A linguist in the academic sense is a person who studies linguistics. Ambiguously, the word is sometimes also used to refer to a polyglot (one who knows a lot of languages), or a grammarian, but these two uses of the word are distinct. The word linguistician is also used by some people to refer to one who studies linguistics, in order to avoid this ambiguity, although this word is rare, and generally disliked by linguists. Academic linguists do not have to be polyglots.

The following is a list of linguists. See modern linguists for those whose work follows the program of structural linguists.

A

• Abdul Haq, Maulvi (الهند, 1870-1961), Urdu language
• Aikhenvald, Alexandra Yurievna (روسيا, 1957-), syntax, typology, Amazonian languages, Papuan languages, Hebrew, Russian
• Aitken, Adam Jack (UK, 1921-1998), lexicography
• Albright, William Foxwell (USA, 1891-1971)
• Aronoff, Mark, (كندا, 1949-), morphology
• Austin, John Langshaw (UK, 1911-1960), philosophy of language, speech act

B

• Emmon Bach (USA, 1929-)
• Zami Bahawalpuri
• Mark Baker
• Peter Bakker (The Netherlands, Denmark), intertwined languages, pidgins, sociolinguistics
• Charles Bally (فرنسا, 1865-1947)
• Subhabrata Banerjee (الهند, 1971-), natural language processing
• Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig (USA, 1954-) Second language acquisition, tense and aspect, pragmatics
• Yehoshua Bar-Hillel (Israel, 1915-1975)
• Andrew Barss (USA), syntax
• Jan Niecislaw Baudouin de Courtenay (Poland, 1845-1929)
• Alton Becker
• Mary Beckman
• Adriana Belletti
• Byron Bender
• Emily Bender Computational Linguistics, Multilingual Grammar Engineering, Syntax, Sociolinguistics
• Benjamin K. Bergen
• Nasser Berjaoui (Morocco), Moroccan Secret Languages
• Charles Berlitz
• Roger Berry (UK)
• Christina Bethin (USA), phonology
• Thomas Bever (USA), sentence processing, psycholinguistics
• Bhartrihari (الهند, 450–510), Sanskrit
• Rajesh Bhatt (الهند, 1973-), syntax, Hindi-Urdu, Kashmiri
• Rakesh M. Bhatt (الهند), sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, Hindi-Urdu, Kashmiri
• Balthasar Bickel (Switzerland), Kiranti languages, typology
• Derek Bickerton (1926-)
• Manfred Bierwisch (ألمانيا, 1930-)
• Wilhelm Bleek (ألمانيا, 1827-1875)
• Jules Bloch (1980-1953)
• Bernard Bloch (1907-1965)
• Leonard Bloomfield (USA , 1887-1949)
• Sheila Blumstein
• Robert Blust (USA), Austronesian languages
• Franz Boas (USA, 1858-1942)
• Jonathan David Bobaljik, syntax, morphology
• Paul Boersma (The Netherlands), phonetics
• Dwight Bolinger (USA, 1907-1992)
• Franz Bopp (ألمانيا, 1791-1867)
• Hagit Borer (USA), syntax
• Željko Bošković (1969-), syntax
• John Bowring (UK, 1792-1872)
• Wilhelm Braune (ألمانيا, 1850-1926)
• Joan Bresnan (1945-), syntax
• Michael Brody (Hungary/UK, 1954-)
• Ellen Broselow (USA), phonology
• Karl Brugmann (ألمانيا, 1849-1919)
• Ranko Bugarski (Serbia), sociolinguistics
• Karl Bühler (ألمانيا, 1879-1963)
• Alisson Burkett
• Hadumod Bußmann (ألمانيا)
• Dani Byrd (USA), phonetics

C

• Lyle Campbell
• Una Canger
• Monica Cantero
• Rudolf Carnap (ألمانيا, 1891-1970)
• Andrew Carnie (كندا, 1969-), syntax
• Robyn Carston
• John Chadwick (UK, 1902-1998), (Linear B)
• Wallace Chafe
• Paul Chilton
• Jean-François Champollion (فرنسا, 1790-1832), (Egyptian hieroglyphs)
• Noam Chomsky (USA, 1928-), syntax
• Sandra Chung (USA, 1948-), syntax
• Guglielmo Cinque (إيطاليا, 1948-), syntax
• Michael Clyne
• Felice Coles
• Christopher Collins (USA), syntax, Kwa languages
• Peter Collins (UK), corpus linguistics
• Wes Collins, Hispanic linguistics, Mam
• Bernard Comrie (1947-)
• Cleo Condoravdi, semantics
• Jean-Claude Coquet
• Annabel Cormack (UK, 1939-), syntax
• Gerard Cornielje (Netherlands), syntax, Dutch
• Elizabeth Cowper (كندا), syntax
• William Croft (USA), syntax, cognitive linguistics
• Richard Crouch, computational semantics
• Megan Crowhurst
• David Crystal (UK, 1941-)
• Peter W. Culicover (USA)
• Baateni M. Reza (IRI)

D

• Vladimir Dahl (روسيا)
• Amy Dahlstrom
• Anne Daladier (فرنسا)
• Probal Dasgupta (الهند), South Asian linguistics
• Donald Davidson (USA, 1917-2003)
• Veneeta Dayal (الهند), South Asian linguistics, semantics
• Ayse Pamir Dietrich (إيطاليا), Ankara University,Faculty of Letters,Turkey, Russian and Turkish syntax and phonology
• Ferdinand deHaan (Dutch), typology
• Richard Demers (USA), phonetics, native American languages
• Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (Iran, 1879–1959)
• Scott DeLancey (USA), syntax, semantics, Tibeto-Burman, Native languages of the Pacific Northwest (of the US)
• Berthold Delbrück (ألمانيا, 1842-1922)
• Otto Dempwolff (ألمانيا, 1871-1938), Austronesian languages
• Molly Diesing
• R. M. W. Dixon (UK/Australia, 1939-), syntax, typology, Australian languages, Amazonian languages, Fijian
• Josef Dobrovský (Czech Republic)
• Clement Martyn Doke (South Africa, 1893-1980), Bantu languages
• Aharon Dolgopolsky (روسيا/Israel, 1930-)
• Patricia Donegan (USA)
• Edgardo Donovan (USA/إيطاليا, 1974-)
• Sheila Dooley (USA)
• Ángela Downing
• B. Elan Dresher (كندا), (phonology)
• Wolfgang U. Dressler (Austria), (phonology, morphology, text linguistics, child language development)
• Konrad Duden (ألمانيا)
• Donald Dyer
• Ahmad Hasan Dani

E

• Penelope Eckert, sociolinguistics, (USA)
• Umberto Eco (إيطاليا, 1932-)
• Murvet Enç
• Desiderius Erasmus
• Tevfik Esenç (إيطاليا 1904-1992), Ubykh
• Daniel Everett (1951-)
• Karen Everett
• Michael Everson (USA/Ireland, 1963-), (writing systems)
• Colin J. Ewen (1951-), phonology, الإنگليزية, Scots, Dutch
• Eugenio Coseriu, Romanian
• Engin Uzun, Turkey

F

• Salifu Faal (Gambia)
• Charles J. Fillmore (USA, 1929-)
• Franck Floricic (فرنسا/إيطاليا)
• Sandiway Fong (USA), computational linguistics, parsing
• Michael Forman
• Amy Fountain (USA), phonology, Navajo,
• Danny Fox (USA)
• Johannes Friedrich (ألمانيا)

G

• Alexandru Gafton (Romania, 1966-)
• Brent Galloway (1944-)
• Tamaz Gamkrelidze (Georgia, 1929-)
• Gerald Gazdar (UK, 1950-)
• Jan Gebauer (Czech)
• Dirk Geeraerts (Belgium)
• Stefan Georg (ألمانيا), 1962-)
• LouAnn Gerken (USA), language acquisition
• Badri Gharib (Iran)
• Anastasia Giannakidou (Greece), semantics
• Talmy Givón (Palestine/USA), syntax, semantics, pragmatics, typology, functionalism
• Heinz Giegerich (ألمانيا)
• Andrew Goatly (UK)
• Heather Goad (كندا)
• Alexander Gode (ألمانيا, USA)
• Adele Goldberg
• Rosa A. Gonzalez (linguist) ((Ecuador)|1959-)
• George Grace
• David Graham (phonetics and language constructs) 1971-
• Sidney Greenbaum (UK, 1929-1996)
• Joseph Greenberg (USA, 1914-2001), typology, language universals
• (Herbert) Paul Grice (UK, 1913-1988)
• Jakob Grimm (ألمانيا, 1785-1863)
• Yosef Grodzinsky
• Andrea Gualmini
• John Gumperz
• Lakhan Gusain (الهند), 1966-, descriptive grammar, Rajasthani language
• Gene D. Matlock
• George Abraham Grierson (Scotland), Linguistic Survey of India

H

• Harald Haarmann (ألمانيا)
• Mary Haas
• Jan Hajič (Czechia)
• Eva Hajičová (Czechia), (1935-)
• Kenneth L. Hale (USA, 1934-2001)
• Morris Halle (USA, 1923-), phonology, morphology
• Michael Halliday (UK/Australia, 1925-)
• Michael Hammond (USA, 1957-), phonology, computational linguistics
• Heidi Harley (USA, 1969-), distributed morphology, syntax
• John Peabody Harrington
• James Harris (1709-1780)
• John Harris
• Roy Harris (UK, 1931-)
• Zellig Harris (USA, 1909-1992)
• Martin Haspelmath (ألمانيا, 1963-), syntax, morphology
• John Hawkins (1947-)
• Sarah Hawkins
• Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (USA, 1906-1992)
• Bruce Hayes (USA), phonology
• Valerie Hazan
• Irene Heim (USA/ألمانيا), semantics
• Bernd Heine (ألمانيا)
• Randall Hendrick, syntax
• Luc Herman (Belgium)
• Daniel Hirst (UK/فرنسا, 1946-) (speech prosody)
• John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt,(1859-1937, USA, specialized in Iroquoian dialects)
• Louis Hjelmslev (Denmark, 1899-1965)
• Charles F. Hockett (USA, 1914-2000)
• Harry Hoijer
• Harry Hollien
• Paul Hopper
• Peter E. Hook (USA, Indo-Aryan Languages Rajasthani Language
• Norbert Hornstein, syntax
• Jill House
• Bedřich Hrozný (Czech Republic, 1879-1952)
• Mark Huckvale
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (ألمانيا, 1787-1835)
• Rodney Huddleston (UK/Australia)
• Richard Hudson (UK, 1939-) syntax, word grammar
• Khaled Huthaily (USA), English-Arabic Contrastive Linguistics
• Dell Hymes (USA)

I

• Sabine Iatridou (USA/Greece, 1958-)
• Vladislav Illich-Svitych (روسيا/Ukraine, 1934-1966)
• Frances Ingemann
• Vyacheslav Vsevolodovich Ivanov (روسيا, 1929)
• Pavle Ivić (Serbia, 1924-1999)

J

• Ray Jackendoff (USA, 1945-), syntax, lexical semantics
• Florian Jaeger (ألمانيا, 1976-)
• Vatroslav Jagić (Croatia, 1838-1923)
• Roman Jakobson (روسيا/Czechia/USA, 1896-1982)
• Jay Jasanoff (USA), Indo-European
• Katarzyna Jaszczolt (Poland)
• K. A. Jayaseelan (الهند), South Asian linguistics, syntax
• Eloise Jelinek (USA), syntax
• Otto Jespersen (Denmark, 1860-1943)
• Keith Johnson
• Sir Alexander Johnstone, Indian linguist and co-founder of Royal Asiatic Society
• Dianne Jonas (USA), Syntax, Scandinavian languages
• Daniel Jones (UK, 1881-1967)
• Sir William Jones (UK, 1746-1794)
• Allard Jongman
• Brian Joseph
• Aravind Joshi
• Dan Jurfasky

K

• Ronald Kaplan, computational linguistics
• Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (Serbia, 1787-1864)
• Simin Karimi (Iran/USA), syntax
• Lauri Karttunen (1941-), computational morphology, semantics
• Ahmad Kasravi (Iran, 1890-1946)
• Terrence Kaufman, Mesoamerican historical linguistics, contact linguistics, fieldwork
• Martin Kay, computational linguistics
• Paul Kay (USA), construction grammar
• Richard Kayne
• Patricia Keating phonetics
• John Kelly phonetics phonology
• Michael Kenstowicz
• Madjid Khalilov (روسيا), languages of Dagestan
• Ayesha Kidwai (الهند), syntax, Hindi-Urdu
• Tracy Holloway King (1966-), grammar engineering
• M. Dale Kinkade
• Paul Kiparsky (Finland/USA, 1941-)
• Yuri Knorosov (الاتحاد السوڤيتي, 1922-1999), (Maya hieroglyphics)
• Alice Kober (UK, 1907-1950), (Linear B)
• Ekkehard König (ألمانيا), reflexives and intensifiers
• Hilda Koopman (1953-)
• Hans van de Koot
• Jan Koster (Netherlands, 1945-)
• Đorđe Kostić (Serbia, 1909-1995), speech recognition, machine translation, phonetics, phonology
• Stephen Krashen
• Angelika Kratzer (USA/ألمانيا), semantics
• Michael Krauss
• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (الهند, 1929-), Dravidian languages
• Alfred L. Kroeber
• Henry Kucera (Hungary, 1925-)
• Deny Arnos Kwary (Indonesian, 1975-)
• Krisadawan Hongladarom (تايلند),syntax,pragmatics and discourse studies,ethnolinguistics,Tibetan linguistics,linguistics field methods
• Kalaya Tingsabadh (تايلند),phonetics,phonology,dialectology
• Kingkarn Thepkanjana (تايلند),syntax,semantics,cognitive linguistics,linguistic typology

L

• William Labov (USA, 1927-), founder of sociolinguistics
• Peter Ladefoged (1925-2006), phonetics, language conservation
• Itziar Laka (1962-), syntax
• George Lakoff (USA, 1941-)
• Robin Lakoff (1942-), sociolinguistics
• Sydney Lamb (USA, 1929-)
• D. Terrence Langendoen (USA), syntax, semantics, computational linguistics, mathematical linguistics
• Richard Larson, syntax
• Howard Lasnik (1945-), syntax
• John Lawler, (USA), syntax, semantics, computational linguistics
• Karl Richard Lepsius (ألمانيا, 1810-1884)
• Adrienne Lehrer (America), lexical semantics, pragmatics
• August Leskien (ألمانيا, 1840-1916)
• Stephen C. Levinson (Holland) pragmatics
• Fran Levstik (Slovenia, 1831 - 1881)
• Charles N. Li (China)
• Yafei Li, syntax
• Alvin Liberman
• Mark Liberman
• David Lightfoot (1945-)
• Lin Hua (China)
• John Lipski
• John Local (UK), phonetics, phonology,conversation analysis
• Philip Locke
• Ken Lodge
• Fred Lukoff (USA, 1920-2000), (Korean language)

M

• Monica Macaulay
• Marlys Macken
• Brian MacWhinney
• Diane Massam (كندا), syntax
• Miura Tsutomu (1911-1989), Japanese language
• Pádraic I. M. MacUidhir
• Ian Maddieson
• Anoop Mahajan (الهند), Hindi-Urdu syntax
• Susan Major
• Radhika Mamidi (الهند), pragmatics, computational linguistics
• Amy Mangan
• Sean Mann (USA), Korean language
• Alec Marantz
• Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr (روسيا/Republic of Georgia, 1864-1934)
• André Martinet
• Joan Mascaro
• Vilém Mathesius (Czechia, 1882 – 1945)
• Peter Matthews (UK, 1934-)
• Stephen Matthews (UK), Cantonese
• John J. McCarthy
• Sam A. Mchombo (Chichewa) Cambridge, United Kingdom Malawi
• James McCloskey (Ireland), syntax
• James D. McCawley
• Martha McGinnis (كندا), syntax
• Cecile McKee (USA), language acquisition
• John McWhorter (USA), Creole languages
• Carl Meinhof (ألمانيا, 1857-1944)
• Alan Melby (الولايات المتحدة), computational linguistics
• Jason Merchant
• Franc Miklošič (Slovenia, 1813-1891)
• Carl Mills (USA, 1942-2003)
• Ken Miner
• Marianne Mithun
• K.P.Mohanan ( Singapore/الهند, 1947-)
• Richard Montague (USA, 1930-1971)
• Motoori Norinaga (Japan, 1730-1801), Japanese language of the Edo period
• Jan Mukařovský (Czechia, 1891 - 1975)
• Gereon Müller (ألمانيا, 1964), syntax
• Pamela Munro (USA)

N

• Ádám Nádasdy
• Ad Neeleman
• Marina Nespor
• Johanna Nichols, Slavic languages
• Janet Nicol (USA), language acquisition
• Jon Nissenbaum
• Francis Nolan
• Jerry Norman, Chinese language

O

• William O'Grady
• Diane Ohala, (USA, 1966-), language acquisition, phonology
• John Ohala, phonetics
• Hermann Osthoff (ألمانيا, 1847-1909)
• Karel Oštir (Slovenia, 1888-1973)
• Janez Orešnik (Slovenia, 1935-), comparative linguistics
• Marc Okrand, Klingon language
• Walter J. Ong (USA)

P

• Pāṇini (India, c. 520-460 BC), Sanskrit grammar, formal grammar, descriptive linguistics, generative linguistics, mathematical linguistics
• Barbara Partee (و. ألمانيا, b. 1940), mathematical linguistics
• Hermann Paul (ألمانيا, 1864-1940)
• Andrew Pawley
• Holger Pedersen (Denmark, 1867-1953)
• Mario Pei (USA/إيطاليا, 1901-1978)
• David Pesetsky (1957-)
• Ann Peters, language acquisition, prosody
• Robert Phillipson (UK, 1942-)
• Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini (إيطاليا), biology of language
• Janet Pierrehumbert, phonetics, phonology
• Kenneth L. Pike (USA, 1912-2000)
• Steven Pinker
• Glyne Piggott (كندا)
• Predrag Piper (Serbia), (Slavic languages)
• Vittore Pisani (إيطاليا, 1899-1991) (historical linguistics)
• Jean-Yves Pollock, syntax
• Hans Jakob Polotsky (1905-1991)
• Giovanni Pontiero
• Rebecca Posner
• Paul Postal (USA, 1936-), syntax
• Dennis Preston
• Alan S. Prince
• Ernst Pulgram, Italic languages, Romance languages
• Geoffrey Pullum (UK/USA, 1945-), syntax
• Clifton Pye
• Thomas Pyles
• Pranee Kullavanijaya (تايلند), syntax, semantics, comparative historical linguistics, Tai languages

Q

• Randolph Quirk (UK)

R

• Juan Bautista Rael (USA, 1900 - 1993)
• Fran Ramovš (Slovenia, 1890-1952)
• Robert Rankin
• Eduardo Raposo
• Rasmus Christian Rask (Denmark, 1787-1832)
• Charles Read
• Kenneth Rehg
• Lawrence A. Reid
• Keren Rice (USA/كندا), phonology, First Nations languages
• Norvin Richards (USA), syntax
• Elizabeth (Betsy) Ritter (كندا), syntax
• Luigi Rizzi (1952-) (إيطاليا), syntax
• Ian Roberts (UK, 1957-), syntax
• Paul Roberts, syntax
• Sara Thomas Rosen, syntax, lexical semantics
• Háj John R. Ross (USA), syntax, poetics
• Malcolm Ross, Austronesian languages, Papuan languages
• Alain Rouveret (فرنسا), syntax
• Jerzy Rubach (Poland / USA, 1948-), phonology
• Merritt Ruhlen (USA)
• Mihaj N. Radan (Romania)
• Rungpat Roengpitya (تايلند), phonetics, phonology, language and culture, applied linguistics
• Peter Rajendran & Jayamary Rajendran, Phonemic Summary of Gamit & Grammar of Gamit

Rani Rubdy Sumant (Applied Linguist)

S

• Harvey Sacks
• Hiralal Shukla (الهند), semiotics, body language
• Jerrold Sadock
• Ivan Sag (USA)
• Joseph Salmons
• Geoffrey Sampson (UK, 1944-)
• Nathan Sanders (USA), phonology
• Beatrice Santorini
• Edward Sapir (USA, 1884-1939)
• Ferdinand de Saussure (Switzerland, 1857-1913)
• Irena Sawicka (Poland)
• Archibald Henry Sayce (UK, 1845-1933), (Akkadian language)
• August Schleicher (ألمانيا, 1821-1868), Indo-European languages
• Johannes Schmidt (ألمانيا, 1843-1901)
• Wilhelm Schmidt (ألمانيا, 1868-1954)
• Russell Schuh
• John Searle (USA, 1932-)
• Elizabeth Selkirk
• Sequoyah (USA, 1760-1843), (Cherokee)
• Joan Sereno
• Eemil Nestor Setälä (Finland, 1864-1935)
• Petr Sgall (Czechia, 1926-)
• Sibawayh(i) (d.793), Persian language
• Eduard Sievers (ألمانيا, 1850-1932)
• John V. Singler
• Neil Smith
• Paul Smolensky
• William Snyder (USA) language acquisition
• Dominique Sportiche
• David Stampe (USA)
• Stanley Starosta (USA)
• Georgiy Starostin (روسيا, 1976)
• Sergei Starostin (روسيا, 1953-2005), historical linguistics
• Luc Steels (Belgian), computational linguistics
• Donca Steriade (USA/Romania)
• Gregory Stump (USA)
• Karumuri Venkata Subbarao (الهند), syntax, South Asian languages
• Takao Suzuki (Japan), Japanese language
• Morris Swadesh (USA), typology
• Zdenko Škreb (Croatia)
• C.Shackle London (1941-)
• Suda Rangkupan (تايلند), syntax, semantics, discourse analysis, narratives and cognitive linguistics
• Sudaporn Luksaneeyanawin (تايلند), phonetics, phonology, speech technology, psycholinguistics, applied linguistics, stylistics

T

• Leonard Talmy
• Deborah Tannen (USA, 1951-)
• Julee Tate
• Bruce Tesar
• Sarah Thomason
• Eric Thompson (USA, 1898-1975)
• Laurence C. Thompson
• Sandra A. Thompson, syntax, Chinese language
• Tokieda Motoki (Japanese, 1900-1967)
• J. R. R. Tolkien (UK, 1892-1973)
• George L. Trager
• Larry Trask (USA, 1944-2004)
• Lisa deMena Travis (كندا), syntax, Malagasy
• Nikolai Sergeevich Trubetzkoy (روسيا, 1890-1938)
• Peter Trudgill, sociolinguistics, اللغة الإنگليزية
• Theraphan Luangthongkum (تايلند), phonetics, comparative and historical linguistics, Southeast Asian linguistics, linguistics field methods, lexicography

U

• J. Marshall Unger (USA, 1947-), Japanese language
• Juan Uriagereka (Spain/Basque Country), syntax
• Adam Ussishkin (USA), phonology, Semitic languages

V

• Hans van de Koot
• Teun A. Van Dijk (Netherlands, 1943-), pragmatics, discourse analysis
• George van Driem (Netherlands), Tibeto-Burman languages
• Robert Van Valin, Jr.
• Max Vasmer (روسيا/ألمانيا, 1886-1962)
• Calvin Veltman (USA/Quebec)--sociolinguistics: language shift, bilingualism, assimilation
• Michael Ventris (UK, 1922-1956), Linear B
• Jean-Roger Vergnaud (فرنسا)
• Karl Verner (Denmark, 1846-1896)
• Valentin Voloshinov (روسيا)
• Alexander Vovin (روسيا/USA)
• Vichin Panupong (تايلند), syntax, dialectology, comparative historical linguistics

W

• Jacob Wackernagel (Switzerland, 1853–1938), Indo-European languages, Sanskrit
• Gregory Ward
• Natasha Warner (USA), phonetics
• Gerigje Catharina Wakker (Netherlands, 1985-)
• Thomas Wasow
• Andrew Wedel (USA), phonology
• John Wells (UK, 1939-)
• Paul Werth (UK)
• John Westbury
• Diedrich Westermann (ألمانيا, 1875-1956)
• Ernst Oswald Johannes Westphal (1919-1990)
• Lydia White
• John B. Whitman
• Benjamin Lee Whorf (USA, 1897-1941)
• Henry Widdowson (UK)
• Anna Wierzbicka (Poland, 1938)
• Edwin Williams, syntax
• Nicholas Williams (1943-)
• MaryAnn Willie, syntax, Navajo language
• David Willis, syntax
• Deirdre Wilson
• Robert Dick Wilson (USA, 1856–1930)
• Henri Wittmann (1937-)
• Walt Wolfram
• Arok Wolvengrey
• Alison Wray
• Wirote Aroonmanakun (تايلند), syntax, semantics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics

Y

• Malcah Yaeger-Dror, sociolinguistics
• Yamada Yoshio (Japan)
• Victor Yngve (USA, 1920-)
• Androula Yiakoumetti (Cyprus)
• Moira Yip
• Richard Young

Z

• Annie Zaenen, syntax
• Karen Zagona, syntax
• L. L. Zamenhof (Poland, 1859-1917), creator of Esperanto
• Raffaella Zanuttini, syntax
• Draga Zec
• Ofelia Zepeda, Tohono O'odham language
• Ghil'ad Zuckermann (Israeli/UK), Semitic languages, Indo-European languages
• Arnold Zwicky, (USA, 1940), syntax, morphology, syntactic variation
• Ziahosseini, (Iran)