Linguist

Explore the world's most renowned linguists, celebrated for their exceptional language skills and contributions to the field of linguistics. Discover their lives, accomplishments, and the impact they have made on our understanding of language and communication.

Franz Boas Franz Boas
USA
American anthropologist, linguist and naturalist
Robert Dixon Robert Dixon
Great Britain
British and Australian linguist, professor
Dorothea Bleek Dorothea Bleek
South Africa
German linguist.
Arnold Chikobava Arnold Chikobava
Georgia
Georgian linguist and philologist
Roland Barthes Roland Barthes
France
French structuralist and semiotician
Fedor Klimchuk Fedor Klimchuk
Belarus
Belarusian linguist-dialectologist, historian
Grigoriy Kapantsyan Grigoriy Kapantsyan
Armenia
Soviet historian, linguist
Emile Benveniste Emile Benveniste
France
French linguist
Nikolay Durnovo Nikolay Durnovo
Russia
Russian linguist, Slavist and Russianist.
Wilhelm Bleek Wilhelm Bleek
Germany
German linguist, specialist in African languages. Son of theologian Friedrich Blick.
Franz Bopp Franz Bopp
Germany
German linguist, founder of comparative linguistics
Annelies Kammenhuber Annelies Kammenhuber
Germany
German linguist
Ernst Sittig Ernst Sittig
Germany
German linguist
Cyrus Herzl Gordon Cyrus Herzl Gordon
USA
American linguist
Sonja Elen Kisa Kisa Sonja Elen Kisa Kisa
Canada
Canadian linguist
Ljudevit Gaj Ljudevit Gaj
Croatia
Croatian poet, educator, linguist
Vaclav Blazek Vaclav Blazek
Czech
Czech linguist, professor
Valentin Avrorin Valentin Avrorin
Soviet linguist
Clement Martyn Doke Clement Martyn Doke
South Africa
South African linguist, Africanist
Sir William Jones Sir William Jones
Great Britain
"The Father of British Oriental Studies"
Josef Dobrovsky Josef Dobrovsky
Czech
Czech philologist (linguist, literary scholar, folklorist), historian and educator
Alfred Zhurinsky Alfred Zhurinsky
Russian linguist, candidate of philological sciences
Michael Veske Michael Veske
Estonia
Researcher in Finnish languages
Alan Henderson Gardiner Alan Henderson Gardiner
Great Britain
English Egyptologist and linguist.
George Lakoff George Lakoff
USA
American linguist
Zalman Dymshits Zalman Dymshits
Russian linguist, translator
John Grinder John Grinder
USA
American author, linguist and co-author
Wolfgang Dressler Wolfgang Dressler
Austria
Austrian linguist, professor
Friedrich-Eduard Konig Friedrich-Eduard Konig
Germany
German theologian, biblical scholar and linguist
Jacob Wackernagel Jacob Wackernagel
Switzerland
Swiss linguist
Karl Eduard Sachau Karl Eduard Sachau
Germany
German orientalist, linguist.
Jerzy Kurylowicz Jerzy Kurylowicz
Poland
Polish linguist
Ernst Faber Ernst Faber
Germany
German missionary, sinologist and botanist
Aleksander Reformatskiy Aleksander Reformatskiy
Russian linguist.
Jan Ivar Bjornflaten Jan Ivar Bjornflaten
Norway
Norwegian linguist, Russianist.
Anna Wierzbicka Anna Wierzbicka
Dive
Polish and Australian linguist
Henri Frei Henri Frei
Sweden
Swiss linguist, professor, one of the representatives of the Geneva school.
Hermann Paul Hermann Paul
Germany
German linguist and linguistic theorist, representative of neogrammatism
Jost Trier Jost Trier
Germany
German philologist
Vilhelm Thomsen Vilhelm Thomsen
Denmark
Danish linguist
Talmy Givon Talmy Givon
USA
American linguist
Ruben Avanesov Ruben Avanesov
Soviet linguist
Meredith Gardner Meredith Gardner
USA
American linguist and cryptanalyst
Varlam Topuria Varlam Topuria
Georgia
Georgian linguist
Bernhard Karlgren Bernhard Karlgren
Sweden
Swedish sinologist and linguist
Mathurin Veyssiere Croze Mathurin Veyssiere Croze
France
French orientalist and Armenologist, linguist, Benedictine.
Joseph Greenberg Joseph Greenberg
USA
American linguist, professor at Stanford University
Georgiy Gerovsky Georgiy Gerovsky
Carpatho-Russian linguist, ethnographer, teacher
Graziadio Ascoli Graziadio Ascoli
Italy
Italian linguist.
Mark Hucko Mark Hucko
Slovakia
Slovak linguist.

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