Verbal Semantics in a Tibeto-Burman Language

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.

Auteur

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.

Résumé
«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

Contenu

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.