Verbal Semantics in a Tibeto-Burman Language: The Bodo Verb

ISBN-13: 9781787073395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 274 str.

Prafulla Basumatary

Opis

The aim of this book is to provide a comprehensive description of the verbal system of Bodo, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India, particularly Assam. The book provides a thorough description of the Bodo verb that will be comprehensive enough to be of use to Tibeto-Burmanists, language typologists and those teaching the language.

Recenzje

«Basumatary's detailed analysis and exposition of the verbal system of Bodo is a milestone in Tibeto-Burman linguistics. We have no comparable study for any Tibeto-Burman language of India. This is a major contribution to comparative Tibeto-Burman and should serve as a model for scholars describing other languages.» - Scott DeLancey, Professor of Linguistics, University of Oregon

Spis treści

CONTENTS: Language and People - Literature Review - The Verb Root - The Verb Stem - Verbal Inflections - Complex Verbal Constructions - Clausal Constructions - Pedagogy and the Bodo Verb - Concluding Statement.

O autorze

Prafulla Basumatary is a linguist who was awarded his PhD in 2015 from Gauhati University, Assam, India. He won the University Grants Commission - Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship Award for his doctoral research during 2008-2013. He has carried out extensive fieldwork for the documentation and archiving of Bodo, of which he is a native speaker. Currently he is a guest faculty member in the Department of Linguistics, Gauhati University, with specializations in multilingual education, linguistic field methods, and training in linguistic software.