List of Linguists - B

B

• Bach, Emmon (United States, 1929–), syntax, phonology, Haisla language
• Badshah Munir Bukhari (Pakistan, 1978–) applied linguistics, languages of Northern Pakistan and Afghanistan
• Baker, Mark (United States), Mohawk language, generative grammar
• Bally, Charles (Switzerland, 1865–1947), French language, phraseology
• Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen (United States, 1954–) second language acquisition, tense and aspect, pragmatics
• Bar-Hillel, Yehoshua (Israel, 1915–1975), machine translation, categorial grammar
• Barker, (Philip) Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman (United States, 1930–), Urdu language, Indian languages
• Barlow, Robert Hayward (United States, 1918–1951), Nahuatl language
• Barnhart, David K. (United States, 1941–), lexicography, English language
• Barnhart, Robert (United States, 1933–2007), lexicography, English language
• Barsky, Robert (United States), discourse analysis
• Bartlett, John Russell (United States, 1805–1886),
• Baudouin de Courtenay, Jan Niecisław (Poland, 1845–1929), phonology, Polish language
• Beckman, Mary E. (United States), phonetics, phonology
• Beckwith, Christopher (United States, 1945–), Asian languages, Tibetan language
• Bello, Andrés (Venezuela), Spanish language, Philology
• Bellugi, Ursula (United States), sign language, neurolinguistics
• Ben-Yehuda, Eliezer (Israel), Lexicography, Revival of the Hebrew language
• Bender, M. Lionel (United States), African languages
• Benedict, Paul K. (United States), Sino-Tibetan languages, Tai–Kadai languages, historical linguistics
• Berlitz, Charles Frambach (United States, 1914–2003), language acquisition
• Berlitz, Maximilian Delphinius (United States, 1852–1921), language acquisition
• Bhartrihari (India, 450–510), Sanskrit
• Bickel, Balthasar (Switzerland, 1965–), language typology, Kiranti languages
• Bickerton, Derek (United States, 1926–), creole languages, origin of language
• Bleek, Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel (Germany, 1827–1875), languages of Africa
• Bloch, Bernard (United States, 1907–1965), Japanese language
• Bloch, Jules (France, 1880–1953), languages of India
• Bloomfield, Leonard (United States, 1887–1949), structural linguistics
• Blust, Robert (United States), Austronesian languages
• Boas, Franz (United States, 1858–1942), indigenous languages of the Americas
• Boersma, Paul (Netherlands, 1959–), phonetics
• Bolinger, Dwight Le Merton (United States, 1907–1992), semantics, Spanish language
• Bomhard, Allan R. (United States, 1943–), Nostratic languages, historical linguistics
• Bopp, Franz (Germany, 1791–1867), Indo-European languages, comparative linguistics
• Boyd, Julian Charles (United States, 1931–2005), English language
• Bowerman, Melissa psycholinguistics, Language acquisition
• Bresnan, Joan (United States, 1945–), syntax
• Bright, William (United States, 1928–2006), Native American languages, South Asian languages
• Brody, Michael (Hungary, 1954–), syntax
• Browman, Catherine (phonetics, phonology)
• Brugmann, Karl (Germany, 1849–1919), Indo-European languages, Sanskrit, comparative linguistics
• Bucholtz, Mary (United States), sociolinguistics
• Burgess, Anthony (UK, 1917–1993), English language, phonetics
• Burling, Robbins (United States, 1926–), languages of India
• Burridge, Kate (Australia), Germanic languages
• Butzkamm, Wolfgang (Germany, 1938–), applied linguistics, English language