linguist

United States linguist who adopted a behavioristic approach to linguistics (1887-1949)

United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)

Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913)

English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)

the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)

United States linguist (born in Russia) noted for his description of the universals of phonology (1896-1982)

Danish linguist (1860-1943)

anthropologist and linguist; studied languages of North American Indians (1884-1939)

an ancient Greek grammarian remembered for his commentary on the Iliad and Odyssey (circa 217-145 BC)

Roman grammarian whose textbook on Latin grammar was used throughout the Middle Ages (fourth century)

Indian grammarian whose grammatical rules for Sanskrit are the first known example of descriptive linguistics (circa 400 BC)

English lexicographer who was the first to treat etymology consistently; his work was used as a reference by Samuel Johnson (died in 1742)

English lexicographer who was a joint editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1872-1966)

English lexicographer remembered for his Italian and English dictionary (1553-1625)

English lexicographer who wrote a well-known book on English usage (1858-1933)

English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)

French lexicographer (1817-1875)

French lexicographer (1801-1881)

Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915)

United States lexicographer (1758-1843)

United States lexicographer who was accused of plagiarism by Noah Webster (1784-1865)

a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)

English phonetician (1881-1967)

English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)

United States semanticist (born in Poland) (1879-1950)

English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)

English literary critic who collaborated with C. K. Ogden and contributed to the development of Basic English (1893-1979)

someone trained in computer science and linguistics who uses computers for natural language processing

a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax

linguist specializing in the Hebrew language

a compiler or writer of a dictionary; a student of the lexical component of language

a lexicographer who specializes in etymology

a lexicographer of new words and expressions

a student of synonyms

someone trained in neuroscience and linguistics who studies brain processes during language production and reception

a specialist in phonetics

someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation

a specialist in phonology

a practitioner of orthoepy (especially one of the 17th or 18th century scholars who proposed to reform English spelling so it would reflect pronunciation more closely)

a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language

a specialist in the study of meaning

a linguist who studies the social and cultural factors that influence linguistic communication