Carl Jesse Pollard (born June 28, 1947) is a Professor of
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
at the
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
. He is the inventor of
head grammar
Head grammar (HG) is a grammar formalism introduced in Carl Pollard (1984) Pollard, C. 1984. ''Generalized Phrase Structure Grammars, Head Grammars, and Natural Language''. Ph.D. thesis, Stanford University, CA. as an extension of the context-fr ...
and
higher-order grammar
Higher order grammar (HOG) is a grammar theory based on higher-order logic.Hana, JiriCzech Clitics in Higher Order Grammar Diss. The Ohio State University, 2007. It can be viewed simultaneously as generative-enumerative (like categorial grammar an ...
, as well as co-inventor of
head-driven phrase structure grammar Head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG) is a highly lexicalized, constraint-based grammar
developed by Carl Pollard and Ivan Sag. It is a type of phrase structure grammar, as opposed to a dependency grammar, and it is the immediate successor to ...
(HPSG).
He is currently also working on
convergent grammar
Convergent is an adjective for things that converge. It is commonly used in mathematics and may refer to:
*Convergent boundary, a type of plate tectonic boundary
* Convergent (continued fraction)
* Convergent evolution
* Convergent series
Conver ...
(CVG). He has written numerous books and articles on formal
syntax
In linguistics, syntax () is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, grammatical relations, hierarchical sentence structure ( constituency) ...
and
semantics
Semantics (from grc, σημαντικός ''sēmantikós'', "significant") is the study of reference, meaning, or truth. The term can be used to refer to subfields of several distinct disciplines, including philosophy
Philosophy (f ...
. He received his Ph.D. from
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
.
External links
Carl Pollard's website
1947 births
Living people
Linguists from the United States
Syntacticians
Ohio State University faculty
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