Notable Linguists
A-C D-H I-O P-ZBelow a list of linguists who all published a book or books in the field of Linguistics.
Linguistics is the scientific study of natural language. Before the twentieth century the term 'philology' was commonly used.
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Ivanov, Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich
Ivic, Pavle
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Jackendoff, Ray
Jackson, Abraham Valentine Williams
Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone
Jakobson, Roman Osipovich
Jarring, Gunnar
Jespersen, Otto
Johnson, David E.
Johnson, Keith
Jones, Daniel
Jones, Sir William
Joshi, Aravind Krishana
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Kaplan, Ronald M.
Karadžic, Vuk Stefanovic
Kari, James
Katz, Jerrold J.
Kay, Martin
Kay, Paul
Kayne, Richard
Keating, Patricia
Keenan, Edward
Kenyon, John Samuel
Keyser, Samuel Jay
Kinkade, M. Dale
Kiparsky, Paul
Klima, Edward
Koot, Hans van de
Korzybski, Alfred Habdank Skarbek
Koster, Jan
Krahe, Hans
Krashen, Stephen
Kratzer, Angelika
Krauss, Michael E.
Kroeber, Alfred Louis
Kucera, Henry
Kuno, Susumu
Kurath, Hans
Kurylowicz, Jerzy
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Labov, William
Ladefoged, Peter Nielsen
Lado, Robert
Lakoff, George P.
Lakoff, Robin Tolmach
Lamb, Sydney MacDonald
Lambdin, Thomas Oden
Langacker, Ronald W.
Lasnik, Howard
Lawler, John
Laycock, Donald
Leech, Geoffrey
Lees, Robert
Lehmann, Winfred P.
Lepsius, Karl Richard
Leskien, August
Levinson, Stephen C.
Li Fanggui, PR China/USA
Liberman, Alvin Meyer
Liberman, Anatoly
Liberman, Mark
Lieber, Rochelle
Lieberman, Philip
Lisker, Leigh
Local, John
Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn
Ludlow, Peter
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MacWhinney, Brian
Maddieson, Ian
Malkiel, Yakov
Marantz, Alec
March, Francis Andrew
Margolis, Max Leopold
Kurath, Hans
Kurylowicz, Jerzy
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Labov, William
Ladefoged, Peter Nielsen
Lado, Robert
Lakoff, George P.
Lakoff, Robin Tolmach
Lamb, Sydney MacDonald
Lambdin, Thomas Oden
Langacker, Ronald W.
Lasnik, Howard
Lawler, John
Laycock, Donald
Leech, Geoffrey
Lees, Robert
Lehmann, Winfred P.
Lepsius, Karl Richard
Leskien, August
Levinson, Stephen C.
Li Fanggui, PR China/USA
Liberman, Alvin Meyer
Liberman, Anatoly
Liberman, Mark
Lieber, Rochelle
Lieberman, Philip
Lisker, Leigh
Local, John
Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn
Ludlow, Peter
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MacWhinney, Brian
Maddieson, Ian
Malkiel, Yakov
Marantz, Alec
March, Francis Andrew
Margolis, Max Leopold
Martin, Samuel Elmo
Martinet, André
Martinet, Jeanne
Mathesius, Vilém
Matisoff, James A.
Matthews, Peter Hugoe
Matthews, Stephen
Mattingly, Ignatius G.
McCarthy, John J.
McCawley, James D.
McCune, George McAfee
McNamara, Barbara
McWhorter, John Hamilton
Meinhof, Carl Friedrich Michael
Melchert, H. Craig
Miklošic, Franc
Miller, Roy Andrew
Mithun, Marianne
Montague, Richard Merett
Moser, Edward W.
Mufwene, Salikoko
Munro, Pamela
Murray, James
Myers-Scotton, Carol
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Napoli, Donna Jo
Neeleman, Ad
Nelson, Andrew Nathaniel
Newmeyer, Frederick J.
Nichols, Johanna
Nolan, Francis
Noreen, Adolf Gotthard
Nunberg, Geoffrey
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Ohala, John
Okrand, Marc
Orton, Harold
Martinet, André
Martinet, Jeanne
Mathesius, Vilém
Matisoff, James A.
Matthews, Peter Hugoe
Matthews, Stephen
Mattingly, Ignatius G.
McCarthy, John J.
McCawley, James D.
McCune, George McAfee
McNamara, Barbara
McWhorter, John Hamilton
Meinhof, Carl Friedrich Michael
Melchert, H. Craig
Miklošic, Franc
Miller, Roy Andrew
Mithun, Marianne
Montague, Richard Merett
Moser, Edward W.
Mufwene, Salikoko
Munro, Pamela
Murray, James
Myers-Scotton, Carol
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Napoli, Donna Jo
Neeleman, Ad
Nelson, Andrew Nathaniel
Newmeyer, Frederick J.
Nichols, Johanna
Nolan, Francis
Noreen, Adolf Gotthard
Nunberg, Geoffrey
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Ohala, John
Okrand, Marc
Orton, Harold