List of language acquisition researchers

Below are some notable researchers in language acquisition listed by intellectual orientation and research topic.

Nativists Eric Lenneberg Steven Pinker Stephen Crain Thomas Bever Susan Gelman Susan Carey Elizabeth Spelke Lila R. Gleitman

Empiricists Elizabeth Bates Michael Tomasello Brian MacWhinney Elissa L. Newport Linda B. Smith Jenny Saffran Elena Lieven Dan Slobin Barbara Landau Melissa Bowerman Adele Goldberg Richard N. Aslin Janet Werker Roger Brown LouAnn Gerken Jean Berko Gleason Edward Klima Ursula Bellugi Gary Marcus Paul Bloom Eve V. Clark

Generative Language Acquisition Lydia White Luigi Rizzi Thomas Bever Nina Hyams Rosemarie Tracy Maria Teresa Guasti

Second language acquisition researchers H. Douglas Brown Martin Bygate John Bissell Carroll Pit Corder Alister Cumming Nick Ellis Rod Ellis Susan Gass Fred Genesee François Grosjean Luke Harding Keith Johnson Judit Kormos Stephen Krashen Judith F. Kroll Alison Mackey Rosa Manchón Paul Kei Matsuda Lourdes Ortega Teresa Pica Paul Pimsleur Richard Schmidt Norbert Schmitt Larry Selinker Merrill Swain Elaine Tarone Jyotsna Vaid Bill VanPatten Lydia White Alison Wray Michael T. Ullman

Complex Dynamic Systems Theory approach Kees de Bot Marijn van Dijk Zoltán Dörnyei Paul van Geert Nick Ellis Diane Larsen-Freeman Wander Lowie Sarah Mercer Marjolijn Verspoor