Faculty profile

Name : Ajit Kumar Baishya

Email-ID: [email protected] Tel.09435566247

Designation: Professor.

Specialization: (a). Sociolinguistics with special reference to Pidgin and Creole Studies( b). Endangered and Minority Languages

Present Research Interest: Lesser known languages of , Lingua francas of the North- East .

Publications: Book (edited): Bilingualism and North , published by The Registrar, Assam University, Silchar, June 2008.

Articles:

1. “The Making of Nagamese: A historical Perspective” Journal of Assam University, Silchar, January 2006. 2. “Language Maintenance by the Dimasas of Barak Valley: A Case Study” in Indian Linguistics, Vol. 67, 2006. 3. “Borrowing in Rabha: A Few Observations” in International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, June 2006. 4. “Word Formation in Contemporary Assamese” in Journal of Assam University, Silchar, January 2007. 5. “Relexification in Nagamese: An Observation” in International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, June 2007. 6. “Case Markers in Sylheti” in Indian Linguistics, Vol. 68, 2007. 7. “Reduplication in Modern Assamese” in Journal of Assam University, Silchar, January 2008. 8. “Word formation in Dimasa” in International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, January 2008. 9. “Assamese: An SOV Language” in Indian Linguistics, Vol. 69, 2008. 10. “Sadri: The ” in The Humanities in the Present Context eds by Ramanan Mohan, P. Mohanty, T. Mukherjee, Allied Publishers, Hyderabad, 2009. 11. “Phonology of English Loan Words in Assamese” in Journal of Assam University, Silchar, January 2010. 12. “The Development of Script for Nagamese” in Manuscript and Manuscriptology in India eds by Nandi, S. G. and P. Palit, Kaveri Books, New Delhi, 2010. 13. “Problems of Teaching Assamese as a ” in Literature, Culture and Language Education eds. by Mishra, A. K., S. K. Jha and M. Asif, Lakshi Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2011. 14. “Consonant Cluster Combinations in Liangmai” in Indian Linguistics, Vol. 72, 2011. 15. “: An Endangered Lingua Franca” in International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Vol. XXXXI, No. 2. June 2012. 16. “Indo-Aryan Loan Words in Khasi: An Introductory Note in Global Media Journal, Indian Edition, University of Calcutta, Vol. 3, No. 2. December 2012 17. “Reduplication in Nagamese” in Studies in Linguistics of the North- Eastern Languages eds. By Mishra, A. K., M. G. Wallang and Ch. S. Devi, Lakshi Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 2013. 18. “Bilingualism and Linguistic Change in Hawar Dialect of Dimasa” in Indian Linguistics, Vol. 75, No. 1-2, 2014.

Research Projects: Working as a Core Committee Member as well as a Principal Investigator for “The Scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages”, with Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore- 06.

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