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Ad Neeleman
Adriaan Dirk Neeleman (born November 7, 1964, Rotterdam) is a Dutch linguist based in the UK. He is Professor of Linguistics at University College London.
Adriaan Dirk Neeleman (born November 7, 1964, Rotterdam) is a Dutch linguist based in the UK. He is Professor of Linguistics at University College London.
Adele Goldberg (linguist)
Adele Eva Goldberg (born November 9, 1963) is a researcher in the field of linguistics.
Adele Eva Goldberg (born November 9, 1963) is a researcher in the field of linguistics.
Andrea Moro
Andrea Moro is an Italian linguist and neuroscientist.
Andrea Moro is an Italian linguist and neuroscientist.
Andrew Carnie
Andrew Carnie is a Canadian professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona.
Andrew Carnie is a Canadian professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona.
András Kornai
András Kornai (son of economist János Kornai, born 1957 in Budapest, Hungary) is a well-known mathematical linguist.
András Kornai (son of economist János Kornai, born 1957 in Budapest, Hungary) is a well-known mathematical linguist.
Annie Zaenen
Annie Else Zaenen is a Consulting professor at Stanford University in Linguistics and the main editor of the online journal Linguistic Issues in Language Technology.
Annie Else Zaenen is a Consulting professor at Stanford University in Linguistics and the main editor of the online journal Linguistic Issues in Language Technology.
Antxon Olarrea
Antxon Olarrea is a Spanish syntactician and a professor of linguistics within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona.
Antxon Olarrea is a Spanish syntactician and a professor of linguistics within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona.
Arnold Zwicky
Arnold M. Zwicky is a perennial Visiting Professor of linguistics at Stanford University, and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Ohio State University.
Arnold M. Zwicky is a perennial Visiting Professor of linguistics at Stanford University, and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Ohio State University.
Carl Pollard
Carl Jesse Pollard (born June 28, 1947) is a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University.
Carl Jesse Pollard (born June 28, 1947) is a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University.
Charles J. Fillmore
Charles J. Fillmore (born 1929) is an American linguist, and an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Charles J. Fillmore (born 1929) is an American linguist, and an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
David E. Johnson
David E. Johnson (born December 21, 1946 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American linguist.
David E. Johnson (born December 21, 1946 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American linguist.
David Pesetsky
David Michael Pesetsky (born 1957) is Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at MIT. He has published numerous articles and books within the framework of transformational ...
David Michael Pesetsky (born 1957) is Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics at MIT. He has published numerous articles and books within the framework of transformational ...
Diane Massam
Diane Massam is a professor of linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto.
Diane Massam is a professor of linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Toronto.
Elizabeth Cowper
Elizabeth Cowper is a professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto.
Elizabeth Cowper is a professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto.
Emmon Bach
Emmon Bach (born 1929 in Japan) is an American linguist.
Emmon Bach (born 1929 in Japan) is an American linguist.
Eugene Nida
Eugene A. Nida (November 11, 1914 – August 25, 2011) was the developer of the dynamic-equivalence Bible-translation theory.
Eugene A. Nida (November 11, 1914 – August 25, 2011) was the developer of the dynamic-equivalence Bible-translation theory.
Frederick Newmeyer
Frederick J. (Fritz) Newmeyer (born January 30, 1944) is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Washington and adjunct professor in the University of British Columbia Department ...
Frederick J. (Fritz) Newmeyer (born January 30, 1944) is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Washington and adjunct professor in the University of British Columbia Department ...
Geoffrey K. Pullum
Geoffrey Keith "Geoff" Pullum (; born March 8, 1945 in Irvine, Scotland) is a British-American linguist specialising in the study of English.
Geoffrey Keith "Geoff" Pullum (; born March 8, 1945 in Irvine, Scotland) is a British-American linguist specialising in the study of English.
Gerald Gazdar
Gerald James Michael Gazdar (born 24 February 1950) is a linguist and computer scientist.
Gerald James Michael Gazdar (born 24 February 1950) is a linguist and computer scientist.
Hans Jakob Polotsky
Hans Jakob Polotsky (הנס יעקב פולוצקי; also Hans Jacob Polotsky, Hans Jakob Polotzky; September 13, 1905 - August 10, 1991) was an Israeli orientalist, linguist, and professor for Se...
Hans Jakob Polotsky (הנס יעקב פולוצקי; also Hans Jacob Polotsky, Hans Jakob Polotzky; September 13, 1905 - August 10, 1991) was an Israeli orientalist, linguist, and professor for Se...
Head grammar
Head Grammar is a grammar formalism introduced in Carl Pollard as an extension of the Context-free grammar class of grammars and is therefore a type of phrase structure grammar, as opposed to a ...
Head Grammar is a grammar formalism introduced in Carl Pollard as an extension of the Context-free grammar class of grammars and is therefore a type of phrase structure grammar, as opposed to a ...
Heidi Harley
Heidi B. Harley (born September 26, 1969) is an Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona.
Heidi B. Harley (born September 26, 1969) is an Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona.
Howard Lasnik
Howard Lasnik (born July 3, 1945) is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland.
Howard Lasnik (born July 3, 1945) is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland.
Ian Roberts (linguist)
Ian G. Roberts (born October 23, 1957 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England) is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.
Ian G. Roberts (born October 23, 1957 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England) is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.
Ivan Sag
Ivan Sag (born November 9, 1949 in Alliance, Ohio) is an American linguist and cognitive scientist.
Ivan Sag (born November 9, 1949 in Alliance, Ohio) is an American linguist and cognitive scientist.
James D. McCawley
James David McCawley (March 30, 1938, in Glasgow – April 10, 1999, in Chicago) was an American linguist.
James David McCawley (March 30, 1938, in Glasgow – April 10, 1999, in Chicago) was an American linguist.
Jan Koster
Jan Koster (born July 8, 1945 in Delft) is a Dutch linguist, and currently a full professor at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands.
Jan Koster (born July 8, 1945 in Delft) is a Dutch linguist, and currently a full professor at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands.
Joan Bresnan
Joan Wanda Bresnan (born August 22, 1945) is Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University.
Joan Wanda Bresnan (born August 22, 1945) is Professor of Linguistics at Stanford University.
John R. Ross
John Robert "Haj" Ross is a linguist who played a part in the development of generative semantics along with George Lakoff, James D. McCawley, and Paul Postal.
John Robert "Haj" Ross is a linguist who played a part in the development of generative semantics along with George Lakoff, James D. McCawley, and Paul Postal.
Karl Verner
Karl (Adolph) Verner (; 7 March 1846 in Århus – 5 November 1896 in Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist.
Karl (Adolph) Verner (; 7 March 1846 in Århus – 5 November 1896 in Copenhagen) was a Danish linguist.
Kenneth L. Hale
Kenneth Locke Hale (August 15, 1934 – October 8, 2001) was a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studied a huge variety of unstudied and often endangered languages—especial...
Kenneth Locke Hale (August 15, 1934 – October 8, 2001) was a linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who studied a huge variety of unstudied and often endangered languages—especial...
Knut Tarald Taraldsen
Knut Tarald Taraldsen, born 1948 in Oslo, is a Norwegian linguist working in Tromsø, Norway as a senior researcher at the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL).
Knut Tarald Taraldsen, born 1948 in Oslo, is a Norwegian linguist working in Tromsø, Norway as a senior researcher at the Center for Advanced Study in Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL).
Lucien Tesnière
Lucien Tesnière (; May 13, 1893 – December 6, 1954) was one of the most prominent and influential French linguists.
Lucien Tesnière (; May 13, 1893 – December 6, 1954) was one of the most prominent and influential French linguists.
Luigi Rizzi (linguist)
Luigi Rizzi (born June 3, 1952 in Genoa) is an Italian linguist.
Luigi Rizzi (born June 3, 1952 in Genoa) is an Italian linguist.
Mario Montalbetti
Mario Manuel Bartolo Montalbetti Solari (* Callao, 1953 - ) is a Peruvian syntactician and a professor of linguistics within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, as well ...
Mario Manuel Bartolo Montalbetti Solari (* Callao, 1953 - ) is a Peruvian syntactician and a professor of linguistics within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, as well ...
Mark Baltin
Mark Baltin is an American linguist and member of the faculty of New York University.
Mark Baltin is an American linguist and member of the faculty of New York University.
Naomi Baron
Naomi S. Baron is a linguist and professor of Linguistics, Department of Language and Foreign Studies, at American University, in Washington, D.C.
Naomi S. Baron is a linguist and professor of Linguistics, Department of Language and Foreign Studies, at American University, in Washington, D.C.
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and activist.
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and activist.
Otto Jespersen
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen or Otto Jespersen (; 16 July 1860 – 30 April 1943) was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language.
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen or Otto Jespersen (; 16 July 1860 – 30 April 1943) was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language.
Paul Diderichsen
Paul Diderichsen (August 16, 1905 København, Denmark - October 9, 1964) was a Danish linguist who is known for his model of sentence structure in Danish which has been widely applied to describe...
Paul Diderichsen (August 16, 1905 København, Denmark - October 9, 1964) was a Danish linguist who is known for his model of sentence structure in Danish which has been widely applied to describe...
Paul Postal
Paul Martin Postal (; born November 10, 1936 in Weehawken, New Jersey) is an American linguist and member of the faculty of New York University.
Paul Martin Postal (; born November 10, 1936 in Weehawken, New Jersey) is an American linguist and member of the faculty of New York University.
Peter Harder
Peter Harder (born 1950) is a Danish linguist and professor of English language at the University of Copenhagen.
Peter Harder (born 1950) is a Danish linguist and professor of English language at the University of Copenhagen.
Peter Ludlow
Peter Ludlow, who also writes under the name Urizenus Sklar, is a professor of philosophy at Northwestern University.
Peter Ludlow, who also writes under the name Urizenus Sklar, is a professor of philosophy at Northwestern University.
Peter Matthews (linguist)
Peter Hugoe Matthews (born 1934) is a British linguist.
Peter Hugoe Matthews (born 1934) is a British linguist.
Ray Jackendoff
Ray Jackendoff (born January 23, 1945) is an American linguist.
Ray Jackendoff (born January 23, 1945) is an American linguist.
Richard Kayne
Richard Stanley Kayne is Professor of Linguistics and current chair of the Linguistics Department at New York University.
Richard Stanley Kayne is Professor of Linguistics and current chair of the Linguistics Department at New York University.
Robert Van Valin, Jr.
Robert D. Van Valin (born February 1, 1952) is the principal writer behind Role and Reference Grammar, a functional theory of grammar encompassing syntax, semantics and discourse pragmatics, whi...
Robert D. Van Valin (born February 1, 1952) is the principal writer behind Role and Reference Grammar, a functional theory of grammar encompassing syntax, semantics and discourse pragmatics, whi...
Sandra Chung
Sandra Chung is a linguist and professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz with a speciality in syntax and semantics.
Sandra Chung is a linguist and professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz with a speciality in syntax and semantics.
Tanya Reinhart
Tanya Reinhart (טניה ריינהרט; July 1943 – March 17, 2007) was an Israeli linguist who wrote frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Tanya Reinhart (טניה ריינהרט; July 1943 – March 17, 2007) was an Israeli linguist who wrote frequently on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
William Croft (linguist)
William Croft (born November 13, 1956) is a professor of linguistics at the University of New Mexico, United States.
William Croft (born November 13, 1956) is a professor of linguistics at the University of New Mexico, United States.
Zellig Harris
Zellig Sabbettai Harris (October 23, 1909 – May 22, 1992) was a renowned American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science.
Zellig Sabbettai Harris (October 23, 1909 – May 22, 1992) was a renowned American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science.