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REPORT
OF THE 30th
ALL-INDIA
CONFERENCE AND THE GOLDEN JUBILE CELEBRATIONS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF POST-GRADUATE
TEACHING OF LINGUISTICS
HELD BETWEEN 26-28 Nov. 2008 |
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The Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute (Deccan College,
for short) is one of the oldest institutions of modern learning in
India
. Department of Linguistics, Deccan College Post- Graduate
& Research Institute Pune, completed 50 years of teaching Linguistics at the
Postgraduate level. The Department therefore decided to commemorate this
significant event appropriately by organizing a Golden Jubilee Celebration and the All India
Conference of Linguists ( AICL-30).
The 30th All India Conference and the Golden Jubilee Celebrations
of the commencement of Post-Graduate teaching of Linguistics at the Deccan
College was held at the Department
of Linguistics, Deccan College Post-Graduate & Research Institute from 26-28
November 2008. The Golden Jubilee Celebrations and AICL-30 were organized by Department
of Linguistics,
Deccan College
, Pune (Deemed University),
Linguistic Society of India and Central Institute of Indian Languages,
Mysore
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Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar, Former Director,
C-DAC Pune, inaugurated the Conference. Prof. U.N. Singh, Director, Central Institute
of Indian languages,
Mysore
, delivered the keynote speech. Prof. K. Rangan, President, Linguistic society of
India
delivered the Presidential address and Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, President, Deccan College
Post-Graduate & Research Institute, chaired the inaugural session.
INAUGURAL FUNCTION: (
10.00 a.m.-12.30 p.m.
) Wednesday
The inaugural function was held in the Auditorium,
Main Building
of the
Deccan College
on 26th Nov.2008. The function
started with Saraswati Vandana sung by the students of Department of Linguistics.
Prof. K.S. Nagaraja, Head of the Department of Linguistics welcomed the guests present
in the inaugural function. Prof. V.P. Bhatta, Director of the institute made remarks
about the conference at
Deccan College
and also welcomed the guests. The chief guest of the function, Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar,
inaugurated the conference by lighting the lamp. He also released the Souvenir of
the conference.In his Golden Jubilee Inaugural Speech, he stressed the importance of interface
between human language and computer processing and emphatically argued that this
interface is important for the future of linguistics as a subject in
India
. In this interface between human language and computer processing, linguists can
play an important role.
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After the inaugural speech, Dr. G.B. Deglurkar, President, Deccan College, presented
the Golden Jubilee Mementos to Senior Alumni of the Deccan College such as Dr. Asha
Mundalay ( Pune), Dr. H.C. Patyal ( Pune), Dr. M. Pokhrayal ( Nepal), Dr. Naval
K. Rai ( Nepal), Prof. Nazir A. Dhar ( Kashmir), Prof. Peri Bhaskararao ( Japan),
Prof. Rajesh Sachdeva ( CIIL, Mysore), Prof. B.R.K. Reddy ( Hyderabad).Prof. K. Rangan, President, Linguistic Society of India, delivered his presidential
address on the activities of Linguistic Society of India, its past and its future prospects.Prof.
U.N. Singh, Director, CIIL, Mysore,
in his academic Key note address, talked about the importance of Mother Tongue as
a medium of Instruction especially in secondary and higher secondary level of school
education. He also emphasized that literacy plays a vital role in eradication of
poverty by providing the necessary inputs for knowledge to pursue some vocation,
and stressed the need of linguists in improving the literacy of the masses by providing
the knowledge in mother tongue with
better teaching technology .Prof. K Rangan, felicitated Prof. V.I. Subhramoniam and released the 69th
volume of Indian Linguistics which is a Prof. V.I. Subhramoniam felicitation Volume.Dr. G. B. Deglurkar delivered his chairperson’s remarks and Dr. K. Srinivasacharya,
CIIL,
Mysore
, proposed a vote of thanks. The function ended with the Pasaydana.
A total of 135 linguists from
India
and abroad participated in this Golden jubilee celebrations and AICL-30. A total
of 21 parallel sessions were held. To mark the Golden Jubilee celebrations 4 Plenary
lectures were delivered by the experts in Linguistics. A total list of plenary lectures
and technical sessions are as follows:
PLENARY SESSIONS
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Time
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Topic
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26/11/2008
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4.30 pm-5.30 pm
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Prof. V.N. Jha
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Classical Indian Model of Linguistic Communication
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27/11/2008
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9.30 am -10.30 am
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Prof. B.R.K. Reddy
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Teaching of Linguistics in India over the Last Fifty Years: A Retrospect
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27/11/2008
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4.30 pm-5.30 pm
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Prof. Uma Maheswara Rao
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Lexical Resources for Computational Linguistics
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28/11/2008
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9.30 am-10.30 am
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Prof. Peri Bhaskararao
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An Outline of the Role of Linguistic-Phonetics in Speech Technology
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TECHNICAL SESSIONS
26th NOVEMBER 2008
Time:
2 pm to 4.10 pm
No. of Parallel Sessions:
5
Technical Session 1A: Syntax
| | No. | Name of the Participant | Title of the Paper | | 1 | Tanmoy Bhattacharya & Ruchi Jain | On What is Believed be a Passive in Bundeli | | 2 | Shweta Chandra | Agreement in Magahi Possessive DPs and Small Clauses |
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Technical Session 1B: Sociolinguistics
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Title of the Paper
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Vivek Bhat & Milind Malshe |
Dialect Conundrum- The Case of Marathi and Konkani
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Ajit Kumar Baishya |
Nefamese- The Lingua Franca |
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S.R. Sharma |
Classification of Tibeto-Burman Languages- The State of
Art
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Kalika Mehta |
Some Special Linguistic Features of Jain Shrimalee Speech Variety
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Nazir Ahmad Dhar |
Language Identity in Multilingual Societies- Structuration Approach |
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S. Rajendu |
A Dravidian Linguistic Pre-Historical Exegies with Inter-Cultural Onomastics in
a Model Nedunganad Hamlet Terms Nellaya |
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Suranjana Barua & Tanmoy Bhattacharya |
Good Wife Good Life?
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Technical Session 1C: Morphology
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Title of the Paper |
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Christiane Pilot-Raichoor |
Morphological Singularities of Present Tense Paradigms in Badaga |
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Kailadbou Daimai |
Nominal Classifiers in Liangmai |
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Technical Session 1D: Computational Linguistics
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Renjini Narendranath & Soma Paul |
The Computational Handling of Malayalam Verb Morphology |
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Karuna Nidhi Mishra |
The Role of Computational Grammar in NLP |
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Niladri Shekhar Dash |
Naturalization of English Words into Modern Bengali- A Corpus-Based Empirical Study
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Mina Dan & Debopam Das |
Terminology and Vernacular- A Case of Linguistic Terminology in Bangla |
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Niladri Shekhar Dash, Debasree Ganguly & Devlina Banerjee |
Indirect Utilization of English Corpora in Teaching English to the Bengali Learners
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Archana Thool |
Vak Prodyogiki |
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Manji Bhadra |
Gender Analysis System for Sanskrit NPs |
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Technical Session 1E: Psycholinguistics &
Sign Language
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Title of the Paper
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Deepa Moni Baruah
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Arithmetic Disorder in Assamese Aphasics
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Janhavi Bidnur
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Acquisition of Marathi- A Case Study, with Special Focus on Syntax and Semantics
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Hidam Gaurashyam Singh
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IPSL Incorporation- The Pro Drop Illusion
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A Marykutty
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The Language Performance of a Child with Semantic Pragmatic Disorder- A Linguistic
Study with Special Reference to his Mother Tongue, Malayalam
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27th NOVEMBER 2008
Time:
11 am to 1 pm
No. of Parallel Sessions: 4
Technical Session 2A: Syntax
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Title of the Paper
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A.B.M. Razaul Karim Faquire
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Recognizing Participial Relative Clause in Bangla
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Deepak Kumar
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Tense and Agreement in Angika- An Agree-Based Account |
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Gibu Sabu M
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Is Malayalam Tensed?
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Sanket Kumar Pathak |
Vectors and Mixed Transitivity in Hindi Compound Verbs |
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Technical Session 2B: Phonology
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Name of the Participant
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Radhika Gopalkrishnan
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Second Language Phonology- Investigation of Tamil English
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28 |
Suman Bandopadhyay
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Phonotactics of Schwa (É™) and Hindi Word final Consonants
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29 |
Hukum Chand Patyal
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Some Cases of Metathesis in Indo-Aryan
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30 |
Shubhanan Gangal |
New Concepts of Sound Perception
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Trupti Nisar
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Changing Phonological Patterns of Mumbai’s Gujarati Community |
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Shailendra Shukla |
Phonological Error by Hindi Speakers while Learning Urdu
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Technical Session 2C: Morphology
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Name of the Participant
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Title of the Paper
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33 |
Joyshree Sutradhar
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A Feature-Based Study of Classifier Languages of North
East India
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Hemananda B.P
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Morphophonemics of Numerals in Kannada |
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Chaithra Puttaswamy
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Multi-Verb Constructions in Malto
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Khateeb S. Mustafa |
Urdu Broken Plurals- A Morpho-Semantic Study
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Technical Session 2D: Sanskrit &
Classical Studies
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Name of the Participant
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Title of the Paper
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Rita Bhattacharya
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Madhumati- An Unexplored Manuscript of Mugdhabodha Vyakarana
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38 |
Andrea Drocco
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Some Remarks about the Meanings of the Term Desi in the Context of Ancient Indian
Grammatical Tradition
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Malhar Kulkarni
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The Meaning of the Genitive Case According to the
School of Bhaooamemaasa
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40 |
Avinash Pandey |
On the Terminological Variants of the Notion Sign in Saussurean Thought
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27th NOVEMBER 2008
Time:
2 pm to 4.10 pm
No. of Parallel
Sessions: 5
Technical Session 3A: Sociolinguistics
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41 |
Aditi Ghosh, Bula Bhadra & Mina Dan
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Migration, Multilingual Metropolis and Youth- A Study of Language Use and Attitudes
of a Section of Students of
Calcutta University
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Suchitra Chakraborty
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The Varying forms in English- Grammaticality and Acceptability in the Non-Native
Speaker’s Use of English |
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Sunil Baraik |
Socio-Linguistic Study of Nagpuri- A case Study on the Tribal Weavers of Jharkhand
(Chik Baraik) |
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Pritha Mukhopadhyay |
Code-Mixing and Code-Switching in the Language of the Media |
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Madhavi Sardesai |
Konkani Kinship Terminology
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Sasikumar P.N. |
Language Myth and Reality- Form and Content Study Based on P.R.D.S. Songs
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Technical Session 3B: Scripts
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Sapna Tiwari & Ram Prakash Saxena
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Script Movements in
India
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48 |
U-tain Wongsathit
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The Serial Numerals and Names in Ancient Thai Inscriptions
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N. Nadaraja Pillai |
Contributions of the Tamils to the Writing Systems of some East Asian Countries |
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Wannapat Ruandsup |
The Contribution of Pallava Script in the Development of Ancient Thai Inscriptions
before 8th Century A.D. |
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Dileep V. |
Secret Language of Parayas- A Morphological Study y
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Technical Session 3C: Morphology
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Renuka Ozarkar |
A Note on Complementizers in Marathi
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Abhishek Kushwaha
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Formation of Echo Words in Bhojpuri
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Arvind Singh Negi & Mansha Singh |
Causatives in Kurux |
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Shashibala Singh & Sanjukta Ghosh
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Adverbial Modification and Tense-Aspect Realization |
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Madhav Pokharel |
A Strategic Search for the General Formula of Verb root Derivation in Nepali |
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Rujira Sengnet |
Classifiers in Kinsew |
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Shubhangi Kardile
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Some Morphological Features and Ethnolinguistic Observations of a Variety of Marathi
Spoken by Makadev Kolis in
Maharashtra
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Technical Session 3D: Language Teaching
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Mohammed Ansarul Alam |
Needs of Bangladeshi Foreign Language Learners
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Niladri Shekhar Dash
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Direct Utilization of English Corpora in English Language Teaching
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Hemanga Dutta |
A Critique of C.B.S.E. English Corpora in English Language Teaching |
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M. Balakumar
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Reality Objectives to Assessment Methods W.R.T. Language Courses
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Session 3E: Grammatical Tradition
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Parboty Chakraborty |
Identification of Objective Case (Karmakaraka)
in Sanskrit Grammatical Perspectives- Utility and Problems Involved Therein
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S. Adhikari
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The First Case ending in Various Aspects of Manuscript Sources
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Sumita Chaterjee |
Sanskrit Ablative Case- A Post-Paninian Approach
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Prasad Joshi
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A Glimpse into the One Term Principle in the Astadhyayi
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28th NOVEMBER 2008
Time:
11 am to 1 pm
No.
of Parallel Sessions: 5
Technical Session 4A: Semantics, Pragmatics
& Discourse
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A.R. Fatihi |
Language in Industrial Communication
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Vinay Kumar Jain & Meena Jain
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Power and Solidarity in the Discourse of Shakespeare
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Rajat Ghosh |
Metaphorical Elements Conventionalized in the Lexical Repertoire of Bangla
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Devraj Panda |
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R.N. Aralikatti
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Minor Sentences in Modern Spoken Sanskrit- Some Linguistic Observations based on
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Technical
Session 4B: Language Planning Policy
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Novel K. Rai |
Documentation of Chintang: An endangered Language of Rai Kiranti (Nepal)
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L. Ramamoorthy
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Endangerment of Tribal Languages in Indian Context
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Arun Ghosh |
Promotion of Tribal Languages in Education- Santali- A Case Study
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R.M.W. Rajapaksa & Sudath Senarath |
Ethnic Crisis and Language Panning in
Sri Lanka
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Arup Kumar Nath |
Revitalizing Tiwa Language- The Phenomena of Language Shift and Maintenance
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Technical Session 4C: Sociolinguistics
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Mrunalini Shah |
The Impact of Marathi Language on Gujarati dialect of Pune’s Vishashrimali-108 of
Jain Religion
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Anita Pandey
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Leveraging
India
’s Linguistic Capabilities- A survey of Emerging Research Needs
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Technical Session 4D: Language Teaching
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Jonathan Rider |
Teaching Hindi to Foreigners through Visual Representation
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M. Attar & S.S. Chopra
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Task-Based Language Teaching in
India
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Kunjaban Patel |
Pragmatics and Effective Second Language Teaching
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Dollaporn Phuakkong |
The Introduction of special Education in
Thailand
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P.N. Sinha |
A Comparative Study of Participles in Hindi and German
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Technical Session 4E: Computational Linguistics
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M.V. Bildikar & B.V. Pawar |
Marathi Language Interface to Database
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R.P. Bhavsar & B.V. Pawar
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Human Assisted Hindi and Marathi Machine Translation- A
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Veena Dixit |
Translation and Machine- Word Sense Disambiguation
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Diwakar Mishra, Surjit Kumar Singh & Girish Nath Jha |
Sanskrit Lexicographical Models and their Adaptation for Language Technology
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Anil Thakur & Neha Vashistha |
Disambiguation and Mapping of Hindi hii
onto English
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28th NOVEMBER 2008
Time:
2 pm to 3 pm
No. of Parallel Session: 2
Technical Session 5A: Sociolinguistics
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Payal Dutta Chowdhury |
Advertisements and their Humorous Appeal- A Linguistic Analysis
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Payal Dutta Chowdhury & Sonia Roy
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Language of Bengali Classified- A Mirror of the Present Society
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Gunanidhi Beriha |
Interrogatives in Oriya and English
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Technical Session 5B: Language History
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Payal Dutta Chowdhury |
Significance of Desi Words
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VALEDICTORY SESSION : (
3.00-4.00 p.m.
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The valedictory session of the Golden Jubilee Celebration and AICL-30 started at
3. p.m. on 28th Nov. Prof. V.I. Subhramoniam presided over the function.
Prof. Subhramoniam welcomed the audience and introduced the list of guest speakers.
Prof. Niladri Shekhar Dash and Prof. S.R. Sharma shared their experiences about
the conference with the audience. Finally, Prof. K.S.
Nagaraja proposed the vote of thanks and the function came to a close at
4.00 p.m.
Alumni Meet:
On 25th November, a day before the conference,
Deccan
college past students meet was held at
11.00 a.m.
in Auditorium,
Library Building
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Dr. Asha Mundalay (student of the first batch of M. A. Linguistics) addressed the
meet. Dr. M. Pokharel, Prof. Rajesh Sachdeva, Dr.Vijaya Deo, Dr. Sonal
Kulkarni- Joshi and others addressed the audience, shared their experiences
at the
Deccan
college and also
gave suggestions to improve the M.A. linguistics program at the
Deccan College
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Linguistic
Society of
India Meet:
The executive committee of Linguistic
society of
India
met on 26th Nov. at
6.00 p.m.
in the Department of Linguistics to discuss the activities of society. Prof. K.S.
Nagaraja, Secretary, Linguistic Society of India, presented the annual report.The
general Body meet was held on 27th Nov. at
6.00 p.m.
in the auditorium, main building. The general body passed the resolution that the
new Linguistic Survey of India should be initiated by the Central government at
the earliest
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