List of Linguists

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