22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium June 8-10, 2016 Day 1: June 8, 2016 09.00-09.03 Opening Remarks Prof. Sukumar Nandi, Head, CLST, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 09.03-09.10 Welcome Address Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia, Head, HSS, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 09.10-09.20 Chief Guest's Address Prof. Gautam Barua, Director, Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati 09.20-09.25 Director’s Address Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 09.25-09.30 Vote of thanks Dr. Bidisha Som, Dept. of HSS, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 09.30-09.55: Tea 09.55-10.00 Announcement of HLS 23 10.00-11.00 Speaker: Prof. George van Driem, University of Bern Keynote: The Eastern Himalayan Corridor in Prehistory Chair: Prof. Gautam Barua, Director, IIIT Guwahati HALL 1: Phonetics & Phonology HALL 2: Panel on Syntax of NE Languages Hall 3: Panel on Language and Politics Chair: Priyankoo Sarmah Coordinator: Tanmoy Bhattacharya Coordinator: Mithilesh K Jha 11.10-11.30 A1: Temsunungsang T B1: Lalit Rajkumar C1: Madhumita Sengupta Tonal correspondences in the Ao Verbal Recursion in Meiteilon Christian Missionaries and the Conversion of languages of Nagaland Language in Nineteenth-century Assam 11.30-11.50 A2: Kalyan Das B2: Alfina Khaidem C2: Trisha Wangno Tone and Intonation in Boro Syntactic Variation in Meeteilon: An Language Policy and Arunachal Pradesh Exoskeletal approach 11.50-12.10 A3: Jeremy Perkins & Seunghun Lee and B3: Gaurashyam Singh Hidam C3: Sayantani Pathak Julian Villegas Space and Tense Entanglement: Evidences Dhimal- A Lesser Known Himalayan Language: Cry The Roles of Phonation and F0 in from Meeteilon for Linguistic Identity; Preliminary Observation of the Wuming Zhuang Tone Present Linguistic Scenario in North Bengal 12.10-12.30 A4: Sahiinii Lemaina Veikho & Marina B4: Tanmoy Bhattacharya & Gourshaym C4: Hemchandra Nameirakpam Laltlinzo Infimate Hidam Understanding the “Authentic” Manipuri Script: A Hmar sound system: An Acoustic study C-Transitivity in Meiteilon Discourse on Language and Politics in the State 12.30-12.50 A5: Wendy Lalhminghlui B5: Sanatombi Devi C5: Anderson Glashan A Preliminary Acoustic Study of Mizo Scrambling in the Context of Topic and The Influence of Language Policy on the Kalimpong Diphthongs Focus in Meeteilon and Darjeeling Districts 12.50-13.10 A6: Pamir Gogoi & Luke Horo B6: H Surmangol Sharma Acoustic Analysis of Rhythm in Khasi and Emergence of Disyllabic Verb Stems in Assam Sora Manipuri (Meeteilon/Meiteilon/Meithei) 13.10-14.30: Lunch HALL 1: Phonetics & Phonology HALL 2: Panel on Syntax of NE Languages HALL 3: Panel on Language and Politics Chair: T Temsunungsang Coordinator: Tanmoy Bhattacharya Chair: Arupjyoti Saikia 14.30-14.50 A7: Bipasha Patgiri B7: Diganta Kumar Nath C6: Kalsang Yangzom Coronal Underspecification: Evidence The Conjunctive Participles in Assamese Language and Identity in the Tibetan Diaspora From Coronal Geminates in Nalbaria Assamese 14.50-15.10 A8: Sagar Gupta B8: Chandrika Baruah C7: Michael Morgan Phonological Processes in Barak Valley Morphosyntactic Variation in in Kamrupi Politics of Language Status and Status of Language Meitei and Lotha: A Comparative Study and Eastern Assamese Politics: Discourse and practices in two South Asian Signing Communities 15.10-15.30 A9: Ruth Rymbai B9: Atreyee Sharma & Tanmoy C8: Mithilesh Kumar Jha Phonological Structure of Mnar Bhattacharya British Rule and the Classifications of Indian Primacy of Case in Centre-Embedding Languages: Debates over Classical vs Vernacular and Constructions in Assamese and Bangla Oral vs Written 15.30-15.50 A10: Ojaswee Bhalla B10: Gautam K Borah & Trisha Borgohain C9: Jyotirmoy Talukdar Syllable Structure in Tinkarlo Nominalization in Tai-Khamti Suddenly Archaic: Standardization and the Practices of Writing 15.50-16.10 A11: Reena Ashem B11: Krishna Hazarika An account of Optimal Paradigm in Bundle Features of Nouns in Assamese: Meiteilon Some Observations 16.10-16.30 A12: Leena Dihingia, Pamir Gogoi & B12: Prafulla Basumatary Priyankoo Sarmah Complex Verbal Constructions in Bodo Correlates Of Rhythm And Speaking Rates In Varieties Of Assamese 16.30-18.00: Poster Session A & Tea P1: Bishnu Bhujel A Script Grammar of Bhujel P2: Nupur Sinha Noun Phrases in Koro P3: Marykim Haokip & Hemminlal Haokip Adjectives in Thadou P4: Monali Longmailai Causative Construction in Dimasa P5: Khaidem Dutta Singh Compounding In Kharam P6: Y. Arunima Singha & Anil Kumar Singha Gender in Reang P7: Bihung Brahma Honorific Pronouns in Bodo P8: Rujab Muchahary Process of pluralisation in Bodo language P9: Deepshikha Das Barnagariya: A Distinct Variety? P10: Kishor Dutta & Himadri Sharma Adverbs and Adverbials in Assamese P11: Nirmal Niroula Cross-categorial Agreement in Darjeelinge Nepali P12: Atanu Saha & Sayani Banerjee Deictic Categories in Tibetan P13: Samar Sinha & Suman Rai Features and Domains of Agreement in Thulung P14: Bhim Sapkota Middle-field Negation in Nepali P15: Bristi Saikia Nominalization In Nepali Language: From Cognitive Grammar P16: Christina Kharlukhi & Gordan Dkhar Ethno-Linguistics Vitality of Pnar Point Of View and Biate: A comparative study P17: Reena Rai Phi-feature in Kulung P18: Mimi K Ezung Complementizers in Tenyidie P19: Gamidalah War The Syntax of Agreement in Pnar: A Parametric Approach P20: Indresh Thakur & Dev Narayan Yadav Coordinate Clauses in Maithili Day 2: June 9, 2016 HALL 1: Panel on Migration Patterns HALL 2: Morphosyntax HALL 3: Language Family Coordinator: Manjil Hazarika Chair: Samar Sinha Chair: Atanu Saha Chair: George van Driem 09.00-09.20 A13: Tilok Thakuria, Tiatoshi Jamir & B13: Selin Grollmann & Pascal Gerber C10: Pramod Kumar Milan Chauley Lhokpu morphology: a first functional and Linguistic categorization in Jarawa Understanding early population comparative account movements in Northeast India: Perspectives from archaeology and oral tradition on the Stone Jars of North Cachar Hills, Dima Hasao, Assam 09.20-09.40 A14: Anungla Aier B14: Tara Mani Rai C11: Virginia Dawson The telling of origin myth and ancient Affixation in Koyee: Typological Sketch Tense and aspect marking in Tiwa migration among the Nagas 09.40-10.00 A15: Raktim Patar B15: Madhumita Barbora C12: Andrew Hsiu Tracing the Tiwa Migration Route: An Case Markers in Bugun The classification of Cosao, a Lolo-Burmese language Ethnohistorical Approach of China and Laos 10.00-10.20 A16: Parth Chauhan B16: Keerthana Gopinathan C13: Bidisha Buragohain The sub-Himalayan region in prehistory: Conceptualization of space, time and Contact situation in North East: Tai Languages in barrier or corridor for hominin numbers examined through case markers India dispersals? in Malayalam 10.20-10.40 A17: Potshangbam Binodini Devi B17: Rebeka Borang C14: Razaul Karim Faquire The History of Origin and Migration of Blending in Adi Language Effects of Language Contact as to the Liangmai Tribe: A Comparative study Some Tibeto-Burman Languages Spoken in Bangladesh 10.40-11.00 A18: Malsawmliana B18: Khumujam Dhiren Singha C15: Gordon Deans Dkhar Migration pattern of various Mizo clans Word Order in Dimasa Sociolinguistic Implication of Code mixing and Code in Mizoram Switching in Shillong 11.00-11.30: Tea HALL 1: Panel on Migration Patterns HALL 2: Morphosyntax HALL 3: Semantics Coodinator: Manjil Hazarika Chair: Madhumita Barbora Chair: Gautam Borah 11.30-11.50 A19: Uttam Bathari B19: Kailadbou Daimai C16: Krishna Boro Reviewing Advent of Wet Rice The nature of Complex Predicates in Scalar Additive in Boro: Presupposition, scale and Agriculture in Assam through Liangmai entailment Multidisciplinary Lens 11.50-12.10 A20: Sukanya Sharma B20: Marykim Haokip & Widinibou C17: Tanima Bagchi & Ajay Sarvaiya The Bifaces of the Ganol- Rongram Valley Charengna Idioms in Bangla- A Cognitive Semantic Analysis Word Formation in Liangmai 12.10-12.30 A21: Marco Mitri B21: Yantsubeni Ngullie C18: Sugandha Kaur Neolithic cultural materials from Khasi Morphological Causatives in Lotha The Role of Semantic Context, Cognate Status, Age of Hills of Central Meghalaya Plateau Acquisition and Proficiency in Bilingual Word Translation: Evidence from Bodo−Assamese Bilinguals 12.30-12.50 A22: Aokumla Walling B22: Marina Laltlinzo Infimate C19: Dan Raj Regmi & Ambika Regmi Banjara Corroborating Oral tradition, Literary Causative Construction in Hmar Participant Referencing In Bhujel And Magar Kaike: A text and Archaeology in Reconstructing Typological Perspective the Naga Ahom Relationship 12.50-13.10 A23: R Chumbeno Ngullie B23: Ngaineiting Baite C20: Mouchumi Handique Indigenous prayers of the Lotha tribe of Demonstratives, and its Pathways of An Assamese-Assamese-English Dictionaryː From Nagaland Grammaticalization conception to implementation 13.10-13.30 13.30-14.30: Lunch Conference Outing Day 3: June 10, 2016 HALL 1: Syntax HALL 2: Language Technology Chair: Dan Raj Regmi Chair: S Ranbir Singh 09.30-09.50 A24: Shrijana Chhetri B24: Niladri Sekhar Dash Postposition in Nepali Designing Some Corpus Access Tools (CATs) to Traverse the Linguistic Terrains of the Bangla Text Corpus 09.50-10.10 A25: Juha Yliniemi B25: Niladri Sekhar Dash & Arpita Arpita Chakraborty Denjongke reportative marker: typical and surprising features Digital Pronunciation Dictionary in Bangla for Computer Assisted Language Teaching, E-Learning and Speech Technology 10.10-10.30 A26: Wanglit Mongchan B26: Ayushi Pandey, Brij Mohal Lal Srivastava, Sai Krishna Rallabandi & Interrogative in Hawa Nokte Suryakanth Gangashetty Predicting