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BIOGRAPHIES

African Languages

Abraham, Roy Clive (1890-1963)
Armstrong, Robert Gelston (1917-87)
Bleek, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel (1827-75), and family
Cerulli, Enrico (1898-1988)
Conti Rossini, Carlo (1872-1949)
Crowther, Samuel Ajayi (1806/08-91)
Doke, Clement Martyn (1893-1980)
Guthrie, Malcolm (1903-72)
Koelle, Sigismund Wilhelm (1823-1902)
Krapf, Johann Ludwig (1810-81)
Lepsius, Carl Richard (1810-84)
Lukas, Johannes (1901-90)
Meeussen, Achille Emile (1912-78)
Meinhof, Carl Friedrich Michael (1857-1944)
Polotsky, Hans (Hayyim) Jacob (1905-91)
Reinisch, Simon Leo (1832-1919)
Tucker, Archibald Norman (1904-80)
Turner, Lorenzo Dow (1895-1972)
Ullendorff, Edward (1920-)
Welmers, William E. (1916-88)
Westermann, Diedrich Hermann (1875-1956)
Westphal, Ernst Oswald Johannes (1919-90)

Altaic Languages

Fujioka, Katsuji (1872-1935)
Murayama, Shichiro (1908- )
Polotsky, Hans (Hayyim) Jacob (1905-91)

Animal Communication

Koch, Ludwig (1881-1974)

Anthropology and Language

Bateson, Gregory (1904-80)
Boas, Franz (1858-1942)
Haas, Mary Rosamond (1910- )
Hoijer, Harry (1904-76)
Kroeber, Alfred Louis (1876-1960)
Levi-Strauss, Claude (1908- )
Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn (1914- )
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884-1942)
Opie, Peter (1918-82) and Iona (1923- )
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939)
Swadesh, Morris (1909-67)
Trager, George L. (1906-92)
Voegelin, Charles Frederick (1906-86)
Voegelin, Florence Marie (1927-89)
Whorf, Benjamin Lee (1897-1941)

Applied Linguistics

Caxton, William (c. 1415-91)
Ferguson, Charles A. (1921- )
Fries, Charles Carpenter (1897-1967)
Hall, Robert A. Jr (1911- )
Hill, Archibald A. (1902-92)
Hornby, Albert Sidney (1898-1978)
Nida, Eugene Albert (1914- )
Palmer, Harold Edward (1877-1949)
Passy, Paul Edouard (1859-1940)
Ratke, Wolfgang (1571-1635)
Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979)
Smith, Henry Lee (1913-72)
Sonnenschein, Edward Adolf (1851-1929)
Twaddell, William Freeman (1906-82)
Vietor, Wilhelm (1850-1918)

Arabic Languages

Al-Jurjani, Abd al-Qahir (10th century AD)
Al-Khalil (8th century AD)
Al-Zajjaji, Abu al-Qasim (10th century AD)
Ibn Jinni (d. 1200 AD)
Ibn Mada'al Qurtubi (1120-96)
Sibawayhi (8th century AD)

Caucasian Languages

Marr, Nikolai Jakovlevich (1864-1934)

Celtic Languages

Ascoli, Graziadio Isaia (1829-1907)
Bergin, Osborn Joseph (1873-1950)
Borgstrom, Carl Hjalmar (1909-86)
Celtic Studies, School of, Dublin
Falc'hun, Francois (1909-91)
Fleuriot, Leon (1923-87)
Hemon, Roparz (1900-78)
Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone (1909-91)
Le Roux, Pierre (1874-1975)
Lejeune, Michel (1907- )
Lewis, Henry (1889-1968)
Lhuyd, Edward (c. 1660-1709)
Loth, Joseph (1847-1934)
Marstrander, Carl J.S. (1883-1965)
Meyer, Kuno Eduard (1858-1919)
O'Rahilly, Thomas Francis (1882-1953)
Oftedal, Magne (1921-85)
Sommerfelt, Alf (1892-1965)
Stokes, Whitley (1830-1909)
Strachan, John (1862-1907)
Thurneysen, Rudolf (1857-1940)
Tovar, Antonio (1911-85)
Vendryes, Joseph Jean Baptiste Marie (1875-1960)
Wagner, Heinrich (1923-88)
Zeuss, Johann Caspar (1806-56)

Chinese Languages

Chao, Yuen Ren (1892-1982)
Gabelentz, H. Georg Conon von der (1840-93)
Hsu-Shen (c. 58-147)
Li Fang-Kuei (1902-89)
Lu Fa-yen (fl. 600 AD)
Nishida, Tatsuo (1928- )
Suzuki Akira (1764-1837)
Wang Li (1900-86)
Wang Nien-Sun (1744-1832)
Xun Zi (c. 313-238 BC)
Yang Xiong (53 BC-18 AD)

Classical Greek/Latin

Buck, Carl Darling (1866-1955)
Curtius, Georg (1820-85)
Diogenes the Babylonian (c. 240-152 BC)
Dionysius Thrax (2nd-1st century BC)
Donatus (4th century AD)
Householder, Fred W., Jr. (1913- )
Kennedy, Benjamin Hall (1804-89)
Kodzu, Harushige (1908-73)
Lancelot, Claude (1615/16-95)
Lejeune, Michel (1907- )
Madvig, Johann Nicolai (1804-86)
Osthoff, Hermann (1847-1909)
Robins, Robert Henry (1921- )
Scaliger, Joseph Justus (1540-1609)
Steinthal, Heymann (1823-99)
Sturtevant, Edgar Howard (1875-1952)
Szemerenyi, Oswald J.L. (1913- )
Varro, Marcus Terentius (116-27 BC)
Ventris, Michael (1922-56)

Communication

McLuhan, Marshall (1911-80)
Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956)

Computing

Turing, Alan Mathison (1912-54)

Creoles/Pidgins

Bickerton, Derek (1926- )
Coelho, Francisco Adolpho (1847-1919)
Dalgado, Sebastiao Rodolpho (1855-1922)
Hesseling, Dirk Christiaan (1859-1941)
Oldendorp, Christian Georg Andreas (1721-87)
Reinecke, John E. (1904-82)
Schuchardt, Hugo (1842-1927)
Thomas, John Jacob (c. 1840-89)
Turner, Lorenzo Dow (1895-1972)
Valkhoff, Marius Francois (1905-80)
Van Name, Addison (1835-1922)

Deaf Teaching

Amman, Johann Conrad (1669-1730)
Dalgarno, George (c. 1619-87)
Holder, William (1616-98)
Paget, Sir Richard Arthur Surtees (Bart.) (1869-1955)
Wallis, John (1616-1703)

Dialectology

Gauchat, Louis (1866-1942)
Gillieron, Jules (1854-1926)
Havranek, Bohuslav (1893-1978)
Jaberg, Karl (1877-1959)
Jud, Jakob (1882-1952)
Kurath, Hans (1891-1992)
McDavid, Raven I., Jr (1911-84)
Orr, John (1885-1966)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
Pop, Sever (1901-61)
Schmeller, Johann Andreas (1785-1852)
Sibata, Takesi (1918- )
Storm, Johan (1836-1920)
Teruo, Hirayama (1909- )
Weinreich, Uriel (1926-67)
Wenker, Georg (1852-1911)
Wrede, Ferdinand (1863-1934)
Wright, Joseph (1855-1930)

Education and Language

Ascham, Roger (1515-68)
Elphinston, James (1721-1809)
Kennedy, Benjamin Hall (1804-89)
Mulcaster, Richard (1532-1611)

Egyptian (Ancient)

Champollion, Jean-Francois (1790-1832)
Gardiner, Sir Alan (1879-1963)
Polotsky, Hans (Hayyim) Jacob (1905-91)
Reinisch, Simon Leo (1832-1919)
Sayce, (Rev.) Archibald Henry (1845-1933)
Young, Thomas (1773-1829)

English Language

Aelfric (fl. 987-1010)
Cobbett, William (1763-1835)
Cooper, Christopher (?1655-98)
Dobson, Eric John (1913-84)
Elphinston, James (1721-1809)
Fries, Charles Carpenter (1897-1967)
Gimson, Alfred Charles (1917-85)
Hornby, Albert Sidney (1898-1978)
Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)
Johnson, Samuel (1709-84)
Jonson, Ben (1572-1637)
Kennedy, Benjamin Hall (1804-89)
Kurath, Hans (1891-1992)
Lowth, Robert (1710-87)
Luick, Karl (1865-1935)
Mathesius, Vilem (1882-1945)
McDavid, Raven I., Jr (1911-84)
Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956)
Murray, Lindley (1745-1826)
Ogden, Charles Kay (1889-1957)
Partridge, Eric Honeywood (1894-1979)
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
Quirk, Professor Sir Charles Randolph (1920- )
Sievers, Eduard (1850-1932)
Spence, Thomas (1750-1814)
Sweet, Henry (1845-1912)
Trager, George L. (1906-92)
Trnka, Bohumil (1895-1984)
Wallis, John (1616-1703)

Finno-Ugrian Languages

Austerlitz, Robert Paul (1923- )
Gyarmathi, Samuel (1751-1830)
Koizumi, Tamotsu (1926- )
Sajnovics, Janos (1735-85)
Thomsen, Vilhelm Ludvig Peter (1824-1927)

French Language

Bovelles, Charles de (1479-1566)
Bruneau, Charles (1883-1969)
Brunot, Ferdinand (1860-1938)
Coustenoble, Helene Nathalie (1894-1962)
Dauzat, Albert (1877-1955)
Delattre, Pierre (1903-69)
Dubois, Jacques (Sylvius) (1478-1555)
Gillieron, Jules (1854-1926)
Lancelot, Claude (1615/16-95)
Matore, Georges (1908- )
Meigret, Louis (?1500-58)
Palsgrave, John (?1480-1554)
Sainliens, Claude de (Claudius Hollyband, Claudio a Sancto Vinculo) (? -1597)
Stephanus, Robertus (c. 1503-59)
Vaugelas, Claude Favre de (1585-1650)

Germanic Languages

Becker, Karl Ferdinand (1775-1849)
Bredsdorff, Jakob Hornemann (1790-1841)
Collitz, Hermann (1855-1935)
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863)
Kate Hermansz, Lambert ten (1674-1731)
Lehmann, Winfred Philip (1916- )
Leskien, August (1840-1916)
Moller, Herman (1850-1923)
Osthoff, Hermann (1847-1909)
Paul, Hermann (1846-1921)
Rask, Rasmus Kristian (1787-1832)
Raumer, Rudolf von (1815-76)
Scherer, Wilhelm (1841-86)
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von (1767-1845)
Schleicher, August (1821-68)
Schmeller, Johann Andreas (1785-1852)
Sievers, Eduard (1850-1932)
Trnka, Bohumil (1895-1984)
Wright, Joseph (1855-1930)

Hebrew Language

Ben Yehuda, Eliezer (1858-1922)
Gesenius, Wilhelm (1785-1842)
Hayyuj, Judah (10th Century)
Ibn Ezra, Abraham (c. 1089-1164)
Ibn Janah (c. 990-1050)
Qimhi, David (1160-?1235)
Levita, Elijah (1469-1549)
Postel, Guillaume (1510-81)
Reuchlin, Johann (1455-1522)
Saadya Gaon (882-942)

History of Linguistics

Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)
Kazama, Kiyozo (1928 - )
Malmberg, Bertil (1913- )
Mounin, Georges (1910-93)
Pedersen, Holger (1867-1953)
Robins, Robert Henry (1921- )
Steinthal, Heymann (1823-99)
Thomsen, Vilhelm Ludvig Peter (1824-1927)

Historical/Comparative Linguistics

Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1873-1946)
Benfey, Theodor (1809-81)
Bopp, Franz (1791-1867)
Breal, Michel Jules Alfred (1832-1915)
Bredsdorff, Jakob Hornemann (1790-1841)
Brugmann, Karl (1849-1919)
Collitz, Hermann (1855-1935)
Curtius, Georg (1820-85)
Delbruck, Berthold (1842-1922)
Dobson, Eric John (1913-84)
Fick, August Konrad Friedrich (1833-1916)
Gabelentz, H. Georg Conon von der (1840-93)
Georgiev, Vladimir Ivanov (1908-86)
Grassmann, Hermann Gunther (1809-77)
Greenberg, Joseph H. (1915- )
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863)
Jones, Sir William (1746-94)
Kate Hermansz, Lambert ten (1674-1731)
Kazama, Kiyozo (1928- )
Kurylowicz, Jerzy (1895-1978)
Lehmann, Winfred Philip (1916- )
Leskien, August (1840-1916)
Luick, Karl (1865-1935)
Marr, Nikolai Jakovlevich (1864-1934)
Martinet, Andre (1908- )
Matsumoto, Katsumi (1929- )
Meillet, Antoine (Paul Jules) (1866-1936)
Muller, Friedrich Max (1823-1900)
Murray, Alexander (1775-1813)
Moller, Herman (1850-1923)
Osthoff, Hermann (1847-1909)
Paul, Hermann (1846-1921)
Pedersen, Holger (1867-1953)
Pott, August Friedrich (1802-87)
Rask, Rasmus Kristian (1787-1832)
Raumer, Rudolf von (1815-76)
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939)
Saussure, Ferdinand (-Mongin) de (1857-1913)
Scherer, Wilhelm (1841-86)
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von (1767-1845)
Schlegel, (Carl Wilhelm) Friedrich von (1772-1829)
Schleicher, August (1821-68)
Schmidt, Johannes (1843-1901)
Sievers, Eduard (1850-1932)
Steinthal, Heymann (1823-99)
Sweet, Henry (1845-1912)
Szemerenyi, Oswald J.L. (1913- )
Thomsen, Vilhelm Ludvig Peter (1824-1927)
Trnka, Bohumil (1895-1984)
Vendryes, Joseph Jean Baptiste Marie (1875-1960)
Verner, Karl Adolf (1846-96)
Whitney, William Dwight (1827-94)

Indo-European Languages

Benfey, Theodor (1809-81)
Bopp, Franz (1791-1867)
Brugmann, Karl (1849-1919)
Collitz, Hermann (1855-1935)
Delbruck, Berthold (1842-1922)
Fick, August Konrad Friedrich (1833-1916)
Georgiev, Vladimir Ivanov (1908-86)
Grassmann, Hermann Gunther (1809-77)
Jones, Sir William (1746-94)
Kazama, Kiyozo (1928- )
Kurylowicz, Jerzy (1895-1978)
Lehmann, Winfred Philip (1916- )
Leskien, August (1840-1916)
Martinet, Andre (1908- )
Meillet, Antoine (Paul Jules) (1866-1936)
Murray, Alexander (1775-1813)
Moller, Herman (1850-1923)
Osthoff, Hermann (1847-1909)
Pedersen, Holger (1867-1953)
Pott, August Friedrich (1802-87)
Rask, Rasmus Kristian (1787-1832)
Saussure, Ferdinand (-Mongin) de (1857-1913)
Schlegel, (Carl Wilhelm) Friedrich von (1772-1829)
Schleicher, August (1821-68)
Schmidt, Johannes (1843-1901)
Szemerenyi, Oswald J.L. (1913- )
Thomsen, Vilhelm Ludvig Peter (1824-1927)
Trnka, Bohumil (1895-1984)
Verner, Karl Adolf (1846-96)

Indian Languages

Bhartrhari
Benfey, Theodor (1809-81)
Bhandarkar, Ramkrishna Gopal (1837-1925)
Bloch, Jules (1880-1953)
Bohtlingk, Otto von (1815-1904)
Bopp, Franz (1791-1867)
Burrow, Thomas (1909-86)
Caldwell, Robert (1814-91)
Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1890-1977)
Dalgado, Sebastiao Rodolpho (1855-1922)
Ellis, Francis Whyte (c. 1778-1819)
Emeneau, Murray Barnson (1904- )
Grassmann, Hermann Gunther (1809-77)
Grierson, Sir George Abraham (1851-1941)
Gundert, Hermann (1814-93)
Katre, Sumitra Mangesh (1931- )
Katyayana
Kuiper, Franciscus Bernardus Jacobus (1907- )
Muller, Friedrich Max (1823-1900)
Nagojibhatta (d. 1755)
Ohno, Susumu (1919- )
Panini
Patanjali (2nd century BC)
Pickering, James Augustus (1857-1932)
Rajarajavarma, A. R. (1863-1918)
Ramaswami Aiyar, L. Vishwanatha (1895-1948)
Renou, Louis (1896-1966)
Schlegel, (Carl Wilhelm) Friedrich von (1772-1829)
Sen, Sukumar (1900-92)
Turner, Sir Ralph Lilley (1888-1983)
Varma, Siddeshwar (1887-1985)
Whitney, William Dwight (1827-94)
Yaska
Ziegenbalg, Bartholomaus (1682-1719)

Japanese Language

Batchelor, John (1853-1944)
Bloch, Bernard (1907-65)
Chamberlain, Basil Hall (1850-1935)
Chiri, Mashiho (1909-61)
Fujioka, Katsuji (1872-1935)
Fujitani Nariakira (1738-1779)
Hattori, Shiro (1908- )
Inoue, Kazuko (1919- )
Kawamoto, Shigeo (1913-83)
Kindaichi, Kyosuke (1882-1971)
Kunihiro, Tetsuya (1929- )
Matsumoto, Katsumi (1929- )
Motoki, Tokieda (1900-67)
Motoori Haruniwa (1763-1828)
Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801)
Murayama, Shichiro (1908- )
Ohno, Susumu (1919- )
Shinmura, Izuru (1876-1967)
Sibata, Takesi (1918- )
Suzuki Akira (1764-1837)
Teruo, Hirayama (1909- )
Tojo Gimon (1786-1843)
Ueda, Kazutoshi (1867-1937)
Yamada, Yoshio (1873-1958)

Lexicography

Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706)
Du Cange, Charles du Fresne, Sieur (1610-88)
Duden, Konrad (1829-1911)
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863)
Gundert, Hermann (1814-93)
Johnson, Samuel (1709-84)
Junius (Francisci Filius), Franciscus (1591-1677)
Kiel/Kiliaan, Cornelis van (1530-1607)
Murray, James A. H.
Partridge, Eric Honeywood (1894-1979)
Pliny the Elder (c. 23-79 AD)
Sheridan, Thomas (1719-88)
Sibata, Takesi (1918- )
Stephanus, Henricus (1531-96)
Stephanus, Robertus (c. 1503-59)
Walker, John (1732-1807)
Webster, Noah (1758-1843)
Yaska

Literature

Barthes, Roland (1915-80)
Devoto, Giacomo (1897-1974)
Jakobson, Roman (1896-1982)
Kobayashi, Hideo (1903-78)
Propp, Vladimir Iakovlevich (1895-1970)
Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979)
Shklovsky, Viktor Borisovich (1893-1984)

Linguistic Theory

Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1873-1946)
Bertoni, Giulio (1878-1942)
Bloomfield, Leonard (1887-1949)
Borgstrom, Carl Hjalmar (1909-86)
Brondal, Rasmus Viggo (1887-1942)
Chao Yuen Ren (1892-1982)
Coseriu, Eugenio (1921- )
Finck, Franz Nikolaus (1867-1910)
Firbas, Jan (1921 - )
Gabelentz, H. Georg Conon von der (1840-93)
Gardiner, Sir Alan (1879-1963)
Greenberg, Joseph H. (1915- )
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863)
Guillaume, Gustave (1883-1960)
Harris, Zellig S. (1909-92)
Hattori, Shiro (1908- )
Hill, Archibald A. (1902-92)
Hjelmslev, Louis Trolle (1899-1965)
Hockett, Charles Francis (1916- )
Householder, Fred W., Jr. (1913- )
Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1767-1835)
Jakobson, Roman (1896-1982)
Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)
Kawamoto, Shigeo (1913-83)
Kruszewski, Mikolaj Habdank (1851-87)
Kurylowicz, Jerzy (1895-1978)
Martinet, Andre (1908- )
Mathesius, Vilem (1882-1945)
Mulder, Johannes Wilhelmus Franciscus (1919- )
Noreen, Adolf Gotthard (1854-1925)
Pike, Kenneth Lee (1912- )
Robins, Robert Henry (1921- )
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939)
Saussure, Ferdinand (-Mongin) de (1857-1913)
Trubetzkoy, Nikolai Sergeyevic (1890-1938)
Uldall, Hans-Jorgen (1907-57)
Vossler, Karl (1872-1949)
Whitney, William Dwight (1827-94)

Morphology

Apollonius Dyscolus (c. 110-175 AD)
Brugmann, Karl (1849-1919)
Dionysius Thrax (2nd-1st century BC)
Donatus (4th century AD)
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863)
Harris, Zellig S. (1909-92)
Hjelmslev, Louis Trolle (1899-1965)
Nida, Eugene Albert (1914- )
Ramus, Petrus (1515-72)
Varro, Marcus Terentius (116-27 BC)

Native American Languages

Bloomfield, Leonard (1887-1949)
Boas, Franz (1858-1942)
Duponceau (or Du Ponceau), Pierre Etienne (Peter Stephen) (1760-1844)
Haas, Mary Rosamond (1910- )
Hoijer, Harry (1904-76)
Kroeber, Alfred Louis (1876-1960)
Li Fang-Kuei (1902-89)
Lounsbury, Floyd Glenn (1914- )
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939)
Swadesh, Morris (1909-67)
Thompson, Laurence Cassius (1926- )
Tovar, Antonio (1911-85)
Trager, George L. (1906-92)

Neurolinguistics

Fromkin, Victoria A (1923- )

Origin of Language

Beattie, James (1735-1803)
Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius (1602/12-53)
Brosses, Charles de (1709-77)
Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo (1714-99)
Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de (1714-80)
Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744-1803)
Monboddo, Lord see Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo
Murray, Alexander (1775-1813)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-78)
Smith, Adam (1723-90)
Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques (1727-81)

Philosophy and Language

Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Arnauld, Antoine (1612-94)
Austin, John Langshaw (1911-60)
Bacon, Roger (c. 1214-92/4)
Beattie, James (1735-1803)
Beauzee, Nicolas (1717-89)
Boethius of Dacia (fl. 1275)
Brosses, Charles de (1709-77)
Buhler, Karl (1879-1963)
Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo (1714-99)
Campanella, Thomas (1568-1639)
Carnap, Rudolf (1891-1970)
Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de (1714-80)
Cordemoy, Geraud de (1626-84)
Croce, Benedetto (1866-1952)
Davidson, Donald (1917- )
Descartes, Rene (1596-1650)
Diderot, Denis (1713-84)
Diogenes the Babylonian (c. 240-152 BC)
Dummett, Michael Anthony Eardley (1925- )
Foucault, Michel (1926-84)
Frege, Gottlob (1848-1925)
Geach, Peter Thomas (1916- )
Harris, James (1709-80)
Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1767-1835)
Husserl, Edmund (1859-1938)
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
Kilwardby, Robert (?1215-79)
Lancelot, Claude (1615/16-95)
Locke, John (1632-1704)
Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Marbais, Michel de (fl. c. 1255)
Martin of Dacia (d. 1304)
Meinong, Alexius (1853-1920)
Peirce, Charles Sanders (1839-1914)
Peter Helias (12th century AD)
Petrus Alliacus (1350-1420/21)
Petrus Hispanus (c. 1210-76)
Plato (c. 429-347 BC)
Putnam, Hilary (1926- )
Quine, Willard van Orman (1908- )
Radulphus Brito (c. 1275-1320)
Ralph of Beauvais (fl. c. 1175)
Russell, Bertrand (1872-1970)
Siger de Courtrai, (d. 1341)
Steinthal, Heymann (1823-99)
Strawson, Peter Frederick (1919- )
Tarski, Alfred (1902-83)
Thomas of Erfurt (fl. c. 1300)
Volney, Constantin-Francois Chasseboeuf, Comte de (1757-1820)
William of Conches (c. 1080-1154)
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)

Phonetics

Abercrombie, David (1909-92)
Amman, Johann Conrad (1669-1730)
Armstrong, Lilias Eveline (1822-1937)
Bell, Alexander Melville (1819-1905)
Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922)
Boyanus, Simon Charles (1871-1952)
Bredsdorff, Jakob Hornemann (1790-1841)
Brosses, Charles de (1709-77)
Brucke, Ernst (1819-91)
Bullokar, William (c. 1531-1609)
Cooper, Christopher (?1655-98)
Cordemoy, Geraud de (1626-84)
Coustenoble, Helene Nathalie (1894-1962)
Dalgarno, George (c. 1619-87)
Delattre, Pierre (1903-69)
Ellis, Alexander John (ne Sharpe) (1814-90)
Fant, (Carl) Gunnar (Michael) (1919- )
Fischer-Jorgensen, Eli (1911- )
Fromkin, Victoria A (1923- )
Fry, Dennis Butler (1907-83)
Gimson, Alfred Charles (1917-85)
Hart, John (?1501-74)
Henderson, Eugenie J.A. (1914-89)
Holder, William (1616-98)
Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)
Jones, Daniel (1881-1967)
Jones, Sir William (1746-94)
Joos, Martin (1907-78)
Kate Hermansz, Lambert ten (1674-1731)
Kempelen, Wolfgang von (1734-1804)
Klatt, Dennis H. (1938-88)
Kratzenstein, Christian Gottlieb (1723-95)
Ladefoged, Peter (1925- )
Lehiste, Ilse (1922- )
Lepsius, Carl Richard (1810-84)
Lodwick, Francis (1619-94)
Madsen Aarhus, Jacob (1538-86)
Malmberg, Bertil (1913- )
Montanus, Petrus (1594/5-1638)
Navarro, Tomas (1884-1979)
Paget, Sir Richard Arthur Surtees (Bart.) (1869-1955)
Palmer, Harold Edward (1877-1949)
Passy, Paul Edouard (1859-1940)
Pickering, James Augustus (1857-1932)
Pike, Kenneth Lee (1912- )
Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813-97)
Raumer, Rudolf von (1815-76)
Rosetti, Alexandru (1895-1990)
Rousselot, Pierre Jean, Abbe (1846-1924)
Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950)
Sheridan, Thomas (1719-88)
Sievers, Eduard (1850-1932)
Spence, Thomas (1750-1814)
Steele, Joshua (1700-91)
Storm, Johan (1836-1920)
Sweet, Henry (1845-1912)
Thelwall, John (1764-1834)
Tilly, William (1860-1935)
Uldall, Hans-Jorgen (1907-57)
Vietor, Wilhelm (1850-1918)
Walker, John (1732-1807)
Wallis, John (1616-1703)
Ward, Ida Caroline (1880-1950)
Wilkins, John (1614-72)

Phonology

Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan Ignacy Niecislaw (1845-1929)
Bloch, Bernard (1907-65)
Danes, Frantisek (1919- )
Dionysius Thrax (2nd-1st century BC)
Dobson, Eric John (1913-84)
Duponceau (or Du Ponceau), Pierre Etienne (Peter Stephen) (1760-1844)
First Grammatical Treatise (12th century AD)
Fischer-Jorgensen, Eli (1911- )
Fromkin, Victoria A (1923- )
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863)
Halle, Morris (1923- )
Harris, Zellig S. (1909-92)
Hart, John (?1501-74)
Hjelmslev, Louis Trolle (1899-1965)
Hockett, Charles Francis (1916- )
Jakobson, Roman (1896-1982)
Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)
Jones, Daniel (1881-1967)
Joos, Martin (1907-78)
Kruszewski, Mikolaj Habdank (1851-87)
Ladefoged, Peter (1925- )
Lehiste, Ilse (1922- )
Luick, Karl (1865-1935)
Malmberg, Bertil (1913- )
Passy, Paul Edouard (1859-1940)
Pike, Kenneth Lee (1912- )
Rask, Rasmus Kristian (1787-1832)
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939)
Smith, Henry Lee (1913-72)
Swadesh, Morris (1909-67)
Sweet, Henry (1845-1912)
Trager, George L. (1906-92)
Trubetzkoy, Nikolai Sergeyevic (1890-1938)
Twaddell, William Freeman (1906-82)
Vachek, Josef (1909- )
Verner, Karl Adolf (1846-96)
Winteler, Jost (1846-1929)

Psycholinguistics

Brown, Roger William (1925- )
Buhler, Karl (1879-1963)
Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939)
Geschwind, Norman (1926-84)
Lacan, Jacques (1901-81)
Paul, Hermann (1846-1921)
Piaget, Jean (1896-1980)
Wegener, Philipp (1848-1916)
Wundt, Wilhelm (1832-1920)

Romance Linguistics

Alarcos Llorach, Emilio (1922- )
Alonso, Amado (1896-1952)
Ascoli, Graziadio Isaia (1829-1907)
Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1873-1946)
Bertoni, Giulio (1878-1942)
Brondal, Rasmus Viggo (1887-1942)
Coelho, Francisco Adolpho (1847-1919)
Coseriu, Eugenio (1921- )
Devoto, Giacomo (1897-1974)
Diez, Friedrich (1794-1876)
Gauchat, Louis (1866-1942)
Grober, Gustav (1844-1911)
Hall, Robert A. Jr (1911- )
Iordan, Iorgu (1888-1986)
Jud, Jakob (1882-1952)
Kobayashi, Hideo (1903-78)
Malkiel, Yakov (1914- )
Malmberg, Bertil (1913- )
Meyer-Lubke, Wilhelm (1861-1936)
Orr, John (1885-1966)
Puscariu, Sextil (1877-1948)
Rohlfs, Gerhard (1892-1986)
Ronjat, Jules (1864-1925)
Rosetti, Alexandru (1895-1990)
Ullmann, Stephen (1914-76)
Wagner, Max Leopold (1880-1962)
Wartburg, Walther von (1888-1971)

Scandinavian Languages

Diderichsen, Paul (1905-64)
Haugen, Einar (1906- )
Noreen, Adolf Gotthard (1854-1925)
Rask, Rasmus Kristian (1787-1832)
Sommerfelt, Alf (1892-1965)
Storm, Johan (1836-1920)

Semantics

Ajdukiewicz, Kazimierz (1890-1963)
Boethius of Dacia (fl. 1275)
Boole, George (1815-64)
Breal, Michel Jules Alfred (1832-1915)
Danes, Frantisek (1919- )
Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiye (1906-92)
Kunihiro, Tetsuya (1929- )
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716)
Malinowski, Bronislaw Kaspar (1884-1942)
Martin of Dacia (d. 1304)
Marty, Anton (1847-1914)
Matore, Georges (1908- )
Mill, John Stuart (1806-73)
Moller, Herman (1850-1923)
Montague, Richard (1931-71)
Ogden, Charles Kay (1889-1957)
Peter Helias (12th century AD)
Petrus Alliacus (1350-1420/21)
Petrus Hispanus (c. 1210-76)
Planudes, Maximus (1260-1310)
Radulphus Brito (c. 1275-1320)
Ralph of Beauvais (fl. c. 1175)
Reichenbach, Hans (1891-1953)
Richards, Ivor Armstrong (1893-1979)
Siger de Courtrai (d. 1341)
Thomas of Erfurt (fl. c. 1300)
Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812)
Trnka, Bohumil (1895-1984)
Ullmann, Stephen (1914-76)
Vendryes, Joseph Jean Baptiste Marie (1875-1960)
Wegener, Philipp (1848-1916)
Weinreich, Uriel (1926-67)
William of Conches (c. 1080-1154)

Semiotics

Sebeok, Thomas Albert (1920- )

Semitic Languages

Bergstrasser, Gotthelf (1886-1933)
Brockelmann, Carl (1868-1956)
Cerulli, Enrico (1898-1988)
Conti Rossini, Carlo (1872-1949)
Kurylowicz, Jerzy (1895-1978)
Moller, Herman (1850-1923)
Noldeke, Theodor (1836-1930)
Polotsky, Hans (Hayyim) Jacob (1905-91)
Postel, Guillaume (1510-81)
Silvestre de Sacy, Baron Antoine-Isaac (1758-1838)
Ullendorff, Edward (1920- )

Slavic Languages

Chino, Eiichi (1932- )
Dobrovsky, Josef (1753-1829)
Havranek, Bohuslav (1893-1978)
Leskien, August (1840-1916)
Miklosic, Franc (1813-91)
Trubetzkoy, Nikolai Sergeyevic (1890-1938)
Verner, Karl Adolf (1846-96)

Sociology and Language

Blumer, Herbert (1900-87)
Goffman, Erving (1922-82)
Homans, George C. (1910-89)
Hovland, Carl Iver (1912-61)
Mead, George Herbert (1863-1931)
Sacks, Harvey (1935-75)
Schutz, Alfred (1899-1959)
Weber, Max (1864-1920)

Sociolinguistics

Cobbett, William (1763-1835)
Ferguson, Charles A. (1921- )
Fishman, Joshua A. (1926- )
Foucault, Michel (1926-84)
Gauchat, Louis (1866-1942)
Greenberg, Joseph H. (1915- )
Haugen, Einar (1906- )
Joos, Martin (1907-78)
Labov, William (1927- )
Meillet, Antoine (Paul Jules) (1866-1936)
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
Sacks, Harvey (1935-75)
Sapir, Edward (1884-1939)
Turner, Lorenzo Dow (1895-1972)
Vendryes, Joseph Jean Baptiste Marie (1875-1960)
Whorf, Benjamin Lee (1897-1941)

Spanish Language

Menendez Pidal, Ramon (1869-1968)
Navarro, Tomas (1884-1979)
Tovar, Antonio (1911-85)

Speech Technology

Fant, (Carl) Gunnar (Michael) (1919- )
Kempelen, Wolfgang von (1734-1804)
Klatt, Dennis H. (1938-88)
Kratzenstein, Christian Gottlieb (1723-95)

Syntax

Apollonius Dyscolus (c. 110-175 AD)
Aristotle (384-322 BC)
Becker, Karl Ferdinand (1775-1849)
Benveniste, Emile (1902-76)
Boethius of Dacia (fl. 1275)
Danes, Frantisek (1919- )
Delbruck, Berthold (1842-1922)
Diderichsen, Paul (1905-64)
Donatus (4th century AD)
Greenberg, Joseph H. (1915- )
Harris, Zellig S. (1909-92)
Hjelmslev, Louis Trolle (1899-1965)
Jakobson, Roman (1896-1982)
Jespersen, Otto (1860-1943)
Martin of Dacia (d. 1304)
Peter Helias (12th century AD)
Petrus Alliacus (1350-1420/21)
Petrus Hispanus (c. 1210-76)
Planudes, Maximus (1260-1310)
Radulphus Brito (c. 1275-1320)
Ralph of Beauvais (fl. c. 1175)
Ramus, Petrus (1515-72)
Sanctius, Franciscus (1523-1600)
Siger de Courtrai (d. 1341)
Tesniere, Lucien Valerius (1893-1954)
Thomas of Erfurt (fl. c. 1300)
Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812)
Varro, Marcus Terentius (116-27 BC)
William of Conches (c. 1080-1154)

Translation

Ascham, Roger (1515-68)
Caxton, William (c. 1415-91)
Mounin, Georges (1910-93)
Nida, Eugene Albert (1914- )
Pike, Kenneth Lee (1912- )
Tyndale, William (1494-1536)

Typology

Austerlitz, Robert Paul (1923- )
Bopp, Franz (1791-1867)
Greenberg, Joseph H. (1915- )
Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1767-1835)
Schlegel, August Wilhelm von (1767-1845)
Schlegel, (Carl Wilhelm) Friedrich von (1772-1829)
Schleicher, August (1821-68)

Universal Grammar

Arnauld, Antoine (1612-94)
Bacon, Roger (c. 1214-92/4)
Beattie, James (1735-1803)
Beauzee, Nicolas (1717-89)
Harris, James (1709-80)
Kilwardby, Robert (?1215-79)
Marty, Anton (1847-1914)
Sanctius, Franciscus (1523-1600)
Scaliger, Julius Caesar (1484-1558)
Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques (1727-81)

Universal Language

Lodwick, Francis (1619-94)
Dalgarno, George (c. 1619-87)
Wilkins, John (1614-72)

Vietnamese Language

Thompson, Laurence Cassius (1926- )

Writing Systems

Braille, Louis (1809-52)
Bullokar, William (c. 1531-1609)
Campanella, Thomas (1568-1639)
Champollion, Jean-Francois (1790-1832)
Duponceau (or Du Ponceau), Pierre Etienne (Peter Stephen) (1760-1844)
Elphinston, James (1721-1809)
First Grammatical Treatise (12th century AD)
Hart, John (?1501-74)
Jones, Sir William (1746-94)
Mulcaster, Richard (1532-1611)
Pitman, Sir Isaac (1813-97)
Postel, Guillaume (1510-81)
Sayce, (Rev.) Archibald Henry (1845-1933)
Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950)
Vachek, Josef (1909- )
Ventris, Michael (1922-56)
Volney, Constantin-Francois Chasseboeuf, Comte de (1757-1820)
Westermann, Diedrich Hermann (1875-1956)
Young, Thomas (1773-1829)