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== W == Wackernagel, Jacob (Switzerland, 1853–1938), Indo-European studies, Sanskrit Wang Li (PR China, 1900–1986), Chinese language Watanabe Shōichi (Japan, 1930–2017), Japanese language Watkins, Calvert (United States, 1933–2013), comparative linguistics, Indo-European languages Weeks, Raymond (United States, 1863–1954), phonetics, French language Weinreich, Max (Latvia/United States, 1893– 1969), Yiddish language Weinreich, Uriel (Poland/United States, 1926–1967), sociolinguistics, dialectology, semantics, Yiddish language Wells, John Christopher (UK, 1939–), phonetics, Esperanto Westermann, Diedrich Hermann (Germany, 1875–1956), languages of Africa, typology Westphal, Ernst Oswald Johannes (South Africa/UK, 1919–1990), Bantu languages, Khoisan languages Whalen, Douglas H. (United States), phonology, endangered languages Wheeler, Benjamin Ide (United States, 1854–1927), historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, Greek language White, Lydia (UK/Canada, 1946–), second-language acquisition Whitney, William Dwight (United States, 1827–1894), lexicography, Sanskrit, English language Wilks, Yorick (UK, 1939–2023), artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, natural language processing, semantics Whorf, Benjamin Lee (United States, 1897–1941), Native American languages, Maya script, linguistic relativity Wichmann, Søren (Denmark, 1964–), Mesoamerican languages, Mixe–Zoque languages, Mayan languages, Maya script Widdowson, Henry G. (UK, 1935–), English language, discourse analysis Wierzbicka, Anna (Poland/Australia, 1938–), semantics, pragmatics Wiese, Richard (Germany, 1953–), phonology, morphology, neurolinguistics Williams, Nicholas Jonathan Anselm (UK/Ireland, 1942–), Cornish language, Irish language, Manx language, phonology Williams, Samuel Wells (United States/China, 1812–1884), Chinese language, lexicography Wilson, Robert Dick (United States, 1856–1930), comparative linguistics, Hebrew language, Syriac language Wittmann, Henri (France/Canada, 1937–), French language, creole languages, morphology, comparative linguistics Wodak, Ruth (Austria/UK, 1950–), discourse analysis Wolvengrey, Arok (Canada, 1965–), Cree language, syntax, Native American languages, lexicography Worcester, Samuel (1798–1859), Presbyterian missionary, linguist, co-founder of Cherokee Phoenix with Elias Boudinot (first Cherokee newspaper in Indian Territory) Wright, Alfred (United States, 1788–1853), Presbyterian minister, physician, linguist, Choctaw language Wurm, Stephen Adolphe (Hungary/Australia, 1922–2001), Australian Aboriginal languages, Papuan languages

== Y == Yeda Pessoa de Castro (Brazil), African languages Yamada Yoshio (Japan, 1873–1958), Japanese language Yiakoumetti, Androula (Cyprus), Greek language, dialectology Yip, Virginia (Hong Kong, 1962–), bilingual language acquisition, Sinitic grammar Yngve, Victor (United States, 1920–2012), computational linguistics, natural language processing Young, Robert W. (United States, 1912–2007), Navajo language, lexicography

== Z == Zamenhof, Ludwik Łazarz (Poland, 1859–1917), Esperanto Zepeda, Ofelia (United States, 1952–), O'odham language Zhang, Niina Ning (PR China), formal syntax, morphology Zhou Youguang (PR China, 1906–2017), orthography, Romanization of Chinese Zuazo, Koldo (Spain, 1956–), Basque dialectology, sociolinguistics Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (Israel, Italy, UK, Australia, 1971–), contact linguistics, lexicology, revival linguistics Zwicky, Arnold (United States, 1940–), syntax, morphology

== See also ==

List of women linguists List of Russian linguists and philologists List of Jewish American linguists List of lexicographers

== Notes ==