Malcolm Ross (masanin harshe)

Malcolm David Ross FAHA (an haife shi a shekara ta 1942) masanin harshe ne na  kasar Australiya. Shi ne farfesa mai daraja na ilimin harshe a Jami'ar Kasa ta Australia .

Ross ya fi sananne ne tsakanin masana harsuna saboda aikinsa a kan harsunan Austronesian da Papuan, ilimin harsuna na tarihi, da hulɗar harshe (musamman metatypy). An zabe shi a matsayin Fellow na Kwalejin Humanities ta Australia a shekarar 1996. 

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Ross ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Kwalejin Malamai ta Goroka a Papua New Guinea daga 1980 zuwa 1982, a lokacin da ya nuna kansa yana da sha'awar harsuna na gida, kuma ya fara tattara bayanai game da su. A shekara ta 1986, ya sami digirinsa na PhD daga ANU a karkashin kulawar Stephen Wurm, Bert Voorhoeve da Darrell Tryon .  Rubutun nasa ya kasance a kan asalin harsunan Oceanic na yammacin Melanesia, kuma ya ƙunshi sake ginawa na farko na Proto Oceanic.

Malcolm Ross ya gabatar da manufar haɗi kai, ƙungiyar harsuna waɗanda ke tasowa ta hanyar bambancin yare maimakon ta hanyar rarrabuwa kamar itace.

Tare da Andrew Pawley da Meredith Osmond, Ross ya ba da gudummawa ga aikin Proto-Oceanic Lexicon, wanda ya samar da kundin da yawa na sake gina ƙamus na Proto-Océanic a cikin yankuna daban-daban.

Kwanan nan, Ross ya buga a kan Harsunan Formosan, Harsunan Papua da sake gina ilimin sauti na Proto-Austronesian da haɗin kai.

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Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1942