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A linguist is someone who engages in the academic discipline of linguistics. Due to social and institutional forces, women in linguistics have been marginalized leading to significant interest in both the causes of and solutions to gender bias in linguistics.[1][2]


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Abbi, Anvita Indian linguist, scholar
Abbott, Barbara American linguist
Adamou, Evangelia Contact linguist and specialist in endangered languages
Adelswärd, Viveka Conversation analysis and institutional interaction
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Linguist
Aissen, Judith Linguist and Mayan specialist
Aitchison, Jean Linguist and writer
Alexiadou, Artemis Greek linguist and syntactician
Allen, Shanley Canadian linguist and acquisitionist
Anagnostopoulou, Elena Greek linguist and syntactician
Antas, Jolanta Polish linguist
Archangeli, Diana American linguist
Ariel, Mira Israeli linguist, developer of Accessibility Theory
Armstrong, Lilias (1882–1937) British phonetician
Arregui, Ana Formal semanticist
Ashraf, Syeda Ummehani Linguist
Atkins, Beryl Professional lexicographer

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Bagchi, Tista Indian linguist and ethicist
Baird, Jessie Little Doe Indigenous linguist and revitalization specialist
Bakró-Nagy, Marianne Hungarian historical linguist and Finno-Ugrist
Bannon, Ann (b. 1932) Lesbian pulp fiction author and linguist
Baptista, Marlyse Cape Verdean contact linguist
Barber, Katherine British-born Canadian lexicographer
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen American applied linguist
Baron, Naomi American linguist and digital communication specialist
Bartsch, Renate German linguist and philosopher of language
Bazzanella, Carla Italian pragmaticist and sociolinguist
Beck, Sigrid German semanticist
Beckman, Mary American linguist, prosodist and acquisitionist
Beddor, Patrice American phonetician and phonologist
Béguelin, Marie-José Swiss linguist
Behrens, Heike German psycholinguist
Bell, Jeanie Australian specialist in Aboriginal languages
Bellugi, Ursula German-American linguist and cognitive neuroscientist
Berez-Kroeker, Andrea American documentary linguist
Berezovich, Elena Russian onomastician and ethnolinguist
Berg, Helma van den Dutch linguist and Caucasian specialist
Bergman, Brita Swedish signed-language linguist
Berko Gleason, Jean American psycholinguist and Wug Test creator
Berman, Ruth A. South African-Israeli linguist and Hebraicist
Bermúdez, Eloína Miyares Cuban linguist and lexicographer
Bernot, Denise French linguist and Burmese specialist
Biagi, Maria Luisa Altieri Italian historical linguist
Bishop, Judith Australian poet, linguist and translator
Blake, Renée A. Caribbean American sociolinguist
Blau, Joyce Egyptian-French linguist and Kurdish specialist
Bleek, Dorothea South African-born German anthropologist and philologist
Blevins, Juliette American phonetician, phonologist and historical linguist
Blumstein, Sheila American neurolinguist
Borer, Hagit Israeli-born American theoretical linguist and syntactician
Bowerman, Melissa Max-Planck-based American acquisitionist/psycholinguist
Bowern, Claire US-based Australian historical linguist
Boyce, Mary British linguist and specialist in Iranian languages and Zoroastrianism
Brentari, Diane American linguist and sign-language specialist
Bresnan, Joan American syntactician and founder of Lexical-Functional Grammar
Briggs, Jean American-born anthropologist, ethnographer and linguist
Bril, Isabelle French linguist and typologist specialising in Austronesian languages
Bromwich, Rachel British philologist and Celtic specialist
Broselow, Ellen American experimental linguist
Browman, Catherine American linguist and speech scientist
Brown, Penelope American anthropological linguist
Brugman, Til Dutch author, poet and linguist
Buchi, Éva Swiss linguist, lexicographer and Romance specialist
Bucholtz, Mary American sociolinguist and anthropological linguist
Bull, Tove Norwegian linguist, first female rector of the University of Tromsø
Burlak, Svetlana Russian linguist and Indo-Europeanist
Burridge, Kate Australian linguist and Germanicist
Butt, Miriam German computational linguist and syntactician
Bybee, Joan American linguist, pioneer of the usage-based approach

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  1. ^ Sheldon, Amy (1989). "Reflections on Women in Linguistics". In Davison, Alice; Eckert, Penelope (eds.). Women in the Linguistics Profession: The Cornell Lectures. pp. 33–42.
  2. ^ Newmeyer, Frederick (1989). "The Structure of the Field and its Consequences for Women". In Davison, Alice; Eckert, Penelope (eds.). Women in the Linguistics Profession: The Cornell Lectures. pp. 43–53.

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