List of women linguists
This is a list of women linguists by their country of origin. A linguist studies linguistics. Here in this list, this is the study of natural languages. These other people are not included in this list: polyglots (people fluent in several languages), grammarians (experts on prescriptive grammar), or language professionals such as translators or interpreters. Those are different professions.
Argentina
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Violeta Demonte | Spanish-Argentinian university professor and linguist | 1944-06-27 | ||
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Alicia María Zorrilla | Argentinian linguist | 1948-12-08 |
Australia
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | ||
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| Jeannie Bell | Australian linguist | ||||
| Judith Bishop | Australian poet and linguist | 1972 | |||
| Claire Bowern | Australian linguist | ||||
| Kate Burridge | Australian linguist | ||||
| Lee Cataldi | Contemporary Australian poet and linguist | 1942 | |||
| Dymphna Clark | Australian language scholar | 1916-12-18 | 2000-05-12 | ||
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Margaret Florey | Australian linguist | |||
| Luise Hercus | Australian linguist | 1926-01-16 | |||
| Mabel Lee | Australian linguist | ||||
| Raymattja Marika | Australian aboriginal leader | 1959 | 2008-05-11 | ||
| Felicity Meakins | Australian linguist | ||||
| Wilga Rivers | academic and writer from Australia | 1919-04-13 | 2007-06-23 | ||
| Jane Simpson | Australian linguist | ||||
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Karen Stollznow | Linguist, skeptic | 1976-08-12 |
Austria
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Maria Hornung | Austrian linguist and dialectologist | 1920-05-31 | 2010-06-26 | |
| Herta Maurer-Lausegger | Carinthian Slovene linguist | 1953-11-30 | ||
| Ruth Wodak | Austrian linguist | 1950-07-12 | ||
| Susanne Wurmbrand | Austrian linguist | 1966 |
Brazil
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Yeda Pessoa de Castro | Brazilian ethnolinguist | 1937 | ||
| Lucy Seki | Brazilian linguist | 1941 |
Canada
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Jean Briggs | 1929-05-28 | 2016-07-27 | ||
| Elizabeth Cowper | Canadian linguist | 1952 | ||
| Susan Ehrlich | Canadian linguist | |||
| Donna Gerdts | American linguist | |||
| Monica Heller | Canadian linguist | 1955-06 | ||
| Christina Kramer | Canadian linguist | |||
| Julie Anne Legate | Canadian linguist | |||
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France Martineau | Linguist | 1960 | |
| Diane Massam | Canadian linguist | |||
| Monique Nemni | Canadian linguist | 1936 | ||
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Keren Rice | Canadian linguist | 1949 | |
| Pierrette Vachon-L’Heureux | Canadian linguist | |||
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Marie-Éva de Villers | Canadian linguist and lexicographer | 1945-12-14 |
Croatia
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Snježana Kordić | Croatian linguist | 1964-10-29 | |
| Yvonne Vrhovac | 1940 |
Czech Republic
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Věra Barandovská-Frank | Czech esperantist | 1952-08-17 | |
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Eva Hajičová | Czech linguist | 1935-08-23 |
Denmark
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Una Canger | Linguist | 1938-05-14 | ||
| Helle Vrønning Dam | Danish linguist | 2000s | ||
| Eli Fischer-Jørgensen | Linguist | 1911-02-12 | 2010-02-27 | |
| Elin Fredsted | Danish professor and linguist | 1953 | ||
| Pia Jarvad | Danish lexicologist and linguist | 1946-07-20 |
Finland
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Kaisa Häkkinen | Finnish linguist and professor | 1950-11-17 | ||
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Auli Hakulinen | Finnish linguist | 1941-03-10 | |
| Marja-Liisa Olthuis | Inari Sámi scholar | 1967-08-09 | ||
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Tove Skutnabb-Kangas | Finnish linguist | 1940-07-06 |
France
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Anne Abeillé | French university professor | 1962-09-13 | ||
| Renée Balibar | French linguist | 1915 | 1998 1998-01 | |
| Denise Bernot | Burmese academic | 1922-02-04 | 2016-05-12 | |
| Joyce Blau | orientalist | 1932-03-18 | ||
| Nina Catach | French linguist | 1923-07-14 | 1997 1997-10-25 | |
| Marguerite Durand | 1904 | 1962-02-10 | ||
| Anne-Marie Esnoul | French linguist | 1908 | 1996 | |
| Clarisse Herrenschmidt | French archaeologist and linguist | 1946-10-24 | ||
| Luce Irigaray | feminist, philosopher, linguist, psychoanalyst, sociologist and cultural theorist | 1930-05-03 | ||
| Liliane Jagueneau | 1950-07-29 | |||
| Laurence Lentin | French linguist | |||
| Geneviève Massignon | French historian and linguist | 1921-04-21 | 1966-06-09 | |
| Hélène Naïs | French linguist | 1927 | 2010-02-17 | |
| Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre | French linguist | 1941 | 2007 | |
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Michèle Perret | French writer | 1937 | |
| Maguy Pothier | 1945 | 2016-05-13 | ||
| Josette Rey-Debove | First female lexicographer in France | 1929-11-16 | 2005-02-22 | |
| Mitsou Ronat | French poet, linguist, specialist of literary theory | 1946 | 1984-07-08 | |
| Marie-Louise Sjoestedt | French Celticist | 1900-09-20 | 1940-12-06 | |
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Éliane Viennot | French historian | ||
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Henriette Walter | French linguist | 1929 |
Germany
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Wilma Ruth Albrecht | German linguist | 1947 | ||
| Irmhild Barz | German Germanist | 1943-07-26 | ||
| Dagmar Blei | German linguist | 1940-08-09 | ||
| Edith Braun | German linguist | 1921-08-07 | 2016-10-14 | |
| Ulrike Buchholz | German linguist | 1959-05-14 | ||
| Brigitte Bulitta | German linguist | 1966 | ||
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Christa Dürscheid | Linguist | 1959-10-04 | |
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Karin M. Eichhoff-Cyrus | linguist | 1949-06-22 | |
| Christiane Fellbaum | American linguist | 1950 | ||
| Linda Fierz-David | German philologist | 1891 | 1955 | |
| Eva Fiesel | German linguist | 1891-12-23 | 1937-05-27 | |
| Roswitha Fischer | German linguist | 1956-01-23 | ||
| Annemarie von Gabain | German linguist and art historian | 1901-03-04 | 1993-01-15 | |
| Anneli Ute Gabanyi | Romanian-born German political scientist, literary critic, journalist, and philologist | 1942-10-18 | ||
| Rosemarie Gläser | German linguist | 1935 | ||
| Gerda Haßler | German linguist | 1953-07-04 | ||
| Ursula Hirschfeld | German professor and linguist | 1953-01-07 | ||
| Margret Jäger | German linguist | 1951-03-15 | ||
| Eva-Maria Jakobs | German linguist | 1955 | ||
| Elisabeth Karg-Gasterstädt | German linguist | 1886-02-09 | 1964-08-24 | |
| Christina Kauschke | German linguist | 1964 | ||
| Ilse Kunert | German linguist | 1923-03-12 | 2016-05-22 | |
| Barbara Kunzmann-Müller | German linguist | 2000s | ||
| Annette Leßmöllmann | German linguist and journalist | 1968 | ||
| Rosemarie Lühr | German linguist | 1946-03-23 | ||
| Susanne Maria Michaelis | Linguist | 1962-03-30 | ||
| Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh | German linguist | 1953-10-25 | ||
| Damaris Nübling | German professor and linguist | 1963 | ||
| Gertrud Pätsch | German ethnologist and philologist | 1910-01-22 | 1994-12-14 | |
| Elisabeth Piirainen | German linguist | 1943 | ||
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Luise F. Pusch | German linguist | 1944-01-14 | |
| Monika Rathert | German linguist | 1972-07-12 | ||
| Ursula Reutner | German linguist | 1975-10-06 | ||
| Elisabeth Rieken | German linguist | 1965 | ||
| Sabine Schiffer | German linguist | 1966 | ||
| Friederike Schmöe | German linguist | 1967 | ||
| Agnes Schultheiß | German linguist | 1873-01-09 | 1959-12-10 | |
| Magdalene Siebenbrodt | German linguist | 1920-05-03 | 2007-05-18 | |
| Anja Steinhauer | German linguist | 1965 | ||
| Anita Steube | German linguist | 1939-06-20 | ||
| Rosemarie Tracy | German linguist and university teacher | 1949 | ||
| Senta Trömel-Plötz | German linguist | 1939-02-26 |
Hungary
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Viktoria Eschbach-Szabo | Hungarian linguist | 1956-08-30 | ||
| Katalin Fehértói | Hungarian linguist (1925-2006) | 1925-11-25 | 2006-05-12 | |
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Felicitas Goodman | American linguist and anthropologist | 1914-01-30 | 2005-03-30 |
| Judit Hidasi | Hungarian linguist, japanogist, professor of communication | 1948-07-11 | ||
| Katalin É. Kiss | Hungarian linguist | 1949-05-31 | ||
| Judit Kormos | Applied linguist | 1970-05-11 | ||
| Terézia Olajos | Hungarian linguist and university professor | 1941-10-15 |
India
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Anvita Abbi | Indian linguist, scholar | 1949-01-09 | ||
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Ruqaiya Hasan | Indian linguist | 1931 | 2015-06-24 |
| Yamuna Kachru | Linguist | 1933 | 2013 | |
| Aditi Lahiri | German linguist | 1952-07-14 | ||
| Azarmi Dukht Safavi | Indian linguist | 1948 | ||
| Satvasheela Samant | Indian linguist | 1945-03-25 | 2013-05-01 |
Iran
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Carina Jahani | Iranian linguist | 1959 | ||
| Katayun Mazdapour | Iranian linguist | 1943-03-22 | ||
| Fatemeh Rakeei | Iranian politician, linguist, poet | 1954 | ||
| שרה סורודי | Iranian linguist and writer | |||
| آزیتا افراشی | Iranian linguist | |||
| مهری باقری | Iranian linguist | 1945 | ||
| گیتی دیهیم | Iranian linguist | |||
| زهره زرشناس | Iranian linguist | |||
| ویدا شقاقی | Iranian linguist | 1948 | ||
| بدرالزمان قریب | Iranian linguist | 1929 | ||
| سیمین کریمی | Iranian professor and linguist | |||
| ایران کلباسی | Iranian linguist | 1939 | ||
| مهشید میرفخرایی | Iranian linguist | |||
| شهین نعمتزاده | Iranian linguist |
Israel
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Netiva Ben-Yehuda | Israeli linguist | 1928-07-26 | 2011-02-28 |
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Ruth A. Berman | Israeli linguist | ||
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Tamar Eilam Gindin | Israeli linguist | ||
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Tanya Reinhart | Israeli journalist | 1943 | 2007-03-17 |
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Tsvia Walden | Israeli linguist | 1946-10-20 |
Italy
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Maria Gaetana Agnesi | Italian mathematician and philanthropist | 1718-05-16 | 1799-01-09 |
| Carla Bazzanella | Italian linguist | 1947-08-06 | ||
| Maria Luisa Altieri Biagi | Scholar and writer | 1930 | ||
| Nice Contieri | Italian linguist | 1912-10-19 | 1965-08-12 | |
| Laura Sturma Fanelli | Italian linguist | 1937-09-01 | 2011-02-09 | |
| Bice Mortara Garavelli | Italian linguist | 1931-05-18 | ||
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Joyce Lussu | Italian writer and translator | 1912-05-08 | 1998-11-04 |
| Nicoletta Maraschio | Italian linguist | 1946 | ||
| Carla Marello | Italian linguist | 1952-06-30 | ||
| Maria Teresa Morreale | Italian linguist | 1933-07-16 | 1996-02-14 | |
| Daniela Rossella | Italian linguist | 1955-04-02 | ||
| Alma Sabatini | Italian writer, linguist and activist | 1922-09-06 | 1988-04-12 | |
| Valeria Della Valle | Italian linguist | 1944 | ||
| Patrizia Violi | Italian linguist | 1949-08-14 | ||
| Raffaella Zanuttini | Italian linguist |
Japan
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Naoko Aoki | Japanese linguist | |||
| Tomoko Yashima | Japanese linguist |
Kingdom of the Netherlands
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Helma van den Berg | Linguist and caucasologist from Netherlands | 1965-05-26 | 2003-11-11 | |
| Marijke de Boer | Dutch linguist | 1971 | ||
| Linde van den Bosch | Dutch linguist | 1963 | ||
| Melissa Bowerman | Dutch linguist | 1942-04-03 | 2011-10-31 | |
| Til Brugman | Dutch author, poet and linguist | 1888-09-16 | 1958-07-24 | |
| Rosemarie Buikema | Dutch linguist | 1956-07-31 | ||
| Jo Daan | Dutch linguist | 1910-05-12 | 2006-06-11 | |
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Mariëtte Hamer | Dutch politician, civil servant, educator, trade union leader | 1958-06-07 | |
| Anna Siewierska | British linguist | 1955-12-25 | 2011-08-06 | |
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Nicoline Sijs | Dutch linguist | 1955-04-01 | |
| Marijke Verbrugge-Breeuwsma | Dutch linguist | 1966 |
Latvia
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Anna Ābele | Latvian linguist (1881-1975) | 1881-05-01 | 1975-09-09 | |
| Rasma Grīsle | Latvian linguist | 1922-01-19 | ||
| Edīte Hauzenberga-Šturma | Latvian linguist (1901-1983) | 1901-11-24 | 1983-03-28 | |
| Aija Priedīte | Latvian linguist | 1942-07-03 | ||
| Marta Rudzīte | Latvian linguist (1924-1996) | 1924-11-04 | 1996-07-19 | |
| Anna Stafecka | Latvian linguist | 1953-12-15 |
Mexico
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Rosario María Gutiérrez Eskildsen | Mexican lexicographer, linguist, educator, and poet | 1899-04-16 | 1979-05-12 | |
| Yolanda Lastra | Mexican linguist | 1932 |
Netherlands
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Marijn van Dijk | Dutch applied linguist | |||
| Marjolijn Verspoor | Dutch applied linguist |
Norway
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Tove Bull | Norwegian linguist | 1945-10-31 | ||
| Kirsti Koch Christensen | Norwegian linguist | 1940-12-01 | ||
| Astrid Sverresdotter Dypvik | Norwegian journalist and linguist | 1977-10-19 | ||
| Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen | Norwegian linguist | 1942-12-18 | ||
| Ruth Vatvedt Fjeld | Norwegian linguist | 1948-05-08 | ||
| Ingrid Kristine Hasund | Norwegian linguist | 1969-11-24 | ||
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Clara Holst | Norwegian academic | 1868-06-04 | 1935-11-15 |
| Anne Holtsmark | Norwegian professor of Old Norse studies | 1896-06-21 | 1974-05-19 | |
| Janne Bondi Johannessen | Norwegian linguist | 1960 | ||
| Elizabeth Lanza | Norwegian linguist | 1951-09-05 | ||
| Gunvor Mejdell | Norwegian linguist and professor | 1948 | ||
| Harriet Bjerrum Nielsen | Danish philologist | 1948 | ||
| Anne Steinsvik Nordal | Norwegian writer and linguist | 1949 | ||
| Toril Opsahl | Norwegian linguist | 1976-04-16 | ||
| Einfrid Perstølen | Norwegian psychiatrist | 1917-06-15 | ||
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Helene Uri | writer and linguist | 1964-12-11 |
People's Republic of China
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Zhu Min | Chinese linguist | 1926-04-18 | 2009-04-13 | |
| Aisin-Gioro Ulhicun | Linguist | 1958 |
Philippines
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Josephine Acosta Pasricha | Filipino indologist | 1945-03-26 | ||
| Pura Santillan-Castrence | Filipino writer and diplomat | 1905-03-24 | 2007-01-15 |
Poland
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Aleksandra Cieślikowa | Polish linguist and university teacher | 1936-01-07 | ||
| Ewa Dąbrowska | 1963 | |||
| Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa | Polish philologist | 1940-04-13 | 2016-09-14 | |
| Barbara Kuszmider | Polish linguist, philologist and author | 1954 | ||
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Alicja Sakaguchi | Polish linguist and university professor | 1954 | |
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Zuzanna Topolińska | Polish linguist | 1931-01-09 | |
| Anna Wierzbicka | Polish linguist | 1938-03-10 |
Romania
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Gabriela Adameșteanu | Romanian novelist | 1942-04-02 | |
| Eta Boeriu | Romanian writer | 1923-02-23 | 1984-11-13 | |
| Nina Cassian | Romanian writer | 1924-11-27 | 2014-04-15 | |
| Delia Grigore | Romanian Romani writer, philologist, academic and Romani rights activist | 1972-02-07 | ||
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Iulia Hasdeu | Romanian poet | 1869-11-14 | 1888-09-29 |
| Rallou Karatza | Romanian culture personality / Greek actor and director | 1778 1799 |
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Monica Lovinescu | Romanian writer | 1923-11-19 | 2008-04-20 |
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Mărgărita Miller-Verghy | Romanian socialite and author | 1865-01-01 | 1953-12-31 |
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Olga Murvai | 1942-10-10 | 2011-10-30 | |
| Mona Muscă | Romanian politician | 1949-05-04 | ||
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Laura Pavel | Romanian writer | 1968-10-19 | |
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Laura Poantă | Romanian physician, writer and artist | 1971-03-10 | |
| Livia Ana Tătaru | German linguist | 1927-07-15 |
Russia
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Yelena Bazhenova | Russian linguist and philologist | 1958-12-29 | |
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Elena Berezovich | Russian linguist | 1966-01-02 | |
| Tatyana Elizarenkova | Russian linguist | 1929-09-17 | 2007-09-05 | |
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Tamara Erofeyeva | Russian linguist | 1937-06-29 | |
| Olga Frolova | Russian orientalist and linguist | 1931 | ||
| Elena Kostioukovitch | Russian writer | 1958 | ||
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Mariya Pavlovna Kotyurova | Russian philologist and linguist | 1939-04-26 | |
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Svetlana Leonidovna Mishlanova | Russian physician and linguist | 1965-11-27 | |
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Natalia O'Shea | Russian musician and linguist | 1976-09-03 | |
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Irina Ovchinnikova | Russian linguist | 1960-05-09 | |
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Yelena Perekhvalskaya | Russian linguist | 1954-03-04 | |
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Elena Nikolaevna Poljakova | Russian linguist, slavicist and dialectologist | 1932-05-26 | |
| Galina Yershova | Russian academic | 1955-03-17 | ||
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Anna Zaliznyak | Russian linguist | 1959-09-10 |
Russian Empire
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Mariya Aleksandrovna Genkel | Soviet linguist | 1910-05-06 | 2001-03-14 | |
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Liubov Gurevich | Russian writer | 1866-11-01 | 1940-10-17 |
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Sophia Parnok | Russian writer | 1885-08-11 | 1933-08-26 |
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Elizaveta Polonskaya | Soviet writer | 1890-06-26 | 1969-01-11 |
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Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik | Russian writer, dramatist, poet and translator | 1874-01-24 | 1952-07-27 |
| Veronika Tushnova | Russian writer and journalist | 1911-03-14 | 1965-07-07 | |
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Lidia Veselitskaya | Russian writer | 1857-03-17 | 1936-02-23 |
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Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova | Russian author and woman of letters | 1743-03-17 | 1810-01-04 |
| Wera Iwanowna Zinzius | Russian linguist | 1903 | 1981 |
Slovakia
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Želmíra Gašparíková | slovak linguist and writer | 1901-01-18 | 1966-12-15 | |
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Mira Nábělková | Slovak linguist | 1956-03-30 |
Slovenia
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Metka Furlan | Slovene linguist | 1955 | ||
| Polonca Kovač | Children's writer and translator | 1937-02-19 | ||
| Taja Kramberger | Slovenian writer | 1970-09-11 | ||
| Jana Milčinski | Slovenian writer and translator | 1920-12-05 | 2007-04-13 | |
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Ada Vidovič Muha | Slovene linguist | 1940-03-08 | |
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Martina Orožen | 1931-10-12 | ||
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Breda Pogorelec | Slovene linguist | 1928-01-01 | 2006-07-21 |
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Alenka Puhar | Slovenian historian and journalist | 1945-02-04 | |
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Vera Smole | linguist from Slovenia | 1960-06-02 | |
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Zinka Zorko | Slovene linguist and dialectologist | 1936-02-24 |
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Draga Ahačič | Slovene actress, film director, translator and publicist. | 1924-07-06 | ||
| Ksenija Milošević | Yugoslav linguist | 1933-08-21 | 1992 |
South Africa
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Dorothea Bleek | German anthropologist and philologist | 1873-03-26 | 1948-06-27 |
| Olga Kirsch | Israeli poet in Afrikaans | 1924-09-23 | 1997-06-05 | |
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Antjie Krog | South African writer and academic | 1952-10-23 | |
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Soviet Union
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Anna Abrikosova | Soviet linguist | 1882-01-23 | 1936-07-23 |
| Alexandra Aikhenvald | Linguist | 1957-09-01 | ||
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Marina Boroditskaya | Russian writer | 1954-06-28 | |
| Svetlana Burlak | Russian linguist | 1969-06-12 | ||
| Yelena Ivanovna Cheberuk | Soviet linguist | 1925-11-11 | ||
| Julia Abramovna Dobrovol'skaja | Russian linguist | 1917-08-25 | 2016-07-25 | |
| Anna Dybo | Russian linguist | 1959-06-04 | ||
| Galina Dzhugashvili | Russian translator | 1938-02-19 | 2007-08-27 | |
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Elena Fanailova | Russian writer | 1962-12-19 | |
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Iryna Farion | Ukrainian politician | 1964-04-29 | |
| Naira Gelashvili | Georgian linguist | 1947-10-28 | ||
| Irina Glushkova | Russian phililogist | 1952-08-09 | ||
| Liliya Mikhailovna Gorelova | Russian linguist | 1948 | ||
| Nina Harutyunova | 1923-04-30 | |||
| Natalja Glebovna Ilinskaja | 1958-01-25 | |||
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Irina Kobozeva | Soviet linguist | ||
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Margarita Kozhina | Russian linguist | 1925-08-01 | 2012-08-11 |
| Lada Gennadevna Lanova | Russian linguist | 1969-02-08 | ||
| Olga Alekseyevna Lapteva | Russian linguist | 1931-02-05 | ||
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Inna Meiman-Kitrossky | Soviet philologist | 1932-10-16 | 1987-02-09 |
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Elena Mestergazi | Russian academic | 1967-09-08 | |
| Olga Danilovna Mitrofanova | Russian linguist | 1930-08-25 | ||
| Revzina Olga | Soviet philologist and linguist | 1939-04-21 | ||
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Elena Oznobkina | Russian philosopher and human rights activist | 1959-04-25 | 2010-03-14 |
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Marina Palei | Russian writer | 1955-02-01 | |
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Olga Raïevskaïa | 1956-07-10 | ||
| Natalia Shvedova | Russian lexicographer | 1916-12-25 | 2009-09-18 | |
| Hanna Pavlovna Sokolóvskaya | Soviet linguist (1932-2012) | 1932-08-01 | 2012-07-27 | |
| Tatyana Tikhomirova | 1931-10-17 | |||
| Natalia Tolstaya | Russian writer | 1943-05-02 | 2010-06-15 | |
| Galina Varlamova | Russian folklorist | 1951-01-18 | ||
| Viktoria Yartseva | Russian linguist | 1906-11-03 | 1999-09-27 |
Spain
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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Gabriela Bustelo | Spanish author and translator | 1962 | |
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Maria Teresa Cabré | Spanish linguist | 1947 | |
| Carmina Pleyan i Cerdà | Spanish linguist (1917-2011) | 1917 | 2011-02-24 | |
| Victoria Cirlot | Spanish historian | 1955 | ||
| Patricia Esteban Erlés | Spanish | 1972 | ||
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Carme Forcadell | Writer and professor of Catalan language and literature | 1956 | |
| Montserrat Meya Llopart | Spanish linguist | 1948 | ||
| Neus Moly i Martí | Spanish Esperantist, linguist and educationist (1944-2005) | 1944 | 2005-11-19 | |
| Yvonne Griley i Martínez | Spanish linguist and philologist | 1964 | ||
| María Moliner | Spanish lexicographer | 1900-03-30 | 1981-01-21 | |
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Teresa Moure | writer | 1969 | |
| Mila Segarra i Neira | Spanish linguist, philologist and professor | 1950 | ||
| Gemma Rigau i Oliver | Spanish linguist, philologist and professor | 1948-11-13 | ||
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Lourdes Oñederra | writer and linguist | 1958-06-09 | |
| Maria Josep Cuenca Ordinyana | Spanish linguist and professor | 1964 | ||
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María Goyri de Menéndez Pidal | Spanish hispanist | 1873 | 1955 |
| Blanca Serra i Puig | Spanish linguist and historian | 1942 | ||
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Esther Regina | Spanish actress | 2000s | |
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Immaculada Cerdà Sanchis | 1965-05-17 | ||
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Carmen Caffarel Serra | Spanish linguist | 1953 | |
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Miren Azkarate Villar | Spanish politician | 1955-11-27 |
Sweden
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Christina Berger | Swedish writer | 1784-08-21 | 1852-05-25 | |
| Anna Bülow | writer, translator, abbess | 1519 | ||
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Inger Edelfeldt | Swedish writer | 1956 | |
| Elisabet Engdahl | Swedish linguist | 1949-04-10 | ||
| Hanna Fahl | Swedish writer | 1978-10-23 | ||
| Cecilia Falk | Swedish Scandinavian studies scholar | 1960-08-24 | ||
| Karin Lannby | Swedish actress, translator, journalist, poet and spy | 1916-04-13 | 2007-11-19 | |
| Cecilia Milow | Swedish writer and translator | 1856 | 1946 | |
| Brigitte Mral | German rhetoric theorist | 1953 | ||
| Gun Widmark | Swedish linguist | 1920-07-31 | 2013-10-26 |
Switzerland
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie-José Béguelin | Swiss linguist | 1949-07-21 | ||
| Princess Fadia of Egypt | Egyptian princess | 1943-12-15 | 2002-12-28 | |
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Valérie de Gasparin | Swiss woman of letters | 1813-09-13 | 1894-06-16 |
| Hannelore Lee-Jahnke | Swiss linguist | 1945 | ||
| Lorenza Mondada | Swiss linguist | 1963 | ||
| Catherine Trümpy | Swiss classical philologist and linguist | 1956-01-08 |
Turkey
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeynep Ergun | Turkish linguist | 1956 | ||
| Zeynep Korkmaz | Scientist | 1922-07-05 | ||
| Jaklin Kornfilt | Linguist | |||
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Sevin Okyay | Turkish writer and translator | 1942 | |
| A. Sumru Özsoy | Turkish academic and linguist | |||
| Ekin Tunçay Turan | Turkish actress |
United Kingdom
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilias Armstrong | British phonetician | 1882-09-29 | 1937-12-09 | |
| Sue Blackwell | British linguist | 2000s | ||
| Mary Boyce | British academic | 1920-08-02 | 2006-04-04 | |
| Eliza Marian Butler | English scholar of German; linguist and intellectual historian | 1885-12-29 | 1959-11-13 | |
| Angela Carter | English novelist | 1940-05-07 | 1992-02-16 | |
| Eve V. Clark | American linguist | 1942-07-26 | ||
| Anna Morpurgo Davies | British professor and linguist | 1937-06-21 | 2014-09-27 | |
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Margaret Davis | British linguist | 1942-02-15 | |
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Helen Doron | British linguist and educator | 1955-11-05 | |
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Jane Ellen Harrison | British classical scholar, linguist and feminist | 1850-09-09 | 1928-04-15 1928-04-16 |
| Margaret Hasluck | British scholar | 1885-06-18 | 1948-10-18 | |
| Cornelia Knight | English writer | 1757 | 1837-12-17 | |
| Ann Lambton | British historian | 1912-02-08 | 2008-07-19 | |
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Lucy Lloyd | British folklorist | 1834-11-07 | 1914-08-31 |
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Bathsua Makin | English linguist and feminist writer | 1600 | 1675 |
| Margaret Masterman | British linguist and philosopher | 1910-05-04 | 1986-04-01 | |
| April McMahon | British linguist | 1964-04-30 | ||
| Barbara Reynolds | British academic | 1914-06-13 | 2015-04-29 | |
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Vera Rich | British poet | 1936-04-24 | 2009-12-20 |
| Elizabeth Sara Sheppard | 19th century British novelist, linguist, poet, and musician | 1830 | 1862 | |
| Mary Snell-Hornby | British-Austrian translator and scholar | 1940-04-02 | ||
| Antonella Sorace | British-Italian linguist | |||
| Elizabeth C. Traugott | American linguist | 1939-04-09 | ||
| Ida C. Ward | British linguist | 1880-10-04 | 1949-10-10 | |
| Sylvia Townsend Warner | Writer, poet, activist | 1893-12-06 1893 |
1978-05-01 | |
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Gladys Yang | British translator | 1919-01-19 | 1999-11-18 |
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Charlotte Mary Yonge | English writer | 1823-08-11 | 1901-05-24 |
United States of America
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
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| Barbara Abbott | American linguist | |||
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Ann Bannon | Writer | 1932-09-15 | |
| Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig | American linguist | |||
| Naomi Baron | American linguist | |||
| Mary Beckman | American linguist | |||
| Ursula Bellugi | American psychologist | |||
| Andrea Berez-Kroeker | American documentary linguist | 1972-05-15 | ||
| Renée A. Blake | American linguist | |||
| Joan Bresnan | American linguist | 1945-08-22 | ||
| Joan Bybee | American linguist | 1945-02-11 | ||
| Rena Torres Cacoullos | Linguist | 2000s | ||
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Carol Chomsky | linguist | 1930-07-01 | 2008-12-19 |
| Jennifer S. Cole | American linguist | |||
| Jenny L. Davis | Chickasaw Linguist & Anthropologist | 1982 | ||
| Ella Cara Deloria | Yankton Dakota Author | 1889-01-31 | 1971-02-12 | |
| Penelope Eckert | American sociolinguist | 1942 | ||
| Suzette Haden Elgin | American linguist | 1936-11-18 | 2015-01-27 | |
| Susan M. Ervin-Tripp | American linguist | 1927-06-27 | ||
| Pamela Faber | American/Spanish linguist | 1950-02-27 | ||
| Carol Genetti | American linguist | 1961 | ||
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Jean Berko Gleason | American psycholinguist | 1931 | |
| Adele Goldberg | American linguist | 1963-11-09 | ||
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Bettina Gorton | Wife of Australian Prime Minister | 1915-06-23 | 1983-10-02 |
| Lisa Green | American linguist | |||
| Anna Gutto | Norwegian actor and director | 1977 | ||
| Mary Haas | American linguist; studied historical linguistics, North American languages, Thai | 1910-01-12 | 1996-05-17 | |
| Kira Hall | American linguist and anthropologist | 1962-10-10 | ||
| Anna Granville Hatcher | American linguist | 1905 | 1978-06 | |
| Shirley Heath | American linguist and anthropologist | 1939-07-26 | ||
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Leanne Hinton | professor of linguistics | ||
| Erika Hoff | American psycholinguistic and professor | 1951-10-12 | ||
| LaVerne Jeanne | American linguist | |||
| Gail Jefferson | American inventor | 1938-04-22 | 2008-02-21 | |
| Eliza Grew Jones | Christian missionary and lexicographer | 1803-03-30 | 1838-03-28 | |
| Renée Kahane | American philologist and linguist | 1907-12-09 | 2002-12-10 | |
| Frances Karttunen | American academic | 1942 | ||
| Shannon M. Kent | American linguist | 1993 | 01-16-2019 | |
| Roberta Kevelson | American semiotics scholar | 1931-11-04 | 1998-11-28 | |
| Barbara Ann Kipfer | American linguist and lexicographer | 1954 | ||
| Alice Kober | American classical scholar and archaeologist | 1906-12-23 | 1950-05-16 | |
| Robin Lakoff | professor and author | 1942-11-27 | ||
| Diane Larsen-Freeman | applied linguist | |||
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Rosina Lippi | Novelist, linguist | 1956-01-14 | |
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María Rosa Lida de Malkiel | Philologist | 1910-11-07 | 1962-09-25 |
| Joan Maling | American linguist | 1946-11 | ||
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Barbara McNamara | American linguist | ||
| Norma Mendoza-Denton | sociolinguist and anthropologist | 1968 | ||
| Lise Menn | American linguist | 1941-12-28 | ||
| Marie Meyer | American linguist and spy | 1897-04-07 | ||
| Marianne Mithun | American linguist | 1946 | ||
| Pamela Munro | American lingusit | 1947-05-23 | ||
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Susan J. Napier | Professor of the Japanese Program at Tufts University | 1955-10-11 | |
| Donna Jo Napoli | American children's writer and linguist | 1948-02-28 | ||
| Margaret Noori | Ojibwe language teacher, poet, and linguist | 1965 | ||
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Barbara Partee | American linguist | 1940-06-23 | |
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Meredith L. Patterson | American technologist, science fiction author, and journalist | 1977-04-30 | |
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Tatiana Proskouriakoff | American Mayanist scholar | 1909-01-23 | 1985-08-30 |
| Irmengard Rauch | American linguist | 1933-04-17 | ||
| Ivy Kellerman Reed | American author in the international language Esperanto | 1877-07-08 | 1968-02-07 | |
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Hazel Sampson | American linguist | 1910-05-26 | 2014-02-04 |
| Katherine Siva Saubel | Indian leader and scholar | 1920-03-07 | 2011-11-01 | |
| Bambi Schieffelin | American linguist | |||
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Deborah Tannen | American sociolinguist | 1945-06-07 | |
| Joan M. Tenenbaum | American academic | 1945 | ||
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M. Carey Thomas | American suffragist | 1857-01-02 | 1935-12-02 |
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Sarah Thomason | American linguist | 2000s | |
| Marian Robertson Wilson | American musician and writer | 1926 | 2013 | |
| Mary Yee | American linguist | 1897 | 1965 | |
| Hiltgunt Zassenhaus | German philologist | 1916-07-10 | 2004-11-20 | |
| Ofelia Zepeda | American linguist | 1954-03-24 | ||
| Jane Zuengler | American academic |
Misc
| Name | Description | Birth date | Death date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erzsébet Abaffy | Hungarian linguist | 1928-03-11 | ||
| Ana Agud | 2000s | |||
| Jean Aitchison | Linguist and writer | 1938 | ||
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Tamara Akhmedova | linguist and professor | 1924-12-27 | 2012-02-24 |
| Artemis Alexiadou | Greek professor and linguist | 1969-02-13 | ||
| Jolanta Antas | Polish scientist/professor of linguistics/Jagiellonian University/kraków | 1954 | ||
| Manjula Anwar | Bengali linguist | |||
| Rosa Colomer Artigas | 1966-06-05 | 2013-10-22 | ||
| Syeda Ummehani Ashraf | Linguist | 1949-12-26 | ||
| B. T. S. Atkins | Professional lexicographer | 1930-02-26 | ||
| Tista Bagchi | Indian linguist | 1964-10-01 | ||
| Jessie Little Doe Baird | Linguist | 1963-11-18 | ||
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Tanja Bakić | Poet, writer and translator | 1981-09-14 | |
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Giuseppa Barbapiccola | Italian writer | 1702 | 1740 |
| Katherine Barber | Canadian lexiographer | 1959 | ||
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Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi | Indian linguist | 1916-09-17 | 2008-06-08 |
| Eloína Miyares Bermúdez | Cuban linguist | 1928 | 2015 | |
| Edith Bone | Hungarian aristocrat and writer | 1889 | 1975 | |
| Hagit Borer | American linguist | |||
| Miriam Bras | ||||
| Rachel Bromwich | Scholar on medieval Welsh literature | 1915-07-30 | 2010-12-15 | |
| Ellen Broselow | experimental linguist | |||
| Catherine Browman | American linguist | 1945 | 2008 | |
| Penelope Brown | ||||
| Mary Bucholtz | American linguist | 1966-10-29 | ||
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Miriam Butt | Linguist | 1966-02-27 | |
| Deborah Cameron | British linguist | 1958 | ||
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Elizabeth Carter | English poet, classicist, writer and translator | 1717-12-16 | 1806-02-19 |
| Justine Cassell | American linguist, professor and human-computer interaction researcher | 1960-03-19 | ||
| María Catrileo | Chilean linguist | 1944 | ||
| Carole Chaski | American linguist | 1955 | ||
| Jenny Cheshire | British linguist | |||
| Marion Frances Chevalier | American linguist | 1902-01-21 | 1990-02-17 | |
| Lina Choueiri | Linguist | |||
| Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin | Irish female poet and writer | 1942-11-28 | ||
| Sandra Chung | American linguist | |||
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Marina Colasanti | Brazilian writer and translator | 1937-09-26 | |
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Sara Coleridge | British writer | 1802-12-23 | 1852-05-03 |
| Nancy Condee | American linguist | |||
| Ellen Contini-Morava | Linguistic anthropologist | |||
| Maria Cosniceanu | Moldovan linguist | 1935-02-04 | ||
| Martha Crago | Canadian linguist | |||
| E.J. Crevels | Dutch linguist | |||
| Jean D'Costa | Jamaican writer and linguist | 1937-01-13 | ||
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Susie Dent | Lexicographer | 1967-09-21 | |
| Güzin Dino | Turkish linguist | 1910 | 2013-05-30 | |
| Vitória Diogo | Mozambican linguist and politician | 1960-01-31 | ||
| Nancy Dorian | American linguist | 1936 | ||
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Rajna Dragićević | Serbian linguist, lexicologist, and lexicographer | 1968 | |
| Dulce Almada Duarte | Cape Verdean linguist and former resistance fighter | 1933 | ||
| Ilona Duczyńska | Hungarian revolutionary historian | 1897-03-11 | 1978-04-24 | |
| Attie Duval | linguist and clinician | <some value> | ||
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Arienne Dwyer | American linguist | ||
| Vilma Sindona Eichholz | Canadian linguist and Esperantist | 1926 | 1995-07-15 | |
| Nora England | American Mesoamericanist | 1946-11-08 | ||
| Stephanie Fielding | Linguist | |||
| Maria Carme Junyent Figueras | 1955 | |||
| Colleen Fitzgerald | American linguist | |||
| Janet Dean Fodor | American psycholinguist | 1942-04-02 | ||
| Regula Forster | ||||
| Mary LeCron Foster | American linguist | 1914-02-01 | 2001-12-09 | |
| Olga Freidenberg | Russian philosopher | 1890-03-15 | 1955-07-06 | |
| Victoria Fromkin | American linguist | 1923-05-16 | 2000-02-19 | |
| Susan Gal | Anthropologist and linguist | 1949 | ||
| Constance Garnett | translator | 1861-12-19 | 1946-12-17 | |
| Henriette Gezundhajt | Professor of French linguistics | 1963 | ||
| Jila Ghomeshi | Canadian linguist | |||
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Zuzanna Ginczanka | Polish writer | 1917-03-09 | 1945-01 |
| Eileen Glisan | American linguist | |||
| Anna Maria Goldsmid | British translator and philanthropist | 1805-09-17 | 1889-02-08 | |
| Biljana Golubović | 1971 | |||
| María Concepción Maldonado González | 1962 | |||
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Miriam Urkia Gonzalez | 1965 | ||
| Myrna Gopnik | Canadian psychologist and linguist | |||
| Sarah Israelit Groll | Israeli Egyptologist | 1925 | 2007 | |
| Eliza Gutch | English folklore and dialect studies | 1840 | 1931 | |
| Maria Odulio de Guzman | Filipino educator and author | |||
| Natalia Gvishiani | Russian linguist and scholar | 1959-06-29 | ||
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Joumana Haddad | Lebanese poet, journalist and activist | 1970-12-06 | |
| Rhina Toruño Haensly | El Salvador linguist | |||
| Nada El Hage | Lebanese writer | |||
| Heidi Harley | American linguist | 1969-09-26 | ||
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Alice Carmichael Harris | American linguist and caucasologist (b. 1947) | 1947-11-23 | |
| Irene Heim | American linguist | |||
| Gabriella Hermon | Linguist | |||
| Susan Herring | Linguist | 1955-05-27 | ||
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Martha Hildebrandt | Peruvian politician and linguist | 1925-01-13 | |
| Elizabeth Hill | British linguist | 1900-10-24 | 1996-12-17 | |
| Jane H. Hill | American linguist | 1939-10-27 | 2018-11-2 | |
| Baroat Abdurahimovna Hodzhibaeva | Tajik linguist | 1928-11-27 | ||
| Elizabeth V. Hume | 1956-10-29 | |||
| Jennett Humphreys | British writer | 1829 | 1917 | |
| Sharon Inkelas | American linguist | |||
| Nuala Níc Con Iomaire | 2010-07-16 | |||
| Junko Itō | American linguist | |||
| Ann-Marie Ivars | Finnish linguist | 1941 | ||
| Milka Ivić | linguist | 1923-12-11 | 2011-03-07 | |
| Mathilde Jansen | Dutch linguist | 1977-03-24 | ||
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Katarzyna Jaszczolt | British linguist | ||
| Eloise Jelinek | American linguist | 1924 | 2007 | |
| Li Jinfang | Chinese linguist | 1963-10 | ||
| Brigitte Jobbé-Duval | Historian and linguist | |||
| Elizabeth Mary Jones | Welsh writer, called Moelona | 1877-06-21 | 1953-06-05 | |
| Maria Teresa Turell i Julià | 1949 | 2013-04-24 | ||
| Jarmila Kalousková | 1908-12-31 | 1989-04-27 | ||
| Olga Kapeliuk | Israeli linguist | 1932 | ||
| Patricia Keating | American linguist | |||
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Ksenia Kepping | Russian linguist | 1937-02-07 | 2002-12-13 |
| Margarit Khachikyan | linguist | 1949-02-25 | ||
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Hannah Kilham | Methodist missionary | 1774-08-12 | 1832-03-31 |
| Verna Kirkness | Cree scholar and indigenous language proponent | 1935 | ||
| Irena Klepfisz | Jewish Lesbian author and activist | 1941-04-17 | ||
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Net Koene | 1946 | ||
| Katalin Kováts | Hungarian linguist and Esperantist | 1957-10-16 | ||
| Angelika Kratzer | American linguist | |||
| Nataliya Aleksandrovna Kupina | ||||
| Sally Laird | British translator and editor | 1956-05-02 | 2010-07-15 | |
| Maite Lakar | 1978-01-30 | |||
| Barbara Landau | Cognitive scientist | |||
| Margaret Langdon | linguist, Native American languages | 2005 | ||
| Vivien Law | Law, Vivien Anne, Lady Shackleton (1954–2002), linguistic scholar | 1954 1954-03-22 |
2002 2002-02-20 | |
| Jane Lee | Linguist and college administrator | 1895 | ||
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Ilse Lehiste | American linguist | 1922-01-31 | 2010-12-25 |
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Elisabeth Leinfellner | Austrian linguist | 1938-10-14 | 2010-01-04 |
| Rochelle Lieber | American linguist | |||
| Deborah Lifchitz | Expert on Semitic Ethiopian languages | 1907 | 1942 | |
| Jeannette Littlemore | linguist | |||
| Emily Lorimer | Irish linguist | 1881 | 1949 | |
| Theraphan Luangthongkum | Thai academic | |||
| Olga Luković-Pjanović | Serbian linguist | 1920 | 1998-04-01 | |
| Kovácsné József Magda | 1942-07-01 | |||
| Olga Martincová | Czech linguist and lexicographer | 1945 | ||
| Esther Martinez | Tewa language activist, linguist | 1912 | 2006-09-16 | |
| Sandra Lee McKay | American linguist | |||
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Erin McKean | Lexicographer, dictionary editor | 1971 | |
| Miriam Meyerhoff | New Zealand sociolinguist. | 1964-05-30 | ||
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Laura Michaelis | American linguist | ||
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Giustina Renier Michiel | Venetian aristocrat | 1755-10-14 | 1832-04-07 |
| Halina Mierzejewska | Polish linguist | 1922 | 2003 | |
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Vesna Mikolič | 1965-02-25 | ||
| Lesley Milroy | American linguist | |||
| Zara Mints | Russian literary scientist | 1927-07-24 | 1990-10-25 | |
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Mary Moffat | missionary, wife of Robert Moffat | 1795 | 1871-01-09 |
| Jill Morford | Linguist | |||
| Odille Morison | Canadian linguist | 1855-07-17 | ||
| Amalie Münster | Danish poet | 1767 | 1814 | |
| Carol Myers-Scotton | Linguist | 1934 | ||
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Samira Negrouche | writer | 1980-09-13 | |
| Johanna Nichols | American linguist | |||
| Shaista Nuzhat | Pakistani linguist | |||
| Cecile O'Rahilly | Irish language academic | 1894-12-17 | 1980-05-02 | |
| Olga Obukhova | Russian writer | 1941-08-10 | ||
| Arika Okrent | American linguist | |||
| Els Oksaar | Swedish docent and linguist | 1926-10-01 | 2015-12-09 | |
| Birgit Anette Olsen | Linguist | 1944-04-02 | ||
| Elise Charlotte Otté | English linguist and historian | 1818 | 1903 | |
| Nina Grigorivna Ozerova | Ukrainian linguist | |||
| Marija Aušrinė Pavilionienė | Lithuanian politician | 1944-04-06 | ||
| Maya Pencheva | Bulgarian linguist | 1947-05-03 | ||
| Ellavina Perkins | American linguist | |||
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Janet Pierrehumbert | American linguist | ||
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Alicja Pihan-Kijasowa | Polish linguist | 1950 | |
| Monika Popiolek | ||||
| Shana Poplack | Canadian linguist | |||
| Saveros Pou | Cambodian linguist | 1929-08-24 | ||
| Ellen Prince | American linguist | 1944 | 2010-10-24 | |
| Karolina Proniewska | Polish writer | 1828 | 1859 | |
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Parashqevi Qiriazi | Albanian linguist | 1880-06-02 | 1970 |
| Lea Ráskay | Hungarian woman scholar and Dominican nun | |||
| Martha Ratliff | American linguist | |||
| Najima Rhozali | Moroccan politician | 1960 | ||
| Suzanne Romaine | 1951 | |||
| Jana S. Rošker | Slovenian sinologist | 1960-05-21 | ||
| Jane Helen Rowlands | linguist, teacher and missionary | 1891 | 1955-02 | |
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Fatima Sadiqi | Linguist | ||
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Dora Sakayan | linguist specializing in Armenian language | 1931-01-24 | |
| Irene Saunders | American lexicographer | |||
| Mihaela Secrieru | Literary scholar and linguist | 1962-03-26 | ||
| Elena Semino | British linguist | 1964-09-09 | ||
| Tamara Shakryl | Linguist; activist | 2004 | ||
| Donna Shalev | American Israeli philologist and linguist | 1964-04-15 | ||
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Patricia Alice Shaw | Canadian linguist | ||
| Judy Shepard-Kegl | American linguist | |||
| Murai Shimako | Japanese playwright | 1928 | ||
| Chintha Lakshmi Sinhaarachchi | Writer | |||
| Dorjana Širola | Croatian quizzer | 1972-06-09 | ||
| Larisa Grigorevna Skripnik | Ukrainian linguist | 1921-04-21 | 2004-08-13 | |
| Adeline Smith | American linguist | 1918-03-15 | 2013-03-19 | |
| Eleanor Smith | Irish linguist and supporter of women's education | 1822 | 1896 | |
| L. Z. Sova | Russian linguist | 1937-09-17 | ||
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Tamar Sovran | Hebrew Culture Studies researcher | 1948 | |
| Salamatou Sow | Nigerien anthropologist and linguist | 1963-01-01 | ||
| Katja Špur | Slovenian writer | 1908-11-20 | 1991-12-18 | |
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Hripsime Srapyan | 1928-12-28 | 2013-04-10 | |
| Paulette Steeves | 1955-11-25 | |||
| Hildegard Striedter-Temps | German linguist | 1931-01-24 | 1972-04-18 | |
| Thelma D. Sullivan | American Mesoamericanist | 1918 | 1981 | |
| Merrill Swain | language scholar | |||
| Eve Sweetser | Professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley | |||
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Clotilde Tambroni | Italian linguist | 1758-06-29 | 1817-06-02 |
| Manana Tandaschwili | 1960-05-22 | |||
| Marina Tarlinskaja | Russian linguist | |||
| Elaine Tarone | American linguist | |||
| Marie-Lucie Tarpent | Canadian linguist | |||
| Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido | Filipino writer | 1912 | 1994 | |
| Zora Tavčar | writer, essayist and translator | 1928-10-02 | ||
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Svetlana Ter-Minasova | 1938-08-25 | ||
| Sandra Thompson | American linguist | 1941-07-06 | ||
| Erika Timm | German linguist | 1934 | ||
| Joan Lee Tu | Linguist | 1981 | ||
| Joan Turville-Petre | British linguist | 1911-05-10 | 2006-03-09 | |
| Josiana Ubaud | ||||
| Igone Zabala Unzalu | ||||
| Anna Vainikka | Linguist | |||
| Jacqueline Vaissière | French linguist | |||
| Gertrude Vakar | Russian translator | 1904 | 1973 | |
| Reinhild Vandekerckhove | Belgian linguist | 1969-01-17 | ||
| Ludmila Vassilyeva | Russian scholar | 1942-05-23 | ||
| Zinayida Mikolayivna Veselovska | Ukrainian linguist | 1900-07-04 | 1986-06-28 | |
| Olga Vilímková | 1960-07-04 | |||
| Margaret Mary Vojtko | American linguist, educator, polyglot, and labor unionist | 1930-01-15 | 2013-09-01 | |
| Erika Vouk | Poet and translator | 1941 | ||
| Jadwiga Waniakowa | Polish linguist. | 1964-07-11 | ||
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Marjory Wardrop | English historian | 1869-11-11 | 1909-12-07 |
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Elżbieta Magdalena Wąsik | Polish linguist | 1961-04-25 | |
| Lucille Watahomigie | Hualapai educator and linguist | 1945 | ||
| Jill R. Webster | 1931-09-29 | |||
| Agnes Wenman, Viscountess Wenman | British viscountess | 1617 | ||
| Lydia White | Canadian linguist | |||
| Rita Morgan Williams | English linguist | |||
| Kay Williamson | British linguist | 1935-01-26 | 2005-01-03 | |
| Zora Wolfová | Czech translator from English | 1928-02-20 | 2012-11-29 | |
| Alison Wray | Welsh linguist | |||
| Virginia Yip | Linguist | |||
| Martha Young-Scholten | American /British linguist | |||
| Annie Zaenen | American linguist | 1941 | ||
| Irena Žerjal | writer, poet, translator | 1940-04-20 | ||
| Niina Ning Zhang | Chinese linguist | |||
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Milena Žic-Fuchs | Croatian scientist | 1954-08-10 | |
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Bina Štampe Žmavc | writes poems, prose and theatre plays | 1951-10-04 | |
| Բուրաստան Զուլումյան | 1953-11-12 | |||
| Էթերի Թումանյան | 1923-10-30 | |||
| Լիանա Հովսեփյան | 1941-07-26 | |||
| Լեյլա Ստեփանյան |
List Of Women Linguists Media
Anvita Abbi if a linguist and scholar of Indian indigenous languages. This picture was clicked at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Other websites
- Falk, Julia S. (January 31, 2002). Women, Language and Linguistics: Three American Stories from the First Half of the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-78621-3.
- Davison, Alice; Eckert, Penelope, eds. (1989). Women in the linguistics profession. Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics.