swap_horiz Bernard Comrie Alternatives

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H. Paul Grice

H. Paul Grice was a British philosopher of language whose work formed the foundation of modern pragmatics. He is best kn...

Philosophy British Pragmatics Implicature

9.2 Excellent

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John L. Austin

John L. Austin (1911–1960) was a British philosopher of language and a leading figure in ordinary language philosophy at...

Philosophy British Speech Acts Pragmatics

9.1 Excellent

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Peter Ladefoged

Peter Ladefoged (1925–2006) was a prominent British phonetician who served as a professor at the University of Californi...

Speech British Fieldwork Phonetics

9.1 Excellent

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Michael Halliday

Michael Halliday was a British-born Australian linguist who developed the framework of systemic functional linguistics (...

Modern British Grammar Systemic Functional

8.9 Great

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Joseph Greenberg

Joseph Greenberg was a prominent American linguist recognized for his extensive work in language typology and historical...

American Classification Typology Universals

8.8 Great

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Martin Haspelmath

Martin Haspelmath is a German linguist at the Max Planck Institute, known for his research in linguistic typology, morph...

German Morphology Typology Universals

8.7 Great

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R. M. W. Dixon

Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon is a prominent linguist who has served as a professor at James Cook University and La Trobe Un...

Australian Fieldwork Grammar Typology

8.7 Great

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Karen Spärck Jones

Karen Spärck Jones (1935–2007) was a British computer scientist and linguist at the University of Cambridge. In a 1972 p...

NLP British Computational Information Retrieval

8.7 Great

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Joan Bybee

Joan Bybee is an American linguist and a leading figure in usage-based and functionalist approaches to language. She is...

American Usage Based Typology Phonology

8.6 Great

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Marianne Mithun

Marianne Mithun is an American linguist and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is known for e...

American Native American Fieldwork Typology

8.6 Great

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Alexandra Aikhenvald

Alexandra Aikhenvald is a prominent linguist specializing in linguistic typology, language contact, and the description...

Australian Amazonian Fieldwork Typology

8.5 Great

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Nicholas Evans

Nicholas Evans is an Australian linguist and academic who specializes in linguistic typology and the documentation of en...

Australian Fieldwork Typology Endangered

8.5 Great

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Leonard Talmy

Leonard Talmy is an American linguist and a foundational figure in the field of cognitive semantics. Serving as a profes...

American Cognitive Typology Semantics

8.5 Great

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Martin Kay

Martin Kay is a British-born computational linguist recognized for his foundational contributions to natural language pr...

Translation British Computational Syntax

8.5 Great

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Greville Corbett

Greville Corbett is a British linguist specializing in morphological typology, currently serving as a Distinguished Prof...

Morphology British Typology Agreement

8.5 Great

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Matthew Dryer

Matthew S. Dryer is an American linguist and professor emeritus at the University at Buffalo, specializing in linguistic...

American Typology Universals Word Order

8.4 Great

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Randolph Quirk

Randolph Quirk was a British linguist and academic who made significant contributions to the study of the English langua...

British English Grammar Corpus

8.4 Great

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Stephen C. Levinson

Stephen C. Levinson is a British linguist known for his contributions to pragmatics, linguistic relativity, and cognitiv...

British Cognition Typology Pragmatics

8.4 Great

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Guglielmo Cinque

Guglielmo Cinque is an Italian linguist and a professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He is a prominent figure in...

Italian Cartography Typology Syntax

8.4 Great

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Ian Maddieson

Ian Maddieson is a prominent linguist and phonetician specializing in phonological typology. He is best known for his wo...

British Typology Phonology Phonetics

8.3 Great