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== M == MacWhinney, Brian (United States, 1945–), language acquisition, second-language acquisition, corpus linguistics Maddieson, Ian (United States, 1942–), phonetics Fray Francisco Maldonado (1571– c. 1640), Guatemalan Franciscan linguist and historian Manzini, Rita (Italy), generative syntax, Romance languages Malkiel, Yakov (United States, 1914–1998), etymology, philology Manaster Ramer, Alexis (United States/Poland, 1956–), phonology, syntax, poetics, etymology Marantz, Alec (United States, 1959–), distributed morphology March, Francis Andrew (United States, 1825–1911), comparative linguistics, lexicography, Old English language, English language Margolis, Max Leopold (Lithuania/United States, 1866–1932), Semitic languages Marr, Nikolay Yakovlevich (Georgia/Russia, 1865–1934), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, origin of language Martin, James (Sydney, Australia, 1950–), genre Martin, Samuel Elmo (United States, 1924–2009), Korean language, Japanese language Martinet, André (France, 1908–1999), structuralism, historical linguistics, constructed languages Martinet, Jeanne (France, 1920–2018), semiotics, constructed languages Massam, Diane (Canada), syntax, Austronesian languages Matasović, Ranko (Croatia, 1968–), historical linguistics, Celtic languages Mathesius, Vilém (Czech Republic, 1882– 1945), phonology, syntax, English language, Czech language Matisoff, James A. (United States, 1937–), Tibeto-Burman languages, phonology Matthews, Peter Hugoe (UK, 1934–2023), morphology, syntax Matthews, Stephen (UK/PR China), typology, syntax, semantics, Cantonese language Mattingly, Ignatius G. (United States, 1927–2004), phonetics, speech synthesis, speech perception Matveyev, Aleksandr (Russia, 1926–2010), onomastics, etymology McArthur, Tom (UK, 1938–2020), English language, lexicography McCarthy, John J. (United States, 1953–), phonology, morphology, optimality theory McCawley, James D. (UK/United States, 1938–1999), syntax, semantics, phonology McConnell-Ginet, Sally (United States, 1938–), language of gender and sexuality McCulloch, Gretchen (Canada), internet linguistics McCune, George McAfee (North Korea/United States, 1908–1988), Korean language McNamara, Barbara (United States, 1942–), Chinese language McGregor, William B. (Australia, 1952–), Australian Aboriginal languages, theoretical linguistics, Shua language McWhorter, John Hamilton (United States, 1965–), creole languages, Saramaccan language Meillet, Antoine (France, 1866–1936), Comparative Linguistics, Armenian language, Philology Meinhof, Carl Friedrich Michael (Germany, 1857–1944), languages of Africa Melchert, H. Craig (United States, 1945–), Anatolian languages Merchant, Jason (United States, 1966–), syntax, semantics, ellipsis Michaelis, Laura A. (United States), syntax, English language Michaud, Alexis (France, 1975–), Phonetics, Tonology, Naish languages, Vietnamese Miklosich, Franz (Slovenia/Austria, 1813–1891), Slavic languages Miller, Wick R. (United States, 1932–1994), Keresan languages, Uto-Aztecan languages Miller, Roy Andrew (United States, 1924–2014), Tibetan language, Japanese language Mithun, Marianne (United States, 1946–), Native American languages Mitxelena Elissalt, Koldo (Spain, 1915–1987), Basque language Miura Tsutomu (Japan, 1911–1989), Japanese language Miyake, Marc (United States, 1971–), historical linguistics, Old Japanese, Tangut language Mönkh-Amgalan, Yümjiriin (Mongolia, 1956–), pragmatics, semantics, syntax, Mongolian language, dialectology Mori Hiromichi (Japan, 1949–), Japanese language Moskvin, Anatoly (Russia, 1966–), academic and linguist, arrested in 2011 after the bodies of 26 mummified young women were discovered in his home Motoori Norinaga (Japan, 1730–1801), Japanese language Motoori Haruniwa (Japan, 1763–1828), Japanese language Montague, Richard Merett (United States, 1930–1971), semantics, philosophy of language Moro, Andrea (Italy, 1962–), syntax, copula, expletive, antisymmetry, neurolinguistics Moser, Edward W. (United States, 1924–1976), Seri language Mufwene, Salikoko (United States), creole languages, African-American English, language evolution Mulder, Jean (United States, 1954–), Australian English, Tsimshianic languages Munro, Pamela (United States, 1947–), Native American languages, lexicography Murayama Shichirō (Japan, 1908–1995), Japanese language Murray, James (UK, 1837–1915), lexicography, English language, etymology Muti’I, Ibrahim (China, 1920–2010), Uyghur language Myers-Scotton, Carol (United States, 1934–), language contact

== N == Nábělková, Mira (Slovakia, 1956–), lexical semantics, sociolinguistics Nádasdy, Ádám (Hungary, 1947–2026), phonology, morphophonology Napoli, Donna Jo (United States, 1948–), syntax, phonetics, phonology, Japanese language Neeleman, Ad (Netherlands/UK, 1964–), syntax, semantics, phonology, generative grammar Nelson, Andrew Nathaniel (United States, 1893–1975), Japanese language, lexicography Nevsky, Nikolai Aleksandrovich (Russia, 1892– 1937), Tangut language Newman, Paul (United States, 1937-), African languages Newmeyer, Frederick J. (United States, 1944–), syntax, origin of language Nichols, Johanna (United States, 1945–), languages of the Caucasus, Chechen language, Ingush language, typology Niftawayh (Iraq, c. 8585–935), Arabic grammar, lexicography Nishida Tatsuo (Japan, 1928–2012), Tangut language Nolan, Francis (UK), phonetics Noreen, Adolf Gotthard (Sweden, 1854–1925), dialectology, historical linguistics, Germanic languages Nunberg, Geoffrey (United States, 1945–2020), lexical semantics, English language

== O == Odden, David A. (United States, 1954–), phonology, African linguistics, Bantu languages Odin, Louise (Switzerland, 1836–1909), Blonay dialect linguist, dialect researcher and author Ogilvie, Sarah (Australia) Ohala, John (United States, 1941–2020), phonetics, phonology Okrand, Marc (United States, 1948–), Klingon language, Mutsun language Ōno Susumu (Japan, 1919–2008), Japanese language, Tamil language Orešnik, Janez (Slovenia, 1935–), comparative linguistics Orikuchi Shinobu (Japan, 1887–1953), Japanese language Orton, Harold (UK, 1898–1975), phonology, dialectology, English dialects Osthoff, Hermann (Germany, 1847–1909), Indo-European studies, historical linguistics Ōtsuki Fumihiko (Japan, 1847–1928), Japanese language Özyürek, Aslı, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics