Ross, John Robert 1938-

Overview

Works:	48 works in 144 publications in 2 languages and 2,011 library holdings
Genres:	History Genealogy Academic theses Poetry
Roles:	Author, Editor, Composer
Classifications:	P85.C47, 410.924

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by John Robert Ross

On Noam Chomsky; critical essays by Gilbert Harman( Book )

1 edition published in 1974 in English and held by 982 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Infinite syntax by John Robert Ross( Book )

18 editions published between 1983 and 1986 in English and Undetermined and held by 384 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Constraints on variables in syntax by John Robert Ross( Book )

29 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In attempting to define "syntactic variable," the author bases his discussion on the assumption that syntactic facts are a collection of two types of rules--context-free phrase structure rules (generating underlying or deep phrase markers) and grammatical transformations, which map underlying phrase markers onto superficial (or surface) phrase markers. The thesis presents a set of constraints on variables--universal and language-particular--and discusses how they affect syntactic rules. He points out that chomsky's a-over-a principle is both too strong and too weak, because the principle cannot be extended to account for the phenomena which the author calls "syntactic islands." The entire discussion centers around rules and constraints, which are actually limits on the power of variables that can appear in certain types of rules. It is shown that constraints, especially with the notion of "command," divide phrase markers into "islands," suggesting that these "islands" behave like psycholinguistic entities. The author prefers to make the relationship between grammaticality and acceptability more abstract than previously assumed by transformationalists. This thesis was prepared as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy at the massachusetts institute of technology. (Fb)

Three dimensions of linguistic theory by Paul Kiparsky( Book )

5 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 121 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Papers based on a lecture series presented at the fifth International Seminar in Linguistic Theory, Tokyo, 1970, sponsored by the Tokyo Institute for Advanced Studies of Language

Is deep structure necessary? by George Lakoff( Book )

15 editions published between 1967 and 1973 in English and Undetermined and held by 88 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The great clan Ross, with highland notes and genealogies of the cadet branches in Scotland and the new world by John Robert Ross( Book )

15 editions published between 1968 and 1993 in English and held by 82 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Ross family between the early 1300s and the present, chiefly in Scotland--with some descendants in England, Canada, the United States and elsewhere

Gapping and the order of constituents by John Robert Ross( Book )

5 editions published between 1967 and 1968 in English and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ordering of transformational rules by George Lakoff( Book )

5 editions published between 1966 and 1968 in English and German and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Adjectives as noun phrases by John Robert Ross( Book )

3 editions published in 1966 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This analysis of underlying syntactic structure is based on the assumption that the parts of speech called "verbs" and "adjectives" are two subcategories of one major lexical category, "predicate." From this assumption, the hypothesis is advanced that, in languages exhibiting the copula, the deep structure of sentences containing predicate adjectives is identical in all significant respects to that of sentences with predicates containing verbs. This implies the claims that "be" is a true verb and that it has a deep structure similar to such lexical items as "try," and "know." Six arguments from widely varying areas of syntax are used to support the hypothesis. This paper was presented at the winter meeting of the linguistic society of america (new york, december 28, 1966). (kl)

Ablaut in German Strong Verbs by John Robert Ross( Book )

4 editions published between 1960 and 1967 in English and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An analysis of ablaut in german verbs is developed within the framework of transformational generative grammar. The hypothesis states that if a verb stem is known not to be regular, the type of ablaut it undergoes can to a large extent be predicted on the basis of syntactic or phonological features. The forms accounted for are all the irregular verb stems on pages 805-812 in "cassell's new german and english dictionary," (1939 edition). Halle's theory of phonology is used, as well as chomsky's notion of the complex symbol. Types of ablaut are examined and a system of features is developed to classify the principal parts of the verbs. (Kl)

A partial grammar of English superlatives by John Robert Ross( )

2 editions published between 1964 and 1975 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Everything less vast than love - let go of by John Robert Ross( Book )

2 editions published in 2018 in English and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A fests[c]hrift for John Robert (Háj) Ross( Book )

2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Pedestrianism and athletics in England and Australia in the nineteenth century : a case study in the development of sport by John Robert Ross( Book )

2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rebellion and reconciliation social psychology, genre, and the teen film, 1980-1989 by Christine Karen Reeves Hubbard( )

1 edition published in 1996 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Doubl-Ing by John Robert Ross( Book )

1 edition published in 1971 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This paper investigates a type of grammatical ill-formedness in English which is traceable to the repetition, under certain specified conditions, of present participles, E.G. the verb "continue" cannot occur with participles if it is in the present progressive. The solution to generalizing about ill-formedness of this type is by means of a derivational constraint which is formulated in such a way as to link certain features of remote structure to certain features of surface structure. The violation is not stated in terms of a restriction on transformations but rather as a static filter on the output of the syntactic component. This paper refines and formally states the requisite derivational constraint so that it is not too powerful. The author examines the consequences for linguistic theor y of postulating such a derivational constraint. The argument for using such a constraint, details on its development, and references are presented. (Author/VM)

[Selected papers] by George Lakoff( Book )

1 edition published in 1968 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Phonologische Studien by Manfred Bierwisch( Book )

2 editions published between 1967 and 1971 in German and Undetermined and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The great Clan Ross. With Highland notes and genealogies of the cadet branches in Scotland and the New World. [By] John Robert Ross ... in collaboration with Sheriff Charles Campbell Ross ... and A.C. Gordon Ross by John Robert Ross( Book )

1 edition published in 1968 in English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Auxiliaries as main verbs by John Robert Ross( Book )

2 editions published between 1967 and 1969 in Undetermined and English and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide