swap_horiz Lee Pederson Alternatives

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Anatoly Zaliznyak

Anatoly Zaliznyak (1935–2017) was a Russian linguist specializing in structural linguistics, morphology, and the study o...

Russian Academic 20TH Century Grammar

9.5 Brilliant

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Sextil Pușcariu

Sextil Pușcariu (1873–1948) was a Romanian linguist, philologist, and professor who founded the Institute of Linguistics...

Academic 20TH Century Romance Romanian

9.1 Excellent

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Viktor Vinogradov

Viktor Vinogradov was a prominent Soviet linguist and literary historian who profoundly influenced the modern fields of...

Russian Academic 20TH Century Theoretical

9.1 Excellent

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Carl Darling Buck

Carl Darling Buck (1866–1955) was an American linguist and philologist who served as professor of Sanskrit and comparati...

American 20TH Century Comparative Greek

9.0 Excellent

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Sherman Kuhn

Sherman M. Kuhn (1907-1991) was an American medievalist and lexicographer associated with the University of Michigan's M...

American Academic 20TH Century Historical

9.0 Excellent

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Frederic Cassidy

Frederic Cassidy was an American lexicographer dedicated to documenting regional English dialects. He recognized a signi...

American 20TH Century English Dialect

8.9 Great

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Philip Gove

Philip Gove was an American lexicographer best known for serving as the editor-in-chief of Webster's Third New Internati...

American Controversial 20TH Century Descriptive

8.9 Great

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John Bartlett

John Bartlett (1820–1905) was an American bookseller and publisher who owned the Harvard Cooperative bookstore in Cambri...

American 19TH Century Historical Regional

8.8 Great

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Rafael Lapesa

Rafael Lapesa Melgar (1908-2001) was a Spanish philologist and lexicographer who made foundational contributions to the...

Spanish Academic 20TH Century Historical

8.8 Great

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Calvert Watkins

Calvert Watkins was a 20th-century lexicographer specializing in comparative Indo-European languages. His work focused o...

American 20TH Century Comparative Indo European

8.7 Great

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Jonathan Lighter

Jonathan Lighter was a prominent lexicographer specializing in American slang and historical language. He is best known...

American 20TH Century Historical English

8.6 Great

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Joan Hall

Joan Hall was a 20th-century American lexicographer specializing in English dialect. Her work focused on documenting reg...

American 20TH Century English Dialect

8.5 Great

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Raven McDavid

Raven I. McDavid Jr. was an American linguist and dialectologist best known for his work on regional variation in Americ...

American 20TH Century Regional Dialect

8.4 Great

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Iorgu Iordan

Iorgu Iordan was a 20th-century Romanian linguist, philologist, and lexicographer recognized for his extensive academic...

Academic 20TH Century General Romanian

8.2 Great

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John Algeo

John Algeo was an American linguist and lexicographer renowned for his extensive research on the differences between Bri...

American Academic Descriptive 20TH 21ST Century

8.2 Great

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Nikolai Shansky

Nikolai Shansky was a prominent Soviet linguist, philologist, and educator recognized for his extensive contributions to...

Russian Academic 20TH Century Etymological

8.2 Great

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Sidney Landau

Sidney Landau was an American lexicographer who significantly shaped the field during the 20th century. His work focused...

American 20TH Century General English

8.1 Great

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Luanne von Schneidemesser

Luanne von Schneidemesser is an American lexicographer and linguist recognized for her extensive research on regional di...

American Regional Dialect Dare

8.1 Great

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Bartlett Jere Whiting

Bartlett Jere Whiting was a 20th-century American lexicographer specializing in early American proverbs. His significant...

American 20TH Century Historical English

8.0 Great

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Morris Palmer Tilley

Morris Palmer Tilley was an American proverb scholar whose 1950 dictionary cataloged English proverbs from the 16th and...

American 20TH Century Historical English

7.9 Good