Linguist celebrities
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Ghil’ad Zuckermann (Hebrew: גלעד צוקרמן born June 1, 1971) is an Israeli linguist who works with language revival, contact linguistics, lexicology and the study of language, culture and identity. Zuckermann is Professor of Linguistics
William Labov (/ləˈboʊv/ lə-BOHV; born December 4, 1927) is an American linguist, widely regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics. He has been described as “an enormously original and influential figure who has c
Charles Frambach Berlitz (November 22, 1913 – December 18, 2003) was an American linguist and language teacher known for his books on paranormal phenomena, as well as his language-learning courses.
John Hamilton McWhorter V (born 1965) is an American linguist professor at Columbia University and political commentator. He is the author of a number of books on language and on race relations. His research specialties are how creole languages form
Reinier Johannes Charles “Rik” Smits (born 1953 in The Hague) is a Dutch linguist, author, translator and editor with a wide range of interests.
Sérgio Meira (born December 31, 1968) is a Brazilian linguist who specializes in the Cariban and Tupian language families of lowland South America and in the Tiriyó language in particular. He has worked on the classification of the Cariban language
James Legge (/lɛɡ/; Chinese: 理雅各; 20 December 1815 – 29 November 1897) was a noted Scottish sinologist, a Scottish Congregationalist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873), and first Profess
Peter Schrijver (born 1963 in Delft), is a Dutch linguist, who is a professor of Celtic languages (Welsh, Cornish, Breton, Irish and Continental Celtic) at Utrecht University, and researcher of ancient Indo-European linguistics. He worked previously
Yevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1891 – 25 January 1938) was a Soviet linguist, orientalist and polyglot.
Victor Henry (17 August 1850 in Colmar – 6 February 1907 in Sceaux was a French philologist, born at Colmar