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== S == Sacks, Harvey (United States, 1935–1975), conversation analysis Sadock, Jerrold (United States), syntax, morphology, pragmatics, Greenlandic language, Yiddish language Sag, Ivan (United States, 1949–2013), syntax, construction grammar Sagart, Laurent (France, 1951–), Chinese linguistics and Austronesian languages Sakaguchi, Alicja (Poland/Germany, 1954–), interlinguistics, Esperanto Shakirova, Liya (Soviet Union/Russia, 1921–2015), Russian language Salo, David (United States, 1969–), constructed languages, Tocharian languages, Elvish languages Sampson, Geoffrey (UK, 1944–), philosophy of language Sánchez Carrión, José María (Spain, 1952–), Basque language, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics Sanders, Ted (Netherlands, 1963–), Coherence in text, discourse Sankoff, Gillian (Canada, 1943–), sociolinguistics Sankrityayan, Rahul (India, 1893–1963), Tibetan language, Hindi language Sapir, Edward (Germany/United States, 1884–1939), Native American languages, constructed languages, semantics Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan (India, 1921–1990), Transliteration, Science of Letters Saunders, Irene (United States/PR China), lexicography, Chinese language de Saussure, Ferdinand (Switzerland/France, 1857–1913), semantics, Indo-European studies, structural linguistics Saxon, Leslie (Canada), First Nations languages Sayce, Archibald Henry (UK, 1846–1933), Akkadian language Schegloff, Emanuel (United States, 1937–), conversation analysis Schleicher, August (Germany, 1821–1868), Indo-European studies, language development, historical linguistics Schmidt, Johannes (Germany, 1843–1901), historical linguistics, Indo-European studies Schmidt, Richard (United States, 1941–2017), second-language acquisition Schmidt, Wilhelm (Germany/Austria/Switzerland, 1868–1954), Mon–Khmer languages Searle, John Rogers (United States, 1932–), philosophy of language, pragmatics Selinker, Larry (United States), second-language acquisition Sen, Sukumar (India, 1900–1992), Bengali language Sequoyah (United States, 1767–1843), Cherokee language Setälä, Eemil Nestor (Finland, 1864–1935), Finnish language, Uralic languages Sgall, Petr (Czech Republic, 1926–2019), syntax Shackle, Christopher (UK, 1942–), Urdu language, Saraiki language Shepard-Kegl, Judy (United States, 1953– ), Nicaraguan Sign Language Shevoroshkin, Vitaly Victorovich (Russia/United States, 1932–), Slavic languages, Nostratics Shinmura Izuru (Japan, 1876–1967), Japanese language Shipley, William F. (United States, 1921-2011), Maidu language Sibawayh (Iran, ca. 760– 796), Arabic language Sidi Boushaki (Algeria, ca. 796–857), Arabic language Sievers, Eduard (Germany, 1850–1932), Germanic languages, historical linguistics Siewierska, Anna (Poland/Netherlands/UK, 1955–2011), language typology Sihler, Andrew Littleton (United States, 1941–), comparative linguistics, Indo-European languages Silvet, Johannes (Estonia, 1895–1979), lexicography Sinclair, John McHardy (UK, 1933–2007), applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, discourse analysis Skeat, Walter W. (UK, 1835–1912), Old English, Middle English, etymology, philology Skinner, B.F. (United States, 1905–1992), verbal behavior Skousen, Royal (United States, 1945–), language modeling Smith, Neilson Voyne (UK, 1939–), syntax, language acquisition Smith-Stark, Thomas (United States, 1948–2009), Mesoamerican languages Smolensky, Paul (United States, 1955–), phonology, optimality theory, syntax Stachowski, Marek (Poland, 1957–), historical linguistics, Turkic languages Starostin, Georgiy Sergeevich (Russia, 1976–), comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Nostratics, Proto-World Starostin, Sergei Anatolyevich (Russia, 1953–2005), comparative linguistics, historical linguistics, Nostratics, Proto-World Stati, Sorin (Romania-French, 1931–2008), pragmatics, syntax Steedman, Mark (UK, United States, 1946–), theoretical linguistics, categorial grammar, syntax, computational linguistics Steels, Luc (Belgium, 1952–), computational linguistics, evolutionary linguistics Steinmetz, Sol (United States, 1930–2011), Yiddish language Stetson, Raymond Herbert (United States, d. 1950), phonetics Stieber, Zdzisław (Poland, 1903–1980), Slavic languages, phonology Stokoe, William (United States, 1919–2000), American Sign Language, cherology Stollznow, Karen (United States, 1976–), lexical semantics, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics Stuart-Smith, Jane (United Kingdom, 1965–), phonetics, sociolinguistics Suzuki Takao (Japan, 1926–2021), Japanese language, sociolinguistics Svoboda, Aleš (Czech Republic, 1941–2010), English language, Czech language, functional linguistics Swadesh, Morris (United States, 1909–1967), typology, historical linguistics, Native American languages, lexicostatistics de Swart, Henriette (Netherlands, 1961–), semantics Sweet, Henry (UK, 1845–1912), Germanic languages, phonetics Sweetser, Eve (United States), cognitive linguistics, semantics, historical linguistics, Celtic languages

== T == Talmy, Leonard (United States, 1942–), cognitive linguistics, semantics, Yiddish language, Native American languages Tannen, Deborah Frances (United States, 1945–), discourse analysis Tarone, Elaine (United States, 1962–), second-language acquisition Tarpent, Marie-Lucie (Canada, 1941–), Tsimshianic languages Tha Myat (Burma, 1899–1977), Mon language, Burmese language, Pyu language, Nagari Teeter, Karl van Duyn (United States, 1929– 2007), Algic languages, endangered languages Thieberger, Nicholas (Australia), Indigenous Australian languages Thomas, Calvin (United States, 1854–1919), Germanic languages, German language Thomason, Sarah Grey (United States, 1939–), language contact, historical linguistics, typology, Montana Salish Thompson, John Eric Sidney (UK, 1898– 1975), Maya languages, Maya hieroglyphics Thompson, Sandra A. (United States, 1941–), syntax, discourse analysis, Mandarin language Tokieda Motoki (Japan, 1900–1967), Japanese language Tolkien, John Ronal Reuel (UK, 1892–1973), Old English language, constructed languages, Sindarin, Quenya Toporišič, Jože (Slovenia, 1926–2014), Slovene language Trager, George Leonard (United States, 1906–1992), phonemics, paralanguage, semantics Trask, Robert Lawrence (United States, 1944–2004), Basque language, historical linguistics, origin of language Traugott, Elizabeth C. (United States, 1939–), grammaticalization Troy, Jakelin (Australia, 1960–), Aboriginal Australian languages, language revival, indigenous languages of Pakistan Trubetzkoy, Nikolai Sergeyevich (Russia/Austria, 1890–1938), structural linguistics, morphology, phonology Trudgill, Peter (UK, 1943–), sociolinguistics, English language, dialectology Tuite, Kevin (United States, 1954–), Caucasian languages, Georgian language Turin, Mark (UK, 1973–), Himalayan languages, endangered languages Turner, Mark (United States, 1954–), cognitive linguistics Tucker, Archibald (South Africa, 1904–1980), African languages

== U == Uldall, Elizabeth T. (United States, 1913–2004), phonetics Uldall, Hans Jørgen (Denmark, 1907–1957), glossematics, Maidu language Ullendorff, Edward (UK, 1920–2011), Semitic languages Unger, James Marshall (United States, 1947–), Japanese language, historical linguistics, writing systems Upton, Clive (UK, 1946–), English language, sociolinguistics, dialectology

== V == Vajda, Edward (United States, 1958–), Ket language, historical linguistics, Na-Dené languages, comparative linguistics van Valin, Robert D. (United States, 1952–), syntax, semantics, cognitive linguistics van Wijk, Nicolaas (Netherlands, 1880–1941), historical linguistics, Balto-Slavic languages Valli, Clayton (United States, 1951–2003), American Sign Language, Vasmer, Max (Russia/Germany, 1886–1962), etymology, historical linguistics, Russian language Vassalli, Mikiel Anton (Malta, 1764–1829), Maltese language Vaux, Bert (United States, 1968–), phonology, morphology, Armenian language Veltman, Calvin (United States/Canada/France, 1941–), sociolinguistics Vendler, Zeno (United States, 1921–2004), philosophy of language, event structure Ventris, Michael George Francis (UK, 1922–1956), Linear B, Archaic Greek Verner, Karl (Denmark, 1846–1896), phonology, comparative linguistics, historical linguistics Vincent, Nigel (UK, 1947–), morphology, syntax, historical linguistics Voegelin, Charles F. (United States, 1906–1986), indigenous languages of North America Voegelin, Florence M. (United States, 1927–1989), Hidatsa language Voloshinov, Valentin Nikolaevich (Russia, 1895–1936), semantics Vovin, Alexander (Russia/United States, 1961–2022), Japanese language, Siberian languages, Korean language, Ainu language, Central Asian languages