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* ], linguist and political philosopher |
* ], linguist and political philosopher<ref>{{Cite book| title = The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower | url = https://archive.org/details/chomskyeffectrad00bars | url-access = limited | last = Barsky | first = Robert F. | year = 2007 | publisher = MIT Press | page = | isbn = 978-0262026246 }}</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> | ||
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* ], 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|work= 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> | ||
* ], one of the founders of modern phonology (converted to Orthodox Christianity in 1975)<ref name="Roman Jakobson">{{cite web|title=Roman Jakobson|url=https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Jakobson_Roman_Osipovich|publisher= YIVO Institute For Jewish Research}}</ref> | |||
* ], Indo-European linguist<ref name="Jay Jasanoff">{{cite web|title=Jay Jasanoff|url=http://web.mit.edu/lsa2005/people/bios/jasanoff.html|publisher= 2005 LSA Institute}}</ref> | * ], Indo-European linguist<ref name="Jay Jasanoff">{{cite web|title=Jay Jasanoff|url=http://web.mit.edu/lsa2005/people/bios/jasanoff.html|publisher= 2005 LSA Institute}}</ref> | ||
* ], Sumerologist, known as the "father of Assyriology and Sumerology"<ref name="Samuel Noah Kramer, 93, Dies; Was Leading Authority on Sumer">{{cite news|title=Samuel Noah Kramer, 93, Dies; Was Leading Authority on Sumer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/27/obituaries/samuel-noah-kramer-93-dies-was-leading-authority-on-sumer.html| |
* ], Sumerologist, known as the "father of Assyriology and Sumerology"<ref name="Samuel Noah Kramer, 93, Dies; Was Leading Authority on Sumer">{{cite news|title=Samuel Noah Kramer, 93, Dies; Was Leading Authority on Sumer|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/27/obituaries/samuel-noah-kramer-93-dies-was-leading-authority-on-sumer.html|work= New York Times}}</ref> | ||
* ], sociolinguist, awarded the ] by the ] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=William Labov receives the Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics from the British Academy|url=http://www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2015/dec/william-labov-receives-neil-and-saras-smith-medal-linguistics-british-academy|website=Department of Linguistics|publisher=University of Pennsylvania| |
* ], sociolinguist, awarded the ] by the ] (2015)<ref>{{cite web|title=William Labov receives the Neil and Saras Smith Medal for Linguistics from the British Academy|url=http://www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2015/dec/william-labov-receives-neil-and-saras-smith-medal-linguistics-british-academy|website=Department of Linguistics|publisher=University of Pennsylvania|access-date=July 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731033936/http://www.ling.upenn.edu/news/2015/dec/william-labov-receives-neil-and-saras-smith-medal-linguistics-british-academy|archive-date=July 31, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
* ], Spanish philologist<ref name="A Brief History of M. R. Lida de Malkiel">{{cite web|title=A Brief History of M. R. Lida de Malkiel|url=http://parnaseo.uv.es/Celestinesca/Numeros/1982/VOL%206/NUM%202/2_articulo1.pdf|publisher= University of Berkeley}}</ref> | * ], Spanish philologist<ref name="A Brief History of M. R. Lida de Malkiel">{{cite web|title=A Brief History of M. R. Lida de Malkiel|url=http://parnaseo.uv.es/Celestinesca/Numeros/1982/VOL%206/NUM%202/2_articulo1.pdf|publisher= University of Berkeley}}</ref> | ||
* ], Romance philologist<ref name="Guide to the Yakov Malkiel Papers, 1882-1998, bulk 1942-1992">{{cite web|title=Guide to the Yakov Malkiel Papers, 1882-1998, bulk 1942-1992|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb6n39p03t/|publisher= Online Archive of California}}</ref> | * ], Romance philologist<ref name="Guide to the Yakov Malkiel Papers, 1882-1998, bulk 1942-1992">{{cite web|title=Guide to the Yakov Malkiel Papers, 1882-1998, bulk 1942-1992|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb6n39p03t/|publisher= Online Archive of California}}</ref> | ||
* ], ] and ] scholar and philologist<ref>{{cite journal |last=Goldman |first=Shalom |date=Winter 1990–1991 |title=Isaac Nordheimer (1809–1842): 'An Israelite Truly in Whom There Was No Guile' |journal=American Jewish History |publisher=] |volume=80 |number=2 |pages=213–229 |jstor=23884424}}</ref> | |||
* ], anthropologist-linguist, founder of enthnolinguistics<ref name="Edward Sapir AMERICAN LINGUIST">{{cite web|title=Edward Sapir AMERICAN LINGUIST|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Sapir|publisher= Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> | * ], anthropologist-linguist, founder of enthnolinguistics<ref name="Edward Sapir AMERICAN LINGUIST">{{cite web|title=Edward Sapir AMERICAN LINGUIST|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-Sapir|publisher= Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref> | ||
* ], (psycho)linguist, studies linguistics and acquisition of signed languages of the deaf<ref name="Dan I. Slobin">{{cite web|title=Dan I. Slobin|url=http://psychology.berkeley.edu/people/dan-i-slobin|publisher= Berkeley Psychology}}</ref> | * ], (psycho)linguist, studies linguistics and acquisition of signed languages of the deaf<ref name="Dan I. Slobin">{{cite web|title=Dan I. Slobin|url=http://psychology.berkeley.edu/people/dan-i-slobin|publisher= Berkeley Psychology}}</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
- Cyrus Gordon, Semiticist, held ancient Crete Minoan was Northwest Semitic
- Joseph Greenberg, language classification, created a unified classification of African languages
- Roman Jakobson, one of the founders of modern phonology (converted to Orthodox Christianity in 1975)
- 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
- Isaac Nordheimer, Hebrew and Syriac scholar and 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.
- Sperlich, Wolfgang B. (2006). Noam Chomsky. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-86189-269-0.
- "Cyrus Gordon Dies at 92, Studied Ancient Languages". New York Times.
- "Joseph H. Greenberg AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGIST AND LINGUIST". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- "Roman Jakobson". YIVO Institute For Jewish Research.
- "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. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. 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.
- Goldman, Shalom (Winter 1990–1991). "Isaac Nordheimer (1809–1842): 'An Israelite Truly in Whom There Was No Guile'". American Jewish History. 80 (2). Johns Hopkins University Press: 213–229. JSTOR 23884424.
- "Edward Sapir AMERICAN LINGUIST". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- "Dan I. Slobin". Berkeley Psychology.
- "DEBORAH TANNEN, PHD". Georgetown University Medical Center.