List of language acquisition researchers
Below are some notable researchers in language acquisition listed by intellectual orientation and research topic.
Nativists
- Eric Lenneberg
- Steven Pinker
- Stephen Crain
- Thomas Bever
- Susan Gelman
- Susan Carey
- Elizabeth Spelke
- Lila R. Gleitman
- Elizabeth Bates
- Michael Tomasello
- Brian MacWhinney
- Elissa L. Newport
- Linda B. Smith
- Jenny Saffran
- Elena Lieven
- Dan Slobin
- Barbara Landau
- Melissa Bowerman
- Adele Goldberg
- Richard N. Aslin
- Janet Werker
- Roger Brown
- LouAnn Gerken
- Jean Berko Gleason
- Edward Klima
- Ursula Bellugi
- Gary Marcus
- Paul Bloom
- Eve V. Clark
Second language acquisition researchers
- H. Douglas Brown
- Martin Bygate
- John Bissell Carroll
- Pit Corder
- Alister Cumming
- Nick Ellis
- Rod Ellis
- Susan Gass
- Fred Genesee
- François Grosjean
- Luke Harding
- Keith Johnson
- Judit Kormos
- Stephen Krashen
- Judith F. Kroll
- Alison Mackey
- Rosa Manchón
- Paul Kei Matsuda
- Lourdes Ortega
- Teresa Pica
- Paul Pimsleur
- Richard Schmidt
- Norbert Schmitt
- Larry Selinker
- Merrill Swain
- Elaine Tarone
- Jyotsna Vaid
- Bill VanPatten
- Lydia White
- Alison Wray
- Michael T. Ullman