Linguists Linguists ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Isḥāq (died AD 735 / AH 117) is the earliest known grammarian of the Arabic language. He compiled a prescriptive grammar by referring to the usage of the Bedouins, whose language was seen as especially pure. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abi Ishaq"
Dr Ahmar Mahboob teaches at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney (http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/linguistics/). Ahmar earned his PhD at Indiana University, Bloomington, in 2003. The title of his dissertation was: Status of nonnative English speakers as ESL teachers in the United States. Ahmar has worked in the areas of language policy development, pidgin and creole languages, NNEST studies, English language acquisition, English language teaching and teacher education, World Englishes, pragmatics, and issues surrounding minority languages in South Asia. His recent work has focused on Pakistani English and on languages of Pakistan. Ahmar is the Past President of Indiana TESOL (http://www.intesol.org) and the immediate Past Chair of the NNEST Caucus (http://nnest.moussu.net) in TESOL International. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ahmar Mahboob"
This is an article about the scholars known as Arabists, not the political movement Pan-Arabism. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arabist"
Babu Suthar is a Gujarati Lecturer in South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, currently the only full-time instructor in this language in North America at the university level. ...more on Wikipedia about "Babu Suthar"
Badri Gharib is an outstanding Iranian linguist specialising in the Sogdian language. She has published a useful Sogdian- Persian-English dictionary and many other research works. ...more on Wikipedia about "Badri Gharib"
Dr. Barbara Ann Kipfer is a linguist. She wrote 30 books. She has worked for Ask Jeeves, Idealab, Mindmaker, General Electric Research, IBM Research, Wang Laboratories, Bellcore ( Telcordia), Cymfony, Textwise, and Knowledge Adventure. Now she works for Answers Corporation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Barbara Ann Kipfer"
Charles Bagot Cayley ( 1823 - 1883) was a linguist best known for translating Dante into the metre of the original, with annotations, besides metrical versions of the " Iliad," the " Prometheus" of Æschylus, the "Canzoniere" of Petrarch. The translations from the Greek are a laboured attempt to mirror the versification rules of the originals. His version of the "Divine Comedy" is much more successful, preserving the Dante's terza rima rhyme scheme while using a relatively simple English which reflects Dante's own use of ordinary Italian. Charles Bagot Cayley also published a collection of his own poems, "Psyche's Interludes". ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Cayley"
Christoph Luxenberg is the pseudonym of the author of the 2000 book Die Syro-Aramäische Lesart des Koran: Ein Beitrag zur Entschlüsselung der Koransprache (in English: The Syro-Aramaic reading of the Qur'an: a contribution to the decipherment of the Quranic language). This book explores a philological and text-critical approach to the understanding of the Qur'an. As this approach goes against the traditional ways of interpreting the Qur'an, as used within Islam and, surprisingly, by the majority of non-Muslim scholars, Luxenberg's approach has become controversial in the eyes of the less tolerant. To avoid becoming himself a controversial figure and for his personal safety, Christoph Luxenberg feels obliged to hide his true identity. According to some people, he is a Lebanese Christian, others hold him to be a German semitist. Some are concerned that an academic researcher in the field of comparitive Semitic language studies feels he has to remain anonymous for his own safety. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christoph Luxenberg"
Clayton Valli (d. March 7 2003) was the author of numerous articles and books on linguistics and on American Sign Language poetry. He gave workshops and presentations across the country that raised awareness and appreciation for the movement, meter, and rhythm in ASL poetry. His own poetic works, which have drawn international recognition for their aestheticism and contribution to literary scholarship, are available on video, taped both by him and by other ASL artists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clayton Valli"
Clémentine Faik Nzuji was born in the Congo on January 21, 1944. She holds a doctorate in African studies from the University of Paris. She headed and helped found the International Centre for African Languages, Literatures and Traditions in favour of Development (CILTADE). She has made important contributions in the study of Bantu linguistics and oral literature. She is also an award winning author of short stories and poetry. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clémentine Nzuji"
Consentius was a 5th century Gallic grammarian, was the author of two treatises, which are perhaps the fragments of a complete grammar: one on the noun and the verb, much used during the Carolingian period, and the other on barbarisms and metaplasm. ...more on Wikipedia about "Consentius"
Deborah Tannen (born June 7, 1951) is a professor of sociolinguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of several popular books about the way people in social situations talk to each other. By studying these interactions, she attempts to help others to understand them and so get along better in relationships. ...more on Wikipedia about "Deborah Tannen"
Derek Prince ( 1915- 2003) was an internationally recognised Bible teacher whose daily radio programme Today with Derek Prince (also called Keys to Successful Living) broadcasts to half the population of the world in various languages. These languages include English, Arabic, Spanish, Croatian, Russian, Malagasy, Tongan, Samoan and four dialects of Chinese. ...more on Wikipedia about "Derek Prince"
Dhimiter Kamarda ( 1821 - 1882) was a linguist, patriot of the Arberesh, and publisher of folklore, with scientific knowledge also in the field of Indo-European linguistics. His main work, Test of Comparative Grammar on Albanian Language is the first scientific work of comparative historic study on the topic. He made an important contribution with the publication of The Albanian General Alphabet in 1869. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dhimiter Kamarda"
Dirk Geeraerts (born 1955, PhD 1981) holds the chair of theoretical linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He is the head of the research unit Quantitative Lexicology and Variational Linguistics (QLVL). ...more on Wikipedia about "Dirk Geeraerts"
Dwight Le Merton Bolinger ( 1907— 1992) was an American linguist and Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He began his career as the first editor of the "Among the New Words" feature for American Speech. As an expert in Spanish, he was elected president of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese in 1960. He was known for the support and encouragement he gave younger scholars and for his hands-on approach to the analysis of human language. His work touched on a wide range of subjects, including semantics, intonation, phonesthesia, and the politics of language. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dwight Bolinger"
Elihu Burritt ( 1810– 1879) was an American philanthropist, linguist, and social activist born in the town of New Britain, Connecticut in 1810. He was active in many causes, namely opposing slavery, working for temperance, and trying to achieve world peace. These accomplishments caused President Lincoln to appoint him as a United States consul in Birmingham, England. He published over 37 books and articles, including Sparks from the Anvil and Ten Minute Talks. In 1847, his pamphlet Four Months in Skibbereen made residents of the United States more aware of the Potato Famine in Ireland. Elihu Burritt died in 1879 in New Britain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Elihu Burritt"
Ernest Tipson is a linguist who compiled dictionary of Cantonese. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernest Tipson"
Ernst Johann Eitel (歐德理) or alternatively Ernest John Eitel ( 13th February, 1838- 1908) was a German missionary born in Württemberg, Germany. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ernst Johann Eitel"
Ferdinand de Saussure ( November 26, 1857 - February 22, 1913) was a Swiss linguist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ferdinand de Saussure"
Frederick Bodmer is a Swiss philologist and author of very popular book The Loom of Languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Frederick Bodmer"
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Geoffrey Nunberg is a linguist who teaches at Stanford University. He is the author of Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Controversial Times and has been commenting on language, usage, and society for National Public Radio's Fresh Air program since 1989. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geoffrey Nunberg"
Zuckermann, Ghil'ad is an Israeli/ British linguist who argues that Israeli (his term for Modern Hebrew) is a "semi-engineered" Semito-European hybrid language, simultaneously based on Yiddish (most revivalists' mother tongue), Hebrew (an important literary/liturgical language) and other languages. His publications include the books Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew ( 2003) and Hebrew as Myth ( 2005). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ghil'ad Zuckermann"
Gilles Fauconnier (born August 19, 1944) is a French linguist, researcher in cognitive science, and author, currently working in the US. He is a professor at the University of California, San Diego in the Department of Cognitive Science. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gilles Fauconnier"
Henry Sweet ( 1845- 1912) was a philologist, and is sometimes also considered to be an early linguist. He specialized in languages related to English ( Anglo-Saxon, Old Icelandic and West Saxon). Sweet also published on larger issues of phonetics and grammar in language, but his work on the Germanic languages is more widely remembered. Some of Sweet's works are still in print and continue to be used as course texts at colleges and universities. ...more on Wikipedia about "Henry Sweet"
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