List of Linguists - C

C

  • Campbell, Lyle (United States), Native American languages
  • Canger, Una (Denmark, 1938–), Mesoamerican languages
  • Capell, Arthur (Australia, 1902–1986), Australian languages, Austronesian languages, Papuan languages
  • Cardona, George (United States, Indo-European studies
  • Carnap, Rudolf (Germany, 1891–1970), syntax, constructed languages
  • Carnie, Andrew (Canada, 1969–), syntax
  • Caro, Miguel A. (Colombia, 1843–1909), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish
  • Carpenter, William Henry (United States, 1853–1936), Icelandic language
  • Chadwick, John (UK, 1920–1998), Linear B
  • Chafe, Wallace (United States, 1927–), cognitive linguistics, semantics
  • Chao Yuen Ren (PR China, 1892–1982), Chinese language
  • Chakrabarti, Byomkes (India, 1923–1981), Santali language, Bengali language, comparative linguistics
  • Champollion, Jean-François (France, 1790–1832), Egyptian hieroglyphs
  • Chambers, Jack (Canada, 1938–), sociolinguistics
  • Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (India, 1890–1977), Bengali language
  • Choijinzhab (PR China, 1931–), Mongolian language
  • Chomsky, Noam (United States, 1928–), syntax, universal grammar
  • Choueiri, Lina (Lebanon), syntax, Lebanese Arabic
  • Chyet, Michael L. (United States, 1957–), Kurdish language
  • Clyne, Michael George (Australia), Germanic languages
  • Cohen, Paul S. (United States), 1942–), phonology, etymology
  • Collitz, Hermann (Germany/United States, 1855–1935), historical linguistics
  • Comrie, Bernard (UK, 1947–), typology
  • Cook, Guy (UK, 1951–), applied linguistics
  • Coşeriu, Eugen (Romania/Germany, 1921–2002), Romance languages
  • Cowgill, Warren (United States, 1929–1985), Indo-European studies
  • Cowper, Elizabeth (Canada), syntax
  • Creissels, Denis (France), syntax, phonology, Niger–Congo languages, Nakh-Daghestanian languages
  • Croft, William (United States, 1956–), syntax, cognitive linguistics
  • Crystal, David (UK, 1941–), English language, language death, applied linguistics
  • Cuervo, Rufino Jose (Colombia, 1844–1911), Spanish language, Colombian Spanish
  • Culicover, Peter W. (United States), syntax, language change
  • Culioli, Antoine (France, 1924–), general linguistics
  • Curme, George Oliver, Sr. (United States, 1860–1948), German language, English language

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