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 , 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. , 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: 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). : The Archtecth of Modern . 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 , 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 Of Phonetics Sciences, IChPS-2015, GLASGOW, UK from 10th to 14th August, 2015 Longmailai, M.  attended Workshop on Computational Linguistics, with special focus on NLP and MT, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, 27-29 July, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Causative Construction in Dimasa”, at 22nd International Conference on Himalayan Languages Symposium. Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 8-10 June 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Reflexives and Reciprocals in Dimasa”, at 9th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS). Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, February 5-7 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Language, Identity and Origin of Dimasa”, at National Seminar on The Origin of Dimasa. Dimasa Youth Festival Celebration Committee, Indoor Stadium, NL Daulaguphu Sports Complex, Haflong, 14-16 December 2015  attended National Workshop on Youth Empowerment: Paving towards the Future, Lessons from the Past, Dimasa Youth Festival Celebration Committee, Indoor Stadium, NL Daulaguphu Sports Complex, Haflong, 14-16 December, 2015  attended and presented a paper titled “Passivization in Dimasa”, at International Conference on Syntactic Typology: Language Contact and Convergence. Department of Linguistics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 23-24 November 2015  attended International Conference on Syntactic Typology: Language Contact and Convergence, Department of Linguistics, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, 23-24 November, 2015 Nath, A.K.  attended and presented a paper titled ‘Quest for Identity: The Politics of Language and Census in Assam’ at the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden, the Netherlands, in the conference "Language, Power and Identity in Asia: Creating and Crossing Language Boundaries" during the period 14-16 March, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled ‘Does a Multilingual Repertoire Propel Changes in Semantic Domains of a Language? A case of Tiwa and Deori Languages’ at the Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, in the 21st Himalayan Languages Symposium and 36th Annual Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal during the period 26-28 November, 2015 Patgiri, B.  attended and presented a paper titled “Nature of vowel sequences and hiatus resolution in Nalbaria Assamese”, 38th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-38), the Centre for Linguistics Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, 10-12 November, 2016  attended the Summer School in Linguistic Typology organized jointly by University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and University of Kohln, Germany, Centre IGESA, Hyeres, France, 4-17 September, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Coronal Under specification: Evidence from coronal geminates in Nalbaria Assamese”, 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium (HLS22), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, 8- 10 June, 2016  participated in a National Seminar on Biography: Western Theories, Indigenous Practices in Assam, UGC- SAP, Department of EFL, Tezpur University, 30 March, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Hiatus Resolution Strategies”, International Conference on South Asian Languages and Literatures (ICOSAL-12), Centre for Endangered Languages and Mother Tongue Studies, University of Hyderabad, 7-9 January, 2016 Sarangthem, B.  attended and presented a paper titled “Script and Phonology of Meiteilon: A Diachronic Study” at the International Conference of Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI - 38), at IIT, Guwahati from 10th TO 12th November 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Loanword adaptation in Meiteilon” at the International Conference Himalayan Language Symposium (HLS-22), at IIT, Guwahati from 8th to 10th June 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Noun Phrase in Manipuri (Meiteilon) as a data structure for Computational process” at the International Conference on Natural Language Process and Cognitive Computing (ICONACC), at University from 10th to 12th March 2014  attended and presented a paper titled “A Classification of Components in Sizang Kinship terms” at the International Conference of South Asian Language (ICOLSAL- 11) at Banaras Hindu University from 23rd to 25th January 2014 Shougrakpam, D.  attended National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and the Languages of the Northeast, organized by Centre for Endangered Languages, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tezpur University on 4th-5th February, 2017  attended Workshop on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) organized by Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) under Centre of Excellence for curriculum and Pedagogy on 24th-25th November, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Nominal Compounds in Manipuri”, at the 38th International Conference of Linguistic Society of India, held at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, from 10–12 Nov, 2016  attended Workshop on computational Linguistics with special focus on NLP and MT, Tezpur University from 27th -29th July, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Reduplicated Structure in Manipuri”, at the 36th International Conference of Linguistic Society of India, held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, from 1–4 Dec 2014.  attended The First Orientation cum Workshop on Developing Tools for Computer Aided Translation (English to Manipuri): Morphological Analyzer from 4th – 9th August, 2014  attended Awareness Programme on use of Computers in Translation from 31st July to 2nd August, 2014  attended One-Day International Conference on Ethnicity in and NE India held on 8th May, 2014  attended the International Conference on Natural Language Processing and Cognitive Computing held from 10th to 12th March, 2014

8. TALKS BY THE FACULTY IN INDIA AND ABROAD Arup K Nath delivered a talk as a Resource Person on Unicode and at Kaliabor Session of 73rd Assam Sahitya Sabha Meet on 3rd February, 2015. Bipasha Patgiri delivered a talk, History and Evolution of Writing Systems, Symposium on Aka (Hrusso) Script, , , 13th – 14th May, 2016. Gautam K Borah delivered an invited a talk, Drawing a Parallel Between a Classifier and the English Plural Marker, at the Advanced Academic Programme (Linguistics) for the North Eastern States (AAP(L) NES-2017) organized by Linguistic Research Unit Indian Statistical Institute, , and held at the Indian Statistical Institute, North East Centre, Tezpur, 9 -11 March, 2017. Gautam K Borah delivered the 2016 T G Rinpoche Memorial Lecture, Literature: A Lie that Tells the Truth and Gender Bias in the Structure of Language, Central Institute of Himalayan Culture Studies Dahung, Wes Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, 3 September 2016. Gautam K. Borah was Invited to deliver a talk on Language and Human Existence at the Dept. of English, Patkai Christian College (An Autonomous Postgraduate College) Dimapur, on 22 April, 2016. Gautam K. Borah was invited as a Plenary Speaker and delivered a talk, Language: Just a Means of Communication? in the National seminar on Language, Literature of North East India. Organized jointly by Dept of Assamese, Gauhati University and Indira and Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, 15th – 16th March 2016. Gautam K. Borah was invited as a Plenary Speaker and delivered a talk, Was in the Beginning the Word or the Deed? (Metaphor and primacy of matter over mind) in the National seminar on The Mind Matters: Language, Cognition and Other Correlations. organized by IIITG, Guwahati, 12 March 2016. Gautam K. Borah was invited as a Plenary Speaker and delivered a talk, Language and the World of Literature in the National seminar on Studies on North East Indian Language and Cultural Heritage, organized by Dept of Assamese, Madhabdev College, Lakhimpur, Assam, 8th – 9th January 2016. Gautam K. Borah delivered 4 talks on a Refresher Course in English organised for college and university teachers of English, Dept. of English, Academic Staff College, Manipur University, Imphal, from 27th January – 17th February 2014. Madhumita Barbora attended as a Plenary Speaker at UGC –sponsored National Seminar on classroom- oriented research around the theme “The English Classroom: Experiments and Experiences” at North Lakhimpur College on 3rd and 4th May, 2014.

9. SESSIONS CHAIRED AT INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL SEMINARS/CONFERENCES

Name Events M. Barbora 22nd Himalayan languages Symposium, IIT, Guwahati, June 8 – 10, 2016 North East Indian Linguistic Society (NEILS)-9, TEZPUR University, 5-7 Feb, 2016 G.K.Borah 22nd Himalayan languages Symposium, IIT, Guwahati, June 8 – 10, 2016 North East Indian Linguistic Society (NEILS)-9, TEZPUR University, 5-7 Feb, 2016 36th International Conference of Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI)-I, CIIL, Mysore, 2014 10. Ph.D. supervision

Supervisors Students Name Topic Status of Research M. Barbora Jugen Pegu Dialectal Variations in Mising and the Interference of Completed dominant languages Lucky Dey Argument Selection in Sadani / Sadri as spoken in Completed Assam Diganta Nath Nature of Nonfinite Complementation in Assamese Completed Ismail Description of BuluPuroik Submitted Tim Bott Description of Lish and Chug On going Jelina Moshahary Clause structure in Bodo and Dimasa On going Nupur Sinha Description of Koro On going Palash Das Analysis of Assamese Morphology for a Rule-Based On going Assamese Spell Checker Gayatri Das Verb Morphology is Banai: A Descriptive Study On going BipashaPatgiri Phonological Structure of Nalbaria Assamese On going G.K. Borah Kailash Sarma Time and Temporal Structure of Situations: The Case Completed of Assamese Raujline Siraj Farzina Akhtar The Syntax and semantics of the N P in karbi(plains) Submitted Louriyam Bebica Devi A Sociolinguistics study of Khurkhul Submitted Raju Borthakur Errors and Communication Strategies in Web and Submitted Electronically Mediated Communication with Reference to Facebook, Twitter and Textese Trisha Borgohain Grammar of Things and Situations in Tai-Khamti On going A. K. Nath Khammoun Phukan Language and Identity: An Ethnolinguistic Study on Tai On going Ahom of Assam CFEL STAFF PUBLICATIONS 10. JOURNALS: INTERNATIONAL Bhattacharyya, P. B. (2015). “A Sociolinguistic Survey on Personal Pronouns in Assamese”, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, Volume: 20 Issue:9 (Version-II) p-ISSN:2279-0845. Bhattacharyya, P. B. (2015). “Personal Pronouns in Assamese”, International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Volume:2 Issue:10 p- ISSN:2349-5979. Bhattacharyya, P. B. (2015). “Noun Phrase Structure in Assamese”, Journal of International Academic Research for Multidisciplinary, Volume3, Issue11, ISSN:2320-5083. Brahma, D. (February, 2017). “Causative Verb Formation in Bodo language”, International Research Journal of Humanities, Language and Literature, Vol. No 4, Issue 2, ISSN 2394-1642 Dutta, Niharika., & Pinky, Wary. (2016). “Passive-like Constructions in Boro”, North East Indian Linguistic Society, Vol-8. Meitie, E.M. (December, 2014). “A Study on Mao Case System”, International Journal of Informative and Furistic Research, Vol.2 Issue.5, 2347-1697. Meitie, E.M. (April, 2014). “Numeral System of Mao”, International Journal of English and Education, Vol.3 Issue.2, 2278-4012.

11. JOURNALS: NATIONAL Brahma, D. (2016). “Adverb Formation Process of the Bodo Language”, Language in India, ISSN: 1930-2940 Vol. 16:2. Brahma, D. (2014). “Inflectional Processes of Tense and Aspect in Bodo”, Language in India, Vol-14:1, ISSN: 1930-2940. Borgohain, T. (2015). “The Tai-Khamtis of Assam”, In Dimorian Review. ISSN: 2394-9163. Meitie, E.M. (2014). “The vowel system of Mao”, In The Dawn Journal, Vol.3.no 2, 2277-1786. Meitie, E.M. (2014). “Syllable in Mao”, In Language in India, Vol.14:1, 1930-2940. Widinibou (2017). “The performance of Traditional Religion of the in North East India: Continuity and Change”, Veda’s Journal of English Language and Literature- JOELL 4.2: (ISSN-2349-9753). Widinibou (2017). “Language Endangerment with Special reference to Liangmai Naga”, International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Vol. 46. No.2: (ISSN- 0378-2484) Widinibou (2016). “A note on Liangmai Numerals”, International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, Vol XLV-2: (ISSN- 0378-2484). Widinibou (2014). “Case markers in Liangmai”, Language in India. Vol 14: (ISBN-396-407)

12. JOURNALS: REGIONAL

Brahma, D. (2014). “मिि 車नि मिि 車 थुिफ वथ य व बेरख 車ि य बर िि जनि ि वग रर”, KacharniTandwi magazine.

Brahma, D. (2014). “बर' र वख न्थथनि थ रज ”, published in Phwrwnglai Vol-IX, B.D.T.A. Magazine, ISSN 2278- 8085.

13. BOOK CHAPTERS (STAFF) Brahma, D. (2015). The Inflectional Affixes in Bodo Published in Book Studies in Literature, Linguistics and Culture of Northeast India,Lakshi Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi-110092, ISBN: 978-93-82120-66-7. Widinibou, Baishya, A. K. (2015). (Eds). Some Aspects of the Liangmai phonology. In Studies in Language, Literature and culture of North east India. Lakshi Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi-110092, ISBN- 978-93- 8210-66-7. Pp. 15-31.

14. SEMINARS/CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED BY THE STAFF Bhattacharyya, P. R.  attended and presented a paper titled “A Reflection of Cultural Attitudes Towards Animal World through a Folk Tale in Khelma”, in national seminar, organised by Sahitya Akademi and University, Gangtok, Sikkim, 19 -20 September 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Changing patterns in Assamese among Assamese youths”, in the 9th International conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS) in Tezpur University, Assam, 5-7 February 2016 Borgohain, T.  attended the Advanced Academic Program (Linguistics) for the North eastern States (AAP(L)NES-2017), organised by Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; ISI, North East Centre, Tezpur; and the Dept. of English Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam, from 9-11 March, 2017  attended National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and Languages of the North East, organised by CFEL, Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 4-5th February, 2017  attended the Workshop on Computational Linguistics with Special Focus on NLP and MT, held in the Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 27-29 July, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Nominalization in Tai-Khamti”, at 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, from 8th -10th June, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “The Indeterminacy of the bare noun and its determination in Tai- Khamti”, at International Conference of linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-37) in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, from 15th – 17th Oct, 2015  attended Workshop on ‘Acoustic Phonetics and Tone’ by Dr Shakuntala Mahanta, Associate Professor, Department of HSS, IIT, Guwahati in Tezpur University, 24-26 February, 2015 Boro, R.R.  attended the Advanced Academic Program (Linguistics) for the North eastern States (AAP(L)NES-2017), organised by Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; ISI, North East Centre, Tezpur; and the Dept. of English Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam, from 9-11 March, 2017  attended National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and Languages of the North East, organised by CFEL, Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 4-5th February, 2017  attended the Workshop on Computational Linguistics with Special Focus on NLP and MT, held in the Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 27-29 July, 2016  attended Workshop on ‘Acoustic Phonetics and Tone’ by Dr Shakuntala Mahanta, Associate Professor, Department of HSS, IIT, Guwahati in Tezpur University, 24-26 February, 2015  participated in the National workshop on “Curriculum Transaction at Under Graduate Level” held in Barama College, Barama, 26th – 27th Sept. 2014 Brahma, D.  attended and presented a paper titled “Modification and Meaning”,in National Seminar on Language & Linguistics, organized by Bodo Writers’ Academy in collaboration with Department of Bodo, Bodoland University on 1st& 2nd November 2014 Dutta, B.  attended the Advanced Academic Program (Linguistics) for the North eastern States (AAP(L)NES-2017), organised by Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; ISI, North East Centre, Tezpur; and the Dept. of English Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam, from 9-11 March, 2017  attended National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and Languages of the North East, organised by CFEL, Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 4-5th February, 2017  attended the Workshop on Computational Linguistics with Special Focus on NLP and MT, held in the Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 27-29 July, 2016 Dutta, Niharika  attended the Advanced Academic Program (Linguistics) for the North eastern States (AAP(L)NES-2017), organised by Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; ISI, North East Centre, Tezpur; and the Dept. of English Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam, from 9-11 March, 2017  attended National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and Languages of the North East, organised by CFEL, Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 4-5th February, 2017  attended and presented a paper titled “Tense and Aspect Markers in Phong”, at the 9th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistic Society, Tezpur University, Tezpur, 5-7 February 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Hierarchical Verb Agreement and Inverse Marking in Phong”, at the 22nd Himalayan Linguistics Symposium, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, 8th -10th June, 2016  attended Workshop on Fieldworks Language Explorer at the 25th conference of South East Asian Linguistic Society. Payap University, Thailand, 27th – 28th May 2015  attended and presented a paper titled “A Preliminary Study on Phong Phonology”, at the 25th International Conference of South East Asian Linguistic Society. Payap University, Thailand, 29h – 31st May 2015  attended and presented a paper titled “Verb Agreement in Phong”, at the 37th International Conference of Linguistic Society of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 15th - 17th Oct, 2015  attended Workshop on Documentation of Miju and Tawra conducted by the Department of Linguistics, Gauhati University, 24th May to 9th June, 2014 Helmi, N.Z.  attended the Advanced Academic Program (Linguistics) for the North eastern States (AAP(L)NES-2017), organised by Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; ISI, North East Centre, Tezpur; and the Dept. of English Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam, from 9-11 March, 2017  attended National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and Languages of the North East, organised by CFEL, Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 4-5th February, 2017  attended the Workshop on Computational Linguistics with Special Focus on NLP and MT, held in the Dept. of English and Foreign languages, Tezpur University, from 27-29 July, 2016  attended and presented a paper titled “Field Report: Classification of the Bangru Language of Kurung Kumey”, at the 8th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS) 31st Jan to 2nd Feb. 2014  attended Workshop on ‘Acoustic Phonetics and Tone’ by Dr Shakuntala Mahanta, Associate Professor, Department of HSS, IIT, Guwahati in Tezpur University, 24-26 February, 2015 Meitei, E. M.  Attended Workshop on Advanced Academic Program (Linguistics) for North Eastern States (AAP(L)NES)2017, organized by Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, West Bengal in collaboration with Dept. of EFL, Tezpur University, 9th to 11th March 2017  Attended National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and Language of the North East, organized by Centre for Endangered Languages, Tezpur University in collaboration with Dept. of EFL, Tezpur University, 4-5 February 2017  Attended Workshop on Computational Linguistics with Special focus on NLP & MT, organized by Dept. of EFL, Tezpur University, 27th - 29th July, 2016  Attended and presented a paper titled “Morphophonemic changes in Mao” at the 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium (HLS 22), organized by Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, Centre for Linguistics Science & Technology, IIT, Guwahati, 8th -10th June, 2016  Attended and presented a paper titled “Verbal Suffixes of Mao”, at the 37 International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI-37), organized by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), 15th - 17th Oct,2015  Attended the workshop on National Translation Mission, organized by CIIL, Mysore, at Manipur University, from 4th-9th Aug 2014 Widinibou  attended a three-day Workshop on Advanced Academic Program (Linguistics) for North Eastern States, organised by Linguistic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata; ISI North East Centre, Tezpur and Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam from 9-11 March 2017.  Attended a two-day National Workshop on Cognitive Linguistics and Languages of the Northeast, organised by CFEL, Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tezpur University, Assam from 4-5 February 2017.  Attended a Training program on Language documentation and Linguistic tools organized by Scheme for protection and promotion of endangered languages (SPPEL), Central Institute of Indian Languages at North eastern regional centre, CIIL, at Guwahati from 13-17 November, 2016.  Attended and presented a paper titled “Oral Narratives as Documents for the Study of Culture Heritage in Liangmai Society”, in National Seminar on ‘Route to Oral Literature’, Sikkim University collaboration with Sahitya Academi, New Delhi from 19 -20 September 2016.  Attended and presented a paper titled “The Performance of Traditional of Liangmai Naga in North east India”, in International Conference on ‘(Re) envisaging India’s Northeast: Ethnicity, Cultural and Literature’, organized by Department of English, Assam University, Silchar from 08-09 September 2016  Attended and presented a paper titled “Word Formation in Liangmai”, in the ‘22ndInternational Himalayan LanguageSymposium’, IIT Guwahati from 8-10 June 2016.