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List of linguists

List of linguists is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of linguists rather than just read about it. In short: A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies natural language (an academic discipline known as linguistics). Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows several languages), a translator/interpreter (especially in the military), or a grammarian (a scholar of grammar), but these uses of the word are distinct (and one does not have to be multilingual in order to be an…

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Reference excerpt

A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies natural language (an academic discipline known as linguistics). Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows several languages), a translator/interpreter (especially in the military), or a grammarian (a scholar of grammar), but these uses of the word are distinct (and one does not have to be multilingual in order to be an academic linguist). The following is a list of notable academic linguists. In the list, the description is presented as: surname, given name (country, year of birth–year of death), main achievement

Abbott, Barbara (United States, 1943–), pragmatics, semantics Abel, Carl (Germany, 1837–1906), comparative lexicography Abdul Haq, Maulvi (India, 1870–1961), Urdu language Abrams, Lise (United States), psycholinguistics Abramson, Arthur S. (United States, 1925–2017), phonetics Adamou, Evangelia (France), language contact Adams, Douglas Q. (United States), English language, comparative linguistics, Tocharian language Adler, George J. (Germany/United States, 1821–1868), lexicography, German language, English language Aijmer, Karin (Sweden, 1939–), pragmatics, semantics Aikhenvald, Alexandra Yurievna (Russia, 1957–), syntax, typology, Amazonian languages, Papuan languages, Hebrew language, Russian language Aitken, Adam Jack (UK, 1921–1998), lexicography Ajduković, Jovan (Serbia, 1968–), Slavic languages, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, Russian language, Serbian language Albright, William Foxwell (United States, 1891–1971), Semitic languages Alexiadou, Artemis (1969–), Greek language, syntax Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (Oman, 718–786 CE), Arabic prosody Al-Kisa'i (Iraq, d. 804), Arabic grammar Allan, Keith (Australia, 1943–), semantics Allen, Shanley (1964–), psycholinguistics, Inuktitut Alleyne, Mervyn Coleridge (Trinidad and Tobago/Jamaica, 1933–2016), creole language Ameka, Felix (Ghana, Australia, Netherlands, 1957–), pragmatics, semantics Amerias (Greece, 3rd century BC), Ancient Macedonian language, lexicography Anagnostopoulou, Elena (1967–), Greek language, theoretical linguistics Anderson, Gregory D.S. (United States), Munda languages Anderson, Stephen (United States, 1943–), morphology and history of linguistics Aoun, Joseph (Lebanon/United States, 1953–), Arabic language, syntax Aquilina, Joseph (Malta, 1911–1997), Maltese language Ariel, Mira (Israel), Accessibility Theory, pragmatics Arisaka Hideyo (Japan, 1908–1952), Japanese language Aristar, Anthony (South Africa/United States, 1948–), linguistic infrastructure Armstrong, Lilias (UK, 1882–1937), phonetics Aronoff, Mark (Canada, 1949–), morphology Ascoli, Graziadio Isaia (Italy, 1829–1907), substrata, Ladin language Austin, John Langshaw (UK, 1911–1960), philosophy of language, speech act Awobuluyi, Oladele (Nigeria, 1937–), African languages Ayres-Bennett, Wendy (UK), history of French and history of linguistic thought Azad, Humayun (Bangladesh, 1947–2004), Bengali language Al-Harbi, Abdul Aziz (Saudi Arabia, 1965–) Al-Mubarrad (Basra, c. 826–c. 898)

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about List of linguists ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of List of linguists

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In the classroom: List of linguists is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Linguistics lists, Linguists, Lists of educators, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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