List of linguists


A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies natural language. Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot, a translator/interpreter, or a grammarian, but these uses of the word are distinct. The following is a list of notable academic linguists.
In the list the description should be like this:
surname, forename, main achievement

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D

E

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G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

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T

U

V

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Y

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