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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
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