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== C == Caland, Willem (Netherlands, 1859–1932), historical linguistics, Sanskrit Campbell, Lyle (United States, 1942–), Native American languages, historical linguistics Canger, Una (Denmark, 1938–), Mesoamerican languages Canonge, Elliott D. (United States, 1921–1971), Comanche, Inuit Capell, Arthur (Australia, 1902–1986), Australian languages, Austronesian languages, Papuan languages Cardona, George (United States, 1936–), Indo-European studies Carnap, Rudolf (Germany, 1891–1970), syntax, constructed languages Carnie, Andrew (Canada, 1969–), syntax Caro Baroja, Julio (1914–1995), Basque language Caro, Miguel A. (Colombia, 1843–1909), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish Carpenter, William Henry (United States, 1853–1936), Icelandic language Cart, Théophile (France, 1855–1931), Esperanto Carter, Hazel (UK, 1928–2016), Bantu languages Catford, J. C. (UK, 1917–2009), phonetics Chadwick, John (UK, 1920–1998), Linear B Chafik, Mohamed (Morocco, 1926–), writer and specialist in the Berber or Amazigh languages, dialects, and literature Chafe, Wallace (United States, 1927–2019), cognitive linguistics, semantics Chao Yuen Ren (China, 1892–1982), Chinese language Chakrabarti, Byomkes (India, 1923–1981), Santali language, Bengali language, comparative linguistics Champollion, Jean-François (France, 1790–1832), Egyptian hieroglyphs Chambers, Jack (Canada, 1938–), sociolinguistics Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (India, 1890–1977), Bengali language Chelliah, Shobhana, Tibeto-Burman languages Chierchia, Gennaro (Italy, 1953–), semantics, pragmatics Choijinzhab (PR China, 1931–2022), Mongolian language Chomsky, Noam (United States, 1928–), syntax, universal grammar Choueiri, Lina (Lebanon), syntax, Lebanese Arabic Chyet, Michael L. (United States, 1957–), Kurdish language Clark, Eve V. (UK/United States, 1942–), psycholinguistics, language acquisition Clyne, Michael George (Australia, 1939–2010), Germanic languages Cohen, Paul S. (United States), 1942–), phonology, etymology Cohen, Maurice Abraham (Australia), 1851–1923), Urdu Collitz, Hermann (Germany/United States, 1855–1935), historical linguistics Comrie, Bernard (UK, 1947–), typology Cook, Guy (UK, 1951–), applied linguistics Cook, Vivian (UK, 1940–2021), applied linguistics Corder, Stephen Pit (UK, 1918–1990), applied linguistics Coşeriu, Eugen (Romania/Germany, 1921–2002), Romance languages Couper-Kuhlen, Elizabeth (1943–), interactional linguistics Cowgill, Warren (United States, 1929–1985), Indo-European studies Cowper, Elizabeth (Canada, 1952–), syntax Creissels, Denis (France, 1943–), syntax, phonology, Niger–Congo languages, Nakh-Daghestanian languages Croft, William (United States, 1956–), syntax, cognitive linguistics Crystal, David (UK, 1941–), English language, language death, applied linguistics Cuervo, Rufino José (Colombia, 1844–1911), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish Culicover, Peter W. (United States), syntax, language change Culioli, Antoine (France, 1924–2018), general linguistics Cumakunova, Gülzura (Kyrgyzstan, 1954–), Turkic languages Curme, George Oliver, Sr. (United States, 1860–1948), German language, English language Curzan, Anne (United States), English language, Descriptivism, Prescriptivism, lexicography Calvet, Louis-Jean (France, 1942-), Sociolinguistique

== D == Dal, Vladimir (Russia, 1801–1872), lexicography, Russian language Dahl, Östen (Sweden, 1945–), tense and aspect in linguistic typology Darzi, Ali (Iran, 1959–), generative syntax, minimalist program Das, Khudiram (India, 1916–2002), Bengali and Santali language Dani, Ahmad Hasan (Pakistan, 1920–2009), South Asian languages Daniels, Peter T. (United States, 1951–), writing systems Davies, Shaun (Australia), Yugambeh language Dayal, Veneeta (United States, 1956–), semantics, syntax Deacon, Terrence (United States, 1950–), language change, origin of language, cognitive linguistics Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (Iran, 1879–1959), lexicography, Persian language De Houwer, Annick (Belgium, 1958–), early child bilingualism Delbrück, Berthold (Germany, 1842–1922), Indo-European languages, syntax, comparative linguistics DeLancey, Scott (United States, 1949–), Tibeto-Burman languages, linguistic typology, historical linguistics Dempwolff, Otto (Germany, 1871–1938), Austronesian languages Diderichsen, Paul (Denmark, 1905–1964), Danish Diffloth, Gérard (United States, 1939–2023), Mon–Khmer languages van Dijk, Teun Adrianus (Netherlands, 1943–), pragmatics, discourse analysis, text linguistics Dik, Simon (the Netherlands, 1940–1995) Functional Grammar, theoretical linguistics Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward (Australia, 1939–), syntax, typology, Australian languages, Amazonian languages Dobrovský, Josef (Czech Republic, 1753–1829), Slavic languages, Czech language, lexicography Dobson, Veronica Perrule (Australia, 1944–), Arrernte language Doke, Clement Martyn (South Africa, 1893–1980), Bantu languages, Lamba language Dolgopolsky, Aharon (Russia/Israel, 1930–2012), Nostratic languages Dorian, Nancy (United States, 1936–2024), language death, Scottish Gaelic Dougherty, Ray C. (United States, 1940–), transformational grammar, computational linguistics Dowty, David (United States, 1945–), semantics, syntax Dozier, Edward P. (United States, 1916–1971), Native American languages, languages of the Philippines Dressler, Wolfgang U. (Austria, 1939–), phonology, morphology, text linguistics van Driem, George (Netherlands, 1957–), Tibeto-Burman languages, symbiosism, Dzongkha language Dryer, Matthew (United States), typology, syntax, language documentation Duden, Konrad (Germany, 1829–1911), lexicography, German language Dunn, John Asher (United States,1939–2017), Tsimshian language Dušková, Libuše (Czech Republic, 1930–), English language, functional linguistics

== E == Eckert, Penelope (United States, 1942–), sociolinguistics, language and gender Edmondson, Jerold A. (United States, 1941–2023), Tai–Kadai languages, languages of Southeast Asia Edwards, Jonathan, Jr. (United States, 1745–1801), North American languages, historical linguistics, Mohegan language Ehret, Christopher (United States, 1941–2025), languages of Africa, historical linguistics Elbert, Samuel Hoyt (United States, 1907–1997), Polynesian languages of Hawaiʻi and Rennell and Bellona, Puluwatese language Elgin, Suzette Haden (United States, 1936–2015), constructed languages, transformational grammar Ellis, Rod (UK), second-language acquisition Elman, Jeffrey L. (United States, 1948–2018), language processing, neurolinguistics Emeneau, Murray Barnson (United States, 1904–2005), Dravidian languages, linguist areas Emre, Ahmet Cevat (Turkey, 1876–1961), Member of the Turkish Language Association, Turkish alphabet Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth (Denmark, 1952–), semantics, Danish Sign Language Epps, Patience L., Amazonian languages, language documentation Erdal, Marcel (Turkey, 1945–), Turkic languages Esenç, Tevfik (Turkey, 1904–1992), Ubykh language Esling, John (Canada, 1939–), phonetics Estrella Santos, Ana (Ecuador, born 20th-c.), dialectology Evans, Nicholas (Australia, 1956–), Indigenous Australian languages, Papuan languages, typology Evans, Vyvyan (UK, 1968–), cognitive linguistics, digital communication, and emoji Even-Shoshan, Avraham (Belarus/Israel, 1906–1984), Hebrew language, lexicography Everett, Daniel Leonard (United States, 1951–), languages of Brazil, Pirahã language Everson, Michael (United States/Ireland, 1963–), writing systems, historical linguistics