics]], [[Kathlamet language]] ==I== * [[Vladislav Illich-Svitych|Illich-Svitych, Vladislav Markovich]] ([[Ukraine]]/[[Russia]], [[1934]]–[[1966]]), [[comparative linguistics]], [[Nostratic languages]] * [[Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov|Ivanov, Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich]] ([[Russia]], [[1929]]—), [[Indo-European studies]] * [[Pavle Ivic|Ivić, Pavle]] ([[Serbia]], [[1924]]–[[1999]]), [[South Slavic languages]], [[phonology]], [[Serbocroatian language]] ==J== * [[Ray Jackendoff|Jackendoff, Ray]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1945]]—), [[syntax]], [[lexical semantics]] * [[A. V. Williams Jackson|Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1862]]–[[1937]]), [[Indo-Iranian languages]], [[Avestan language]] * [[Kenneth H. Jackson|Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1909]]–[[1991]]), [[Brythonic languages]], [[Gaelic languages]] * [[Vatroslav Jagić|Jagić, Vatroslav]] ([[Croatia]], [[1838]]–[[1923]]), [[Croatian language]], [[Slavic languages]] * [[Roman Jakobson|Jakobson, Roman Osipovich]] ([[Russia]]/[[Czech Republic]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1896]]–[[1982]]), [[structuralism]], [[phonology]] * [[Gunnar Jarring|Jarring, Gunnar]] ([[Sweden]], [[1907]]–[[2002]]), [[Turkic languages]] * [[Kazimieras Jaunius|Jaunius, Kazimieras]] ([[Lithuania]], [[1848]]–[[1908]]), [[Lithuanian language]], [[comparative linguistics]] * [[Gerd Jendraschek|Jendraschek, Gerd]] ([[Germany]]), [[Basque language]], [[Turkish language]], [[Iatmul language]] * [[Otto Jespersen|Jespersen, Otto]] ([[Denmark]], [[1860]]–[[1943]]), [[English language]], [[phonetics]], [[constructed languages]] * [[David E. 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Teeter|Teeter, Karl van Duyn]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1929]]–[[2007]]), [[Algic languages]], [[endangered languages]] * [[Calvin Thomas|Thomas, Calvin]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1854]]–[[1919]]), [[Germanic languages]], [[German language]] * [[Sarah Thomason|Thomason, Sarah Grey]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[language contact]], [[historical linguistics]], [[linguistic typology|typology]], [[Montana Salish]] * [[J. Eric S. Thompson|Thompson, John Eric Sidney]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1898]]–[[1975]]), [[Maya languages]], [[Maya hieroglyphics]] * [[Motoki Tokieda|Tokieda Motoki]] ([[Japan]], [[1900]]–[[1967]]), [[Japanese language]] * [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien, John Ronal Reuel]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1892]]–[[1973]]), [[Old English language]], [[constructed languages]], [[Sindarin]], [[Quenya]] * [[Jože Toporišič|Toporišič, Jože]] ([[Slovenia]], [[1926]]—), [[Slovenian language]] * [[George L. 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Marshall Unger|Unger, James Marshall]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1947]]—), [[Japanese language]], [[historical linguistics]], [[writing systems]] * [[Clive Upton|Upton]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]]), [[English language]], [[sociolinguistics]], [[dialectology]] ==V== * [[Edward Vajda|Vajda, Edward]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[Ket language]], [[historical linguistics]], [[Na-Dené languages]] * [[Robert Van Valin, Jr.|van Valin, Robert D.]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1952]]—), [[syntax]], [[semantics]], [[cognitive linguistics]] * [[Clayton Valli|Valli, Clayton]] ([[United States|USA]], —[[2003]]), [[American Sign Language]], * [[Max Vasmer|Vasmer, Max]] ([[Russia]]/[[Germany]], [[1886]]–[[1962]]), [[etymology]], [[historical linguistics]], [[Russian language]] * [[Bert Vaux|Vaux, Bert]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1968]]—), [[phonology]], [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]], [[Armenian language]] * [[Calvin Veltman|Veltman, Calvin]] ([[United States|USA]]/[[Canada]]/[[France]]), [[sociolinguistics]] * [[Michael Ventris|Ventris, Michael George Francis]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]], [[1922]]–[[1956]]), [[Linear B]] * [[Karl Verner|Verner, Karl]] ([[Denmark]], [[1846]]–[[1896]]), [[phonology]], [[comparative linguistics]], [[historical linguistics]], [[Indo-European studies]] * [[Valentin Voloshinov|Voloshinov, Valentin Nikolaevich]] ([[Russia]], [[1895]]–[[1936]]), [[semantics]] * [[Alexander Vovin|Vovin, Alexander]] ([[Russia]]/[[United States|USA]]), [[Japanese language]], [[languages of Siberia]] ==W== * [[Jacob Wackernagel|Wackernagel, Jacob]] ([[Switzerland]], [[1853]]–[[1938]]), [[Indo-European studies]], [[Sanskrit]] * [[Wang Li|Wang Li]] ([[PR China]], [[1900]]–[[1986]]), [[Chinese language]] * [[Calvert Watkins|Watkins, Calvert]] ([[United States|USA]]), [[comparative linguistics]], [[Indo-European languages]] * [[Raymond Weeks|Weeks, Raymond]] ([[United States|USA]], [[1863]]–[[1954]]), [[phonetics]], [[French language]] * [[Max Weinreich|Weinreich, Max]] ([[Latvia]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1893]]–[[1969]]), [[Yiddish language]] * [[Uriel Weinreich|Weinreich, Uriel]] ([[Poland]]/[[United States|USA]], [[1926]]–[[1967]]), [[sociolinguistics]], [[dialectology]], [[semantics]], [[Yiddish language]] * [[John C. 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