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Ross is an English-language name derived from Gaelic, most commonly used in Scotland. It is also the name of a county in the highland area (Ross and Cromarty). It can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family name for people of Scottish descent . Derived from the Gaelic for a "promontory" or "headland".
John Robert "Haj" Ross (born May 7, 1938) is an American poet and linguist. He played a part in the development of generative semantics (as opposed to interpretive semantics ) along with George Lakoff , James D. McCawley , and Paul Postal . [ 2 ]
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Ross (1999: 7, 1) gives the following definition: [Metatypy is a] change in morphosyntactic type and grammatical organisation [and also semantic patterns] which a language undergoes as a result of its speakers’ bilingualism in another language.
Ross was born on 1 January 1881 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire just slightly south of Birmingham. [2] His father, John Charles Ross (1838–1914) was a wine merchant who operated different businesses in Birmingham. [3] His mother was Mary Ann Ross (née Marshall) and she was born in Hollingbourne, Kent in 1850. [4] His parents were married in ...
Ross later reprised Marion Cunningham on the spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi and on Family Guy. Between 1978 and 1986, she appeared as different characters on The Love Boat. In the final (#9) 1986–87 television season, Ross became a series regular, playing Emily Haywood, who was the love interest of Captain Stubing, played by Gavin MacLeod.
Diana Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. Known as the "Queen of Motown Records", she was the lead singer of the vocal group the Supremes, who became Motown's most successful act during the 1960s and one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time.
The Dominion Rifle Factory (formerly the Ross rifle factory) [5] built a finished version of the design, under the supervision of Assistant Inspector of Small Arms Major Robert Mills of the Seaforth Highlanders. It was tested at Quebec City on 12 November 1916, with a second 650-round [5] trial of an improved version on 15 February 1917. [5]