A linguist is someone who engages in the academic discipline of linguistics. Due to social and institutional forces, women in linguistics have been marginalized leading to significant interest in both the causes of and solutions to gender bias in linguistics.
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A NameDescriptionImage Abbi, Anvita Indian linguist, scholar Abbott, Barbara American linguist Adamou, Evangelia Contact linguist and specialist in endangered languages Adelswärd, Viveka Conversation analysis and institutional interaction Aikhenvald, Alexandra Linguist Aissen, Judith Linguist and Mayan specialist Aitchison, Jean Linguist and writer Alexiadou, Artemis Greek linguist and syntactician Allen, Shanley Canadian linguist and acquisitionist Anagnostopoulou, Elena Greek linguist and syntactician Antas, Jolanta Polish linguist Archangeli, Diana American linguist Ariel, Mira Israeli linguist, developer of Accessibility Theory Armstrong, Lilias (1882–1937) British phonetician Arvaniti, Amalia Greek phonetician and phonologist Arregui, Ana Formal semanticist Ashraf, Syeda Ummehani Linguist Atkins, Beryl Professional lexicographer Wendy Ayres-Bennett British philologist and historian of linguistic thought
B NameDescriptionImage Bagchi, Tista Indian linguist and ethicist Baird, JaneScottish Esperantist and lexicographer Baird, Jessie Little Doe Indigenous linguist and revitalization specialist Bakró-Nagy, Marianne Hungarian historical linguist and Finno-Ugrist Bannon, Ann (b. 1932) Lesbian pulp fiction author and linguist Baptista, Marlyse Cape Verdean contact linguist Barber, Katherine British-born Canadian lexicographer Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen American applied linguist Baron, Naomi American linguist and digital communication specialist Bartsch, Renate German linguist and philosopher of language Bazzanella, Carla Italian pragmaticist and sociolinguistBeck, Sigrid German semanticist Beckman, Mary American linguist, prosodist and acquisitionist Beddor, Patrice American phonetician and phonologist Béguelin, Marie-José Swiss linguist Behrens, Heike German psycholinguist Bell, Jeanie Australian specialist in Aboriginal languages Bellugi, Ursula German-American linguist and cognitive neuroscientist Berez-Kroeker, Andrea American documentary linguist Berezovich, Elena Russian onomastician and ethnolinguist Berg, Helma van den Dutch linguist and Caucasian specialist Bergman, Brita Swedish signed-language linguist Berko Gleason, Jean American psycholinguist and Wug Test creator Berman, Ruth A. South African-Israeli linguist and Hebraicist Bermúdez, Eloína Miyares Cuban linguist and lexicographer Bernot, Denise French linguist and Burmese specialist Biagi, Maria Luisa Altieri Italian historical linguist Bishop, Judith Australian poet, linguist and translator Blake, Renée A. Caribbean American sociolinguist Blau, Joyce Egyptian-French linguist and Kurdish specialist Bleek, Dorothea South African-born German anthropologist and philologist Blevins, Juliette American phonetician, phonologist and historical linguist Blumstein, Sheila American neurolinguist Borer, Hagit Israeli-born American theoretical linguist and syntactician Bowerman, Melissa Max-Planck-based American acquisitionist/psycholinguist Bowern, Claire US-based Australian historical linguist Boyce, Mary British linguist and specialist in Iranian languages and Zoroastrianism Brentari, Diane American linguist and sign-language specialist Bresnan, Joan American syntactician and founder of Lexical-Functional Grammar Briggs, Jean American-born anthropologist, ethnographer and linguist Bril, Isabelle French linguist and typologist specialising in Austronesian languages Bromwich, Rachel British philologist and Celtic specialist Broselow, Ellen American experimental linguist Browman, Catherine American linguist and speech scientist Brown, Penelope American anthropological linguist Brugman, Til Dutch author, poet and linguist Buchi, Éva Swiss linguist, lexicographer and Romance specialist Bucholtz, Mary American sociolinguist and anthropological linguist Bull, Tove Norwegian linguist, first female rector of the University of Tromsø Burlak, Svetlana Russian linguist and Indo-Europeanist Burridge, Kate Australian linguist and Germanicist Butt, Miriam German computational linguist and syntactician Bybee, Joan American linguist, pioneer of the usage-based approach
C NameDescriptionImage Cacoullos, Rena Torres American linguist Çambel, Halet Archaeologist and decipherer of Anatolian hieroglyphs Cameron, Deborah British linguist Canger, Una Danish linguist Carlier, Anne Linguist of French Cassell, Justine American human-computer interaction specialist Catach, Nina French linguist and historian Cataldi, Lee Australian poet and linguist Catrileo, María Mapuche linguist Charity Hudley, Anne H. American linguist Chaski, Carole American linguist Chelliah, Shobhana Indian-American linguist Chen, Yiya Phonetician and prosody specialist Cheng, Lisa Syntactician Cheshire, Jenny British linguist Chevalier, Marion Frances Philologist Choi, Soonja South Korean linguist Chomsky, Carol American linguist and education specialist Choueiri, Lina American linguist Chowning, Ann American anthropologist and linguist Christensen, Kirsti Koch Norwegian linguist Chuilleanáin, Eiléan Ní Irish poet and linguist Chung, Sandra American linguist Cirlot, Victoria Spanish philologist Clark, Dymphna Australian linguist Clark, Eve V. American linguist Clopper, Cynthia American linguist Cole, Jennifer S. American linguist Condee, Nancy American philologist of Russian Contini-Morava, Ellen Linguistic anthropologist Cornilescu, Alexandra Romanian syntactician Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth American linguist Cowper, Elizabeth Canadian linguist Crago, Martha Canadian linguist Cristofaro, Sonia Typologist and specialist in subordination Crowhurst, Megan Australian-Canadian linguist Curzan, Anne American scholar in English language and literature
D Dąbrowska, Ewa Polish cognitive linguist Davies, Anna Morpurgo Davis, Jenny L. D'Costa, Jean de Castro, Yeda Pessoa de Guzman, Maria Odulio Deloria, Ella Cara Denham, Kristin Dent, Susie de Malkiel, María Rosa Lida Demirdache, Hamida French syntactician and semanticist Demonte, Violeta Argentinian/Spanish grammarian and syntactician Dino, Güzin Divjak, Dagmar Corpus linguist and cognitive linguist Dobrushina, Nina Russian linguist and Caucasologist Dolphyne, Florence Ghanaian linguist Dorian, Nancy Doron, Edit Doron, Helen Downing, Laura J. Dragićević, Rajna Duarte, Dulce Almada Dürscheid, Christa Dwyer, Arienne
E Ebert, Cornelia German semanticist Eckert, Penelope Ehrlich, Susan Eichholz, Vilma Sindona É. Kiss, Katalin Elgin, Suzette Haden Elizarenkova, Tatyana Emmorey, Karen Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth Engdahl, Elisabet England, Nora Epps, Patience Ergun, Zeynep Erlés, Patricia Esteban Ernestus, Mirjam Dutch psycholinguist and laboratory phonologist Erofeyeva, Tamara Ervin-Tripp, Susan M. Escandell-Vidal, Victoria Spanish semanticist and pragmaticist Eskildsen, Rosario María Gutiérrez Espinal, M. Teresa Erzsébet, Barát
F Faber, Pamela Fanego, Teresa Spanish specialist in historical English syntax Farion, Iryna Fellbaum, Christiane Fielding, Stephanie Fierz-David, Linda Fiesel, Eva Fischer-Jørgensen, Eli Fitzgerald, Colleen Fjeld, Ruth Vatvedt Florey, Margaret Fodor, Janet Dean Foster, Mary LeCron Frazier, Lyn Freidenberg, Olga Frolova, Olga Fromkin, Victoria
G Gabain, Annemarie von Gabanyi, Anneli Ute Gal, Susan Gelashvili, Naira Genetti, Carol Gerdts, Donna Gervain, Judit Neurolinguist and prosody specialist Gezundhajt, Henriette Ghomeshi, Jila Giacalone Ramat, Anna Italian historical linguist and acquisitionist Gleitman, Lila Glisan, Eileen Glushkova, Irina Goldberg, Adele Goldin-Meadow, Susan Goodman, Felicitas Gopnik, Myrna Green, Lisa Grenoble, Lenore Grigore, Delia Groll, Sarah Israelit Grønnum, Nina Guasti, Maria Teresa Acquisitionist Gullberg, Marianne Swedish psycholinguist, gesture specialist Gvishiani, Natalia
H Haas, Mary Haessler, Luise Hajičová, Eva Hakulinen, Auli Hall, Kira Hansen, Maj-Britt Mosegaard Harley, Heidi Harris, Alice Harrison, Jane Ellen Hasan, Ruqaiya Hasdeu, Iulia Hasluck, Margaret Hatcher, Anna Granville Heath, Shirley Brice Heim, Irene Heller, Monica Hellwig, Birgit Descriptive linguist and psycholinguist Hercus, Luise Hermon, Gabriella Herring, Susan Hickmann, Maya Developmental psycholinguist Hidasi, Judit Hildebrandt, Martha Hill, Elizabeth Hill, Jane H. Hinton, Leanne Hoff, Erika Holmes, Janet Holst, Clara Holtsmark, Anne Hume, Elizabeth V. Humphreys, Jennett Hyams, Nina
I Iatridou, Sabine Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Iraide Basque-Spanish cognitive linguist Inkelas, Sharon Irigaray, Luce Itō, Junko Ivars, Ann-Marie
J Jacobson, Pauline Jaszczolt, Katarzyna Jeanne, LaVerne Jefferson, Gail Jelinek, Eloise Jensen, Eva Skafte Jinfang, Li Jisa, Harriet French developmental linguist Jobbé-Duval, Brigitte Jones, Eliza Grew Jun, Sun-Ah
K Kachru, Yamuna Kahane, Renée Kaisse, Ellen Kapeliuk, Olga Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth Karpelès, Suzanne Karttunen, Frances Keating, Patricia Kepping, Ksenia Kevelson, Roberta Kewley Draskau, Jennifer Kidwai, Ayesha Indian theoretical linguist Kilham, Hannah Kipfer, Barbara Ann Kirchmeier, Sabine Kirkness, Verna Klepfisz, Irena Kober, Alice Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Maria Typologist and editor-in-chief of Linguistic Typology Kordić, Snježana Korhonen, Anna Finnish linguist and computer scientist Korkmaz, Zeynep Kormos, Judit Kornfilt, Jaklin Kovacs, Agnes Melinda Psycholinguist and cognitive scientist Kozhina, Margarita Kramer, Christina Kratzer, Angelika Kropp Dakubu, Mary Esther Küntay, Aylin C. Turkish developmental psycholinguist Kula, Nancy C. Kuteva, Tania Grammaticalization theorist and typologist
L Laakso, Johanna Lacal de Bracho, Luisa Spanish musicologist and linguist Lafkioui, Mena Lahiri, Aditi Lakoff, Robin Lambton, Ann Lanehart, Sonja L. Larsen-Freeman, Diane Lasch, Agathe Lastra, Yolanda Laughren, Mary Legate, Julie Anne Lehiste, Ilse Levin, Beth Lillo-Martin, Diane Lippi, Rosina Lloyd, Lucy Los, Bettelou Louw, Cinie Linguist and missionary working on Karanga Lucas, Ceil Linda Pilliére, a French linguist
M Macaulay, Monica Majid, Asifa Maling, Joan Mallinson, Christine American sociolinguist Malzahn, Melanie German Indo-Europeanist and Tocharianist Manzini, Maria Rita Marchello-Nizia, Christiane Marika, Raymattja Martineau, France Martinez, Esther Massam, Diane Massignon, Geneviève Masterman, Margaret Matthewson, Lisa Canadian linguist known for work in the syntax and semantics of indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest Mayberry, Rachel Mazdapour, Katayun McConnell-Ginet, Sally McCready, Elin McKay, Sandra Lee McKean, Erin McMahon, April McNally, Louise Meakins, Felicity Meiman-Kitrossky, Inna Mendoza-Denton, Norma Menn, Lise Menyuk, Paula Mestergazi, Elena Metslang, Helle Meyerhoff, Miriam Michaelis, Laura Michaelis, Susanne Maria Mierzejewska, Halina Milroy, Lesley Mints, Zara Mithun, Marianne Mohamed, Souad Kassim Moliner, María Moltmann, Friederike Morford, Jill Morison, Odille Moure, Teresa Moyse-Faurie, Claire French linguist, specialist in Oceanic languages Munro, Pamela Murphy, Lynne Muscă, Mona Myers-Scotton, Carol
N Nábělková, Mira Napier, Susan J. Napoli, Donna Jo Németh T., Enikő Hungarian pragmaticist Nemni, Monique Nichols, Johanna Nielsen, Harriet Bjerrum Nikitina, Tatiana Nuzhat, Shaista Nyati-Ramahobo, Lydia
O Okrent, Arika Olsen, Birgit Anette O'Shea, Natalia Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise Özsoy, A. Sumru Özyürek, Aslı
P Padden, Carol Pakendorf, Brigitte South African linguist and biological anthropologist Pană Dindelegan, Gabriela Romanian linguist and grammarian Partee, Barbara Partridge, Monica Pätsch, Gertrud Pavilionienė, Marija Aušrinė Pavlenko, Aneta Paducheva, Elena Russian semanticist, syntactician and lexicographer Payne, Doris L. Peperkamp, Sharon Pereltsvaig, Asya Perkins, Ellavina Perret, Michèle Perstølen, Einfrid