Modern linguists
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The following is a list of linguists, those who study linguistics.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] A
- Diana Archangeli American (phonology)
- Peter Ackema (Syntax)
- Werner Abraham Austria (Syntax)
- David Adger Scotland (Syntax)
- Joseph Aoun American (Syntax)
[edit] B
- Emmon Bach (1929-) American (Syntax, Semantics)
- Mark Baker American (Syntax, Semantics)
- Mark Baltin American (Syntax)
- Andy Barss American (Syntax)
- Thomas G. Bever American (Sentence Processing, Psycholinguistics)
- Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949) American
- Franz Boas (1858-1942) American
- Jonathan David Bobaljik Canadian (Syntax, Morphology)
- Franz Bopp (1791-1867) German
- Steven Buzonas (1986-) American (Cryptological linguistics, comparative linguistics, syntax)
[edit] C
- Andrew Carnie (1969-) Canadian (Syntax)
- Lisa Cheng Chinese/American (Syntax)
- Carol Chomsky American (Language acquisition)
- Noam Chomsky (1928-) American (Syntax)
- Sandra Chung American (Syntax)
- Guiglemo Cinque (Syntax)
- Christopher Collins (Syntax)
[edit] D
[edit] E
- Penny Eckert. American. (Sociolinguistics)
- Eugenio Coseriu. Romanian
[edit] F
[edit] G
- Heather Goad Canada (Phonology, first and second language acquisition of phonology)
- (Herbert) Paul Grice (1913-1988) British
- Jakob Grimm (1785-1863) German
- Joseph Greenberg(1915- 2001)American
[edit] H
- Kenneth L. Hale (1934-2001) American
- Mark Robert Hale (1954-) American
- Morris Halle (1923-) American
- Michael Halliday (1925-) British/Australian
- Michael Hammond (1957-) American (Phonology, Computational Linguistics)
- Zellig Harris (1909-1992) American
- Heidi Harley (1969-) Canadian/American (Morphology, Syntax, Lexical semantics)
- Irene Heim American/German (semantics)
- Louis Hjelmslev (1899-1965) Danish
[edit] I
[edit] J
- Ray Jackendoff (1945-) American
- Roman Jakobson (1896-1982) Russian
- Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) Danish
- David E. Johnson (1946-) American
- Kyle Johnson
- Daniel Jones (1881-1967) British]
- Jimmy Mello (1979) Brazil
[edit] K
- Paul Kiparsky (1941-) Finnish/American
- Đorđe Kostić (1909-1995) Serbian (speech recognition and machine translation in analogue technology, phonetics and phonology, etc.; surrealist)
- Angelika Kratzer American/German (semantics)
- Deny Arnos Kwary (1975-) Indonesian
[edit] L
- William Labov (1927-) American (founder of sociolinguistics)
- Peter Ladefoged (1925-2006) English-American (Phonetics)
- George Lakoff American
- Fred Lukoff (1920-2000) American (Korean language)
[edit] M
[edit] N
[edit] O
- Hermann Osthoff (1847-1909) German
- Karel Oštir (1888-1973) Slovene
- Marc Okrand - Klingon Language
[edit] P
- Holger Pedersen (1867-1953) Danish
- David Pesetsky (1957-) American
- Glyne Piggott Canada (phonology)
- Kenneth L. Pike (1912-2000) American
- Predrag Piper Serbian (slavist)
- Christopher Potts
[edit] Q
[edit] R
- Norvin Richards American
- John Rickford American (Sociolinguistics)
[edit] S
- Edward Sapir (1884-1939) American
- Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913) Swiss
- Irena Sawicka Polish
- Johannes Schmidt (1843-1901) German
- John Searle (1932-) American
- William Snyder American (language acquisition)
- Donca Steriade American/Romanian
- Suzuki Takao Japanese
- Peter Svenonius CASTL, Tromsø
- Morris Swadesh American
[edit] T
- Deborah Tannen (1951-) American
- Julee Tate
- Eric Thompson (1898-1975) American
- Larry Trask (1944-2004) American
- Lisa Travis Canada
[edit] U
[edit] V
[edit] W
- John Wells (1939- ) British phonetician and Esperantist
- Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897-1941) American
- Anna Wierzbicka (1938-) Polish (originator of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage Theory)
- Lydia White - Canada
[edit] X
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
- Arnold M. Zwicky
