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Publications PUBLICATIONS FACULTY PUBLICATIONS 1. JOURNALS: INTERNATIONAL Barbora, M., Wangno, T. (2015). “Bugun Language: Maintenance Issue”, Linguistics of Tibeto Burman Languages (LTBA), 38(2) Borah, Gautam K. (2014). “The Fox or Mr Fox”? (On Particularization of the Bare Noun). Journal of Modern Languages. Vol 24 (1) Longmailai, M. and Cing, Z.N. (2016). “Some Phonological features of Dimasa and Tedim-Chin”, L. Konnerth, S.Morey,P. Sarmah and A. Teo (Eds.) North East Indian Linguistics: Volume 7. Asia-Pacific Linguistics/ANU Press http://hdl.handle.net/1885/95392 Shougrakpam, D. (2014). “Relative Clause Structure in Manipuri”, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19, Issue 10, Ver. III, e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845, PP 11-14. 2. JOURNALS: NATIONAL Nath, Arup Kumar. (2014). “CSM induced phonetic changes in modern Assamese”, Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, Vol 40(1-2). Sarangthem, B. (2014). “Modes of Greeting in Meitelon-Burmese-English”, International Journal of English Language, Literature and Translation Studies (IJELR), Guntur, Vol. 1. Issue 3, (108-116) ISSN 2349 – 9451. Sarangthem, B. (November, 2014). “A Case Study on Consonant Clusters in Meiteilon and Bengali”, 265-274.”, Language in India, Vol. no. 14: 11, ISSN 1930-2940 Sarangthem, B. (November, 2014). “A Comparative Study of the Mechanism to Assign Gender in Sizang, Koireng and Tarao”, 22-30, Language in India, Vol. no. 14: 11, ISSN 1930-2940. Sarangthem, B. (2013). Expression of Number in Sizang”, Indian Linguistics 74 (3-4) Shougrakpam, D. (December, 2014) “Morphosyntactic Analysis of Noun Phrase in Manipuri”, Language in India, Volume 14:12, ISSN 1930-2940, PP 244 – 251 Shougrakpam D. (February, 2014). “Constituent Structure of Noun Phrase in Manipuri”, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences & Humanities, Volume IV Issue-II, ISSN 2250-1665, PP36-42. Longmailai, M. (2014). “Adjectives in Dimasa” In J. War, S.K. Singh, S.A. Lyngdoh and B. Khyriem (Eds.). Tibeto- Burman Linguistics of North East India. Guwahati, Eastern Book House Publishers. 3. JOURNALS: REGIONAL Longmailai, M. (2016). “Genetic Classification of Dimasa, Recent Myths and Facts” In Litereria, Volume 4 (2015- 2016). Annual Journal of the Department of English, Gurucharan College, Silchar. Sarangthem B. (2015). “Verb stem alternation in Northern Kuki chin (Sizang, Paite and thadou)”, Journal of North-East Region, Vol. 3 No. 1, ISSN 2321-0583 4. BOOKS Barbora, M. and Borah, G. K. (Eds.). (2016). Aspects of Modern Assamese. Guwahati: Bhabani Print Publications. Barbora M. (2015). Bugun Nyo Thau: Bugun Reader. Guwahati: Eastern Book House Publishers. Borah, G. K. (Ed). (2017). Aspects of Language. A Tezpur University CODL Publication. Nath, Arup Kumar. (2014).Impact of Code Switching- Mixing in Assamese. Guwahati: Assam Publication Board Assam. 5. BOOK CHAPTERS Barbora, M. (2016). The Agentive Ergativity in Assamese. In M. Barbora and G. K. Borah (eds.) Aspects of Modern Assamese. Bhabani Print and Publications, Guwahati. Barbora, M. (2016). Causative Constructions in Assamese. In M. Barbora and G. K. Borah (eds.) Aspects of Modern Assamese. Bhabani Print and Publications, Guwahati. Barbora, M. (2016). The Particle ze: A Clitic, a Wh-Operator or a Complementizer? In M. Barbora and G. K. Borah (eds.) Aspects of Modern Assamese. Bhabani Print and Publications, Guwahati. Barbora, M. (2015). “Language endangerment: A perspective in endangered cultures and languages in India”. In Endangered Cultures and Languages In India. G K Bera and K Jose SVD(eds.) . Spectrum, Guwahati. Barbora, M., Acharya, P., Wangno, T. (2015). “Numerals in Bugun, Deori and Nocte”, North East Indian Linguistics (NEILS), 7 Borah, G. K. (2017). Sangatmak Bhaxabiggan: etisamuabhax (Cognitive Linguistics: An Introduction). In N. Padum (Ed). Bhaxabigyanargati-prakriti. Sibsagar: An Asom Sahitya Sabha Publication. Borah, G. K. (2016). The Inditerminacy of the Bare Noun in Assamese and Its Determination. In M Borbara and Borah, G. K., (eds.) Aspects of Modern Assamese. Guwahati: Bhabani Print and Publications. Borah, G. K. (2016). The Ingressive Progressive in Assamese. In G. K. Borah and M. Barbora (eds.) Aspects of Modern Assamese. Bhabani Print and Publications, Guwahati. Borah, G. K. (2016). The Fuzzy Boundary Between Projected Realities and Potential Realities and iba. In G. K. Borah and M. Barbora (eds.) Aspects of Modern Assamese. Bhabani Print and Publications, Guwahati. Borah, G. K. (2016). Axamiyar Daxa: Gotdiyek Xamasya (Aspects in Modern Assamese: Some Problems). In D. Das (ed.) Bhaxa- Bikkha (Knowledge of Language). Bhabani Print and Publications, Guwahati. Borah, G. K. (2014). Bezbarua’srefections on language. In M M Sarma and D P Nath (Eds). Lakshminath Bezbaroa: The Archtecth of Modern Assamese Literature. Guwahati: Perfect Imagers. Longmailai, M. (2017). “Passivization in Dimasa” In S.K. Singh and S.A. Lyngdoh (Eds.) Syntactic Typology: Language Contact and Convergence, EBH Publishers, Guwahati. Longmailai, M. (2015) A Preliminary Study of Khasi and Dimasa lexemes In M.W. Post and S. De Lancey (Eds.) People and Languages of the Eastern Himalayan Region. Asia-Pacific Linguistics/Spectrum Publications, Guwahati. Patgiri, Bipasha. (2017). Language Death: A Concern in Dutta, R C and Chetia, P (eds.) Spectrum: Multidisciplinary Thoughts. Guwahati, Assam: Purbayon Publication. pp 20-27. ISBN 978-81-92955-68-1 Patgiri, Bipasha. (2017). Dhwanitatwik Prakriyaaru Bixistatar Tatwa in NahedraPadun (ed.) Bhaxabigyanor Goti-Prokriti. Shivasagar, Assam: Axom Xahityo Xobha. pp 68-87. Patgiri, Bipasha. (2016). Death of a language: Why we care? Should we care? in Kalita, Nabanita (ed.) Anuronon (Resonance). Nalbari, Assam:IQAC, MNC Balika Mahavidyalaya. pp 106- 114. ISBN 978-81-932297-1-2. Patgiri, Bipasha. (2016). Dhwanitatwa: Bikaxaru Avadharona Bisar in Das, Dipak Kumar (ed.). Tothyoarutotworadharotbhaxarbisar, Guwahati, Assam: Bhawani books. pp.1-9. ISBN 978-81-931983-2-2. Nath, A. K, (2015). Bhaxaaru Iyar Xangya, Boishisthy, Upabhaxa, ManyaBhaxa, Kritim Bhaxaaru Rastra Bhaxa, CODL, Tezpur University. Nath, A. K. (2014). Bezbaroa's language: A linguistic appraisal. In M M Sarma and D P Nath (Eds). Lakshminath Bezbaroa: The Archtecth of Modern Assamese Literature. Guwahati: Perfect Imagers. 6. International Conference Proceedings Gope, A. and Mahanta, S. (2016), Perfection of Lexical Tones in Sylheti. Proceedings of The TAL-2016, Buffalo, NY. Gope, A. and Mahanta, S. (2016), Correlation between Sylheti tone and Phonation. Proceedings of the Speech Prosody 2016, Boston, Lincolnshire, England. Mahanta, S., Das K, and Gope, A. (2015). On the Phonetics and Phonology of Focus marking in Boro. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of Phonology, Vancouver, Canada. Gope, A. and Mahanta, S. (2015), An Acoustic Analysis of Sylheti Phonetics, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Phonetic Sciences. https://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org/icphsproceedings/ICPhS2015/Papers/ICPHS0630.pdf Gope, A. and Mahanta, S. (2014), Lexical Tone in Sylheti. Proceedings of TAL-2014, (pp 10-14). http://www.isca-speech.org/archieve/tal_2014/tl14_010.html 7. SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED BY THE FACULTY Barbora M. attended and presented a paper titled “Nominalization in Koro”, at Nguyen Tat Thanh University at Ho Chi Minh City, Veitnam in International Conference on Linguistics, 15-16 Dec. 2016 attended in the Workshop Interdisciplinary Research on Language and Speech in Northeast India at IIT Guwahati during February, 28th Feb to 1st March 2015 attended and presented a paper titled “Bugun Language: maintenance issue”, at SoLE at Kunming, China from 21st to 22nd October 2014 attended and presented a paper titled “Predicate Clauses in Bugun” at the 47th International Conference of Sino Tibetan Languages and Linguistics (47 ICSTLL) and the Sociolinguistics of Endangered Languages (Sole 3), at Kunming, China, from 17th to 22nd October, 2014 attended and presented a paper titled “Çopulas in Bugun”, at the 47th ICSTLL, at Kunming, China, from 17th to 19th October 2014 Borah, G. K. attended and presented a paper titled “Indefinite and Definite Quantifiers in Assamese, at NEILS-9, an international conference, organized in collaboration with Dept of Linguistics, Gauhati University and linguists from University of Oregon, USA, La Trobe University, Australia, Gauhati University, and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea, Tezpur University, 5 January-7 February 2016 attended and presented a joint paper titled “Nominalization in Tai-Khamti”, at 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium, IIT, Guwahati, 8-10 June 2016 Gope, A. attended and presented a paper titled “Polarization and Tonal Dissimilation: A case of Sylheti Suffixation”, at the 3rd Workshop of Tone and Intonation (WTI-3), IIT Guwahati from 7th to 8th January, 2016 attended and presented a paper titled “Tone and Intonation in Sylheti: A preliminary observation”, at the 3rd Workshop of Tone and Intonation (WTI-3), IIT Guwahati from 7th to 8th January, 2016 attended and presented a paper titled “Phonation and Sylheti Tonogeness”, at 37th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India, JNU, India from 15th to 17th October, 2015 attended and presented a paper titled “On the Phonetics and Phonology of Focus marking in Boro”, at the Annual Meeting of Phonology 2015, Vancouver from 9th to 11th October, 2015 attended and presented a paper titled “An Acoustic Analysis of Sylheti Phonemes”, at the 18th International Congress
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