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| * ], linguist and political philosopher (atheist)<ref>{{Cite book| title = The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower | last = Barsky | first = Robert F. | year = 2007 | publisher = MIT Press | page = 107 | isbn = 978-0262026246 | ref = harv}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title = Noam Chomsky | last = Sperlich | first = Wolfgang B. | year = 2006 | publisher = Reaktion Books | url = https://archive.org/details/noamchomsky00sper/page/44 | isbn = 978-1-86189-269-0 | ref = harv}}</ref> | |||
| * ]. Semiticist, held ancient Crete Minoan was Northwest Semitic<ref name="Cyrus Gordon Dies at 92, Studied Ancient Languages">{{cite news|title=Cyrus Gordon Dies at 92, Studied Ancient Languages|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/09/us/cyrus-gordon-dies-at-92-studied-ancient-languages.html|publisher= New York Times}}</ref> | * ]. Semiticist, held ancient Crete Minoan was Northwest Semitic<ref name="Cyrus Gordon Dies at 92, Studied Ancient Languages">{{cite news|title=Cyrus Gordon Dies at 92, Studied Ancient Languages|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/09/us/cyrus-gordon-dies-at-92-studied-ancient-languages.html|publisher= New York Times}}</ref> | ||
| * ], language classification, created a unified classification of African languages<ref name="Joseph H. Greenberg AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND LINGUIST">{{cite web|title=Joseph H. Greenberg AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND LINGUIST|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-H-Greenberg|publisher= Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> | * ], language classification, created a unified classification of African languages<ref name="Joseph H. Greenberg AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND LINGUIST">{{cite web|title=Joseph H. Greenberg AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND LINGUIST|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-H-Greenberg|publisher= Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> | ||
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This is a list of notable Jewish American linguists. For other Jewish Americans, see Lists of Jewish Americans.
- Noam Chomsky, linguist and political philosopher (atheist)
- Cyrus Gordon. Semiticist, held ancient Crete Minoan was Northwest Semitic
- Joseph Greenberg, language classification, created a unified classification of African languages
- Jay Jasanoff, Indo-European linguist
- Samuel Noah Kramer, Sumerologist, known as the "father of Assyriology and Sumerology"
- William Labov, sociolinguist, awarded the Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics by the British Academy (2015)
- María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Spanish philologist
- Yakov Malkiel, Romance philologist
- Edward Sapir, anthropologist-linguist, founder of enthnolinguistics
- Dan I. Slobin, (psycho)linguist, studies linguistics and acquisition of signed languages of the deaf
- Deborah Tannen, sociolinguist with a focus on gender linguistics
References
- Barsky, Robert F. (2007). The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower. MIT Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0262026246.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (2006). Noam Chomsky. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-269-0.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - "Cyrus Gordon Dies at 92, Studied Ancient Languages". New York Times.
- "Joseph H. Greenberg AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND LINGUIST". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- "Jay Jasanoff". 2005 LSA Institute.
- "Samuel Noah Kramer, 93, Dies; Was Leading Authority on Sumer". New York Times.
- "William Labov receives the Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics from the British Academy". Department of Linguistics. University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
- "A Brief History of M. R. Lida de Malkiel" (PDF). University of Berkeley.
- "Guide to the Yakov Malkiel Papers, 1882-1998, bulk 1942-1992". Online Archive of California.
- "Edward Sapir AMERICAN LINGUIST". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- "Dan I. Slobin". Berkeley Psychology.
- "DEBORAH TANNEN, PHD". Georgetown University Medical Center.