List of women linguists

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
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
Ashraf, Syeda Ummehani Linguist
Atkins, Beryl Professional lexicographer

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References
  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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