The answer to the crossword for the term 'First Name in Linguistics' is Noam, which is a four letter word. Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. He is widely known as one of the fathers of modern linguistics. Chomsky has been credited with the creation of the theory of generative grammar, considered to be one of the most significant contributions to the field of linguistics made in the 20th century.