Malcolm Ross (linguist)

Malcolm Ross
Born
Malcolm David Ross

3 May 1942
London, United Kingdom
NationalityAustralian and British
OccupationLinguist
Academic work
InstitutionsAustralian National University
Main interestsPapuan languages, Austronesian languages

Malcolm David Ross FAHA (born 1942) is an Australian linguist. He is the emeritus professor of linguistics at the Australian National University.

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]

  1. ^ "Fellow Profile: Malcolm Ross". Australian Academy of the Humanities. Retrieved 30 April 2024.