Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Barbara Abbott
as per  "1. The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline, broadly construed, as demonstrated by independent reliable sources."  Sources in the article demonstrate that Abbot's work has had exactly this kind of impact.  Note also that this article is one of a series by an editor who has made a generous contribution to WP by writing a series of intelligent and well-supported articles on linguists and linguists.  And remember, please, always to ask: 
— User:E, 14:45, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:PROFESSOR||WP:DDH (Wikipedia:Notability)