List of Linguists

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