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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Partee, Barbara Hall
Paul, Hermann Otto Theodor
Pawley, Andrew Kenneth
Pedersen, Holger
Pedersen, Johannes
Pei, Mario Andrew
Pesetsky, David Michael
Phillipson, Robert
Pike, Kenneth Lee
Pilch, Herbert
Pimsleur, Paul
Pinker, Steven
Pollard, Carl Jesse
Pollock, Jean-Yves
Postal, Paul M.
Primer, Sylvester
Prince, Alan Sanford
Pulgram, Ernst
Pullum, Geoffrey K.
Pustejovsky, James D.
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Quirk, Charles Randolph
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Rael, Juan Bautista
Rask, Rasmus Christian
Read, Allen Walker
Reinhart, Tanya
Rickford, John Russell
Rizzi, Luigi
Roberts, Ian G.
Rock, Joseph Francis Charles
Ross, John Robert
Ross, Malcolm David
Rubin, Philip E.
Ruhlen, Merritt
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Sacks, Harvey
Sadock, Jerrold
Sag, Ivan
Salo, David
Sampson, Geoffrey
Sankrityayan, Rahul
Sapir, Edward
Saunders, Irene
Sayce, Archibald Henry
Schiller, Eric
Schleicher, August
Schmidt, Johannes
Schmidt, Wilhelm
Searle, John Rogers
Sen, Sukumar
Sequoyah
Sgall, Petr
Shackle, Christopher
Sievers, Eduard
Sihler, Andrew Littleton
Sinclair, John McHardy
Skeat, Walter W.
Skinner, B.F.
Skousen, Royal
Smith, Neilson Voyne
Smolensky, Paul
Snyder, William Brandon
Steels, Luc
Swadesh, Morris
Sweet, Henry
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Talmy, Leonard
Tannen, Deborah Frances
Teeter, Karl van Duyn
Thomas, Calvin
Thompson, John Eric Sidney
Thompson, Sandra A.
Tolkien, John Ronal Reuel
Trager, George Leonard
Trask, Robert Lawrence
Sampson, Geoffrey
Sankrityayan, Rahul
Sapir, Edward
Saunders, Irene
Sayce, Archibald Henry
Schiller, Eric
Schleicher, August
Schmidt, Johannes
Schmidt, Wilhelm
Searle, John Rogers
Sen, Sukumar
Sequoyah
Sgall, Petr
Shackle, Christopher
Sievers, Eduard
Sihler, Andrew Littleton
Sinclair, John McHardy
Skeat, Walter W.
Skinner, B.F.
Skousen, Royal
Smith, Neilson Voyne
Smolensky, Paul
Snyder, William Brandon
Steels, Luc
Swadesh, Morris
Sweet, Henry
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Talmy, Leonard
Tannen, Deborah Frances
Teeter, Karl van Duyn
Thomas, Calvin
Thompson, John Eric Sidney
Thompson, Sandra A.
Tolkien, John Ronal Reuel
Trager, George Leonard
Trask, Robert Lawrence
Trudgill, Peter
Turner, Mark
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Ullendorff, Edward
Unger, James Marshall
Upton, Clive
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Vasmer, Max
Veltman, Calvin
Vendler, Zeno
Ventris, Michael George Francis
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Wackernagel, Jacob
Wang Li
Watkins, Calvert
Weeks, Raymond
Weinreich, Max
Weinreich, Uriel
Wells, John Christopher
Westermann, Diedrich Hermann
Westphal, Ernst Oswald Johannes
Whalen, Douglas H.
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide
White, Lydia
Whitney, William Dwight
Whorf, Benjamin Lee
Widdowson, Henry G.
Wierzbicka, Anna
Williams, Nicholas Jonathan Anselm
Williams, Samuel Wells
Wilson, Robert Dick
Wittmann, Henri
Wurm, Stephen Adolphe
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Yngve, Victor
Young, Robert W.
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Zepeda, Ofelia
Zwicky, Arnold,
Turner, Mark
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Ullendorff, Edward
Unger, James Marshall
Upton, Clive
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Vasmer, Max
Veltman, Calvin
Vendler, Zeno
Ventris, Michael George Francis
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Wackernagel, Jacob
Wang Li
Watkins, Calvert
Weeks, Raymond
Weinreich, Max
Weinreich, Uriel
Wells, John Christopher
Westermann, Diedrich Hermann
Westphal, Ernst Oswald Johannes
Whalen, Douglas H.
Wheeler, Benjamin Ide
White, Lydia
Whitney, William Dwight
Whorf, Benjamin Lee
Widdowson, Henry G.
Wierzbicka, Anna
Williams, Nicholas Jonathan Anselm
Williams, Samuel Wells
Wilson, Robert Dick
Wittmann, Henri
Wurm, Stephen Adolphe
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Yngve, Victor
Young, Robert W.
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Zepeda, Ofelia
Zwicky, Arnold,