Malcolm Ross (linguist)
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Malcolm David Ross (born 1942) is an Australian linguist. He is the emeritus professor of linguistics at the Australian National University.
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Born | Malcolm David Ross 3 May 1942 London, United Kingdom |
Nationality | Australian and British |
Occupation | Linguist |
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Institutions | Australian National University |
Main interests | Papuan languages, Austronesian languages |
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Ross is best known among linguists for his work on Austronesian and Papuan languages, historical linguistics, and language contact (especially metatypy). He was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 1996.[1]