List of women linguists
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This is a list of women linguists by their country of origin. A linguist in this context is a specialist in linguistics, an academic discipline concerned with the study of natural languages. The word is sometimes also used ambiguously to refer to polyglots (people fluent in several languages), grammarians (experts on prescriptive grammar), or language professionals such as translators or interpreters. These are considered distinct professions and are not included in this list.
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 |
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 |
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 | ||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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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 | |||
| Naoko Aoki | Japanese linguist | |||
| Rosa Colomer Artigas | 1966-06-05 | 2013-10-22 | ||
| Yuu Asakura | Japanese actress, dancer and language instructor based in Los Angeles, California | 1976 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
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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 | ||
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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 |
Further reading
- Falk, Julia S. (2002-01-31). Women, Language and Linguistics: Three American Stories from the First Half of the Twentieth Century. Routledge. ISBN 9781134786213.
- Davison, Alice; Eckert, Penelope; Linguistics, Linguistic Society of America Committee on the Status of Women in (1990-01-01). Women in the linguistics profession. Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics of the Linguistic Society of America.