Editing List of linguists (section)

==D==
* [[Vladimir Dal|Dal, Vladimir]] (Russia, 1801–1872), lexicography, Russian language
* [[Östen Dahl|Dahl, Östen]] (Sweden, 1945–), [[Grammatical tense|tense]] and [[Grammatical aspect|aspect]] in [[linguistic typology]]
* [[Ali Darzi|Darzi, Ali]] (Iran, 1959–), [[generative syntax]], [[minimalist program]]
* [[Khudiram Das|Das, Khudiram]] (India, 1916–2002), [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and [[Santali language|Santali]] language
* [[Ahmad Hasan Dani|Dani, Ahmad Hasan]] (Pakistan, 1920–2009), [[South Asian languages]]
* [[Peter T. Daniels|Daniels, Peter T.]] (United States, 1951–), [[writing system]]s
* [[Shaun Davies (activist)|Davies, Shaun]] (Australia), [[Yugambeh language]]
* [[Veneeta Dayal|Dayal, Veneeta]] (United States, 1956–), semantics, syntax
* [[Terrence Deacon|Deacon, Terrence]] (United States, 1950–), [[language change]], [[origin of language]], cognitive linguistics
* [[Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda|Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar]] ([[Iran]], 1879–1959), [[lexicography]], [[Persian language]]
* [[Annick De Houwer|De Houwer, Annick]] (Belgium, 1958–), early child bilingualism
* [[Berthold Delbrück|Delbrück, Berthold]] (Germany, 1842–1922), [[Indo-European languages]], syntax, [[comparative linguistics]]
* [[Scott DeLancey|DeLancey, Scott]] (United States, 1949–), [[Tibeto-Burman languages]], [[linguistic typology]], historical linguistics
* [[Otto Dempwolff|Dempwolff, Otto]] (Germany, 1871–1938), [[Austronesian languages]]
* [[Paul Diderichsen|Diderichsen, Paul]] (Denmark, 1905–1964), [[Danish language|Danish]]
* [[Gérard Diffloth|Diffloth, Gérard]] (United States, 1939–2023), [[Mon–Khmer languages]]
* [[Teun A. van Dijk|van Dijk, Teun Adrianus]] (Netherlands, 1943–), pragmatics, [[discourse analysis]], [[text linguistics]]
* [[Simon Dik|Dik, Simon]] (the Netherlands, 1940–1995) [[Functional Discourse Grammar|Functional Grammar]], [[theoretical linguistics]]
* [[Robert M. W. Dixon|Dixon, Robert Malcolm Ward]] (Australia, 1939–), syntax, [[Linguistic typology|typology]], [[Australian languages]], [[Amazonian languages]]
* [[Josef Dobrovský|Dobrovský, Josef]] ([[Czech Republic]], 1753–1829), [[Slavic languages]], [[Czech language]], [[lexicography]]
* [[Veronica Perrule Dobson|Dobson, Veronica Perrule]] ([[Australia]], 1944–), [[Arrernte language]]
* [[Clement Martyn Doke|Doke, Clement Martyn]] ([[South Africa]], 1893–1980), [[Bantu languages]], [[Lamba language]]
* [[Aharon Dolgopolsky|Dolgopolsky, Aharon]] (Russia/[[Israel]], 1930–2012), [[Nostratic languages]]
* [[Nancy Dorian|Dorian, Nancy]] (United States, 1936–2024), [[language death]], [[Scottish Gaelic]]
* [[Ray C. Dougherty|Dougherty, Ray C.]] (United States, 1940–), [[transformational grammar]], [[computational linguistics]]
* [[David Dowty|Dowty, David]] (United States, 1945–), semantics, syntax
* [[Edward Dozier|Dozier, Edward P.]] (United States, 1916–1971), [[Native American languages]], [[languages of the Philippines]]
* [[Wolfgang U. Dressler|Dressler, Wolfgang U.]] (Austria, 1939–), phonology, morphology, [[text linguistics]]
* [[George van Driem|van Driem, George]] (Netherlands, 1957–), [[Tibeto-Burman languages]], [[symbiosism]], [[Dzongkha language]]
* [[Matthew Dryer|Dryer, Matthew]] (United States), [[Linguistic typology|typology]], [[syntax]], [[language documentation]]
* [[Konrad Duden|Duden, Konrad]] (Germany, 1829–1911), [[lexicography]], [[German language]]
* [[John Asher Dunn|Dunn, John Asher]] (United States,1939–2017), [[Tsimshian language]]
* [[Libuše Dušková|Dušková, Libuše]] (Czech Republic, 1930–), English language, [[functional linguistics]]