List of Linguists - A

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• Abel, Carl, Germany, comparative lexicography
• Abdul Haq, Maulvi (India, 1870–1961), Urdu language
• Abramson, Arthur S. (United States), phonetics
• Adams, Douglas Q. (United States), English language, comparative linguistics, Tocharian languages
• Adler, George J. (Germany/United States, 1821–1868), lexicography, German language, English language
• Aikhenvald, Alexandra Yurievna (Russia, 1957–), syntax, typology, Amazonian languages, Papuan languages, Hebrew language, Russian language
• Aitken, Adam Jack (UK, 1921–1998), lexicography
• Ajduković, Jovan (Serbia, 1968–), Slavic languages, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics, Russian language, Serbian language
• Albright, William Foxwell (United States, 1891–1971), Semitic languages
• Allan, Keith (Australia), semantics
• Alleyne, Mervyn Coleridge (Trinidad & Tobago/Jamaica, 1933–), creole languages
• Amerias (Greece), Ancient Macedonian language, lexicography
• Anderson, Gregory D.S. (United States), Munda languages
• Aoun, Joseph (Lebanon/United States), oriental languages, syntax
• Arisaka Hideyo (Japan, 1908–1952), Japanese language
• Aristar, Anthony (South Africa/United States, 1948–), linguistic infrastructure
• Aronoff, Mark (Canada, 1949–), morphology
• Ascoli, Graziadio Isaia (Italy, 1829–1907), Substrata, ladin language
• Austin, John Langshaw (UK, 1911–1960), philosophy of language, speech act
• Azad, Humayun (Bangladesh, 1947–2004), Bengali language