M.PHIL. AND PH.D.

RESEARCH AT THECENTRE

M.Phil. Dissertations

Student Title Supervisor Year

Bindu R. Marxist Literary Criticism and Semiotics: An Enquiry into Meaning and Ideology F.D. Manjali 1992
G. Sengupta
Mukesh Kumar Sinha Movement and Chain formation in Hindi 1992
K. Kapoor
Syntactico-Semantic Study of Relative Participle in Malayalam and Language Contact
S.A. Shanavas F.D. Manjali 1992
Situation
Ahom Victor A Grammatical Study of Expressives and Echo formation in Tangkhul Naga A. Abbi 1993
Media Policies and Programmes: in Context of Language Planning and Cultural R.S. Gupta
Bhawani Roy 1994
Representation F.D. Manjali
Girish Nath Jha Morphology of Sanskrit CaseAffixes: A Computational Analysis K. Kapoor 1994

Meenakshi Gupta Acquisition of Fricatives and Affricates in Hindi V. Narang 1994

Pappu Gusain Reflexives in Bagri A. Abbi 1994

Sharbani Bannerjee Complex Predicates in Bangla A. Abbi 1994

Ajit Kumar Naik Semantics of Certainty: The to Particle in Indo-Aryan and Dravidian A. Abbi 1995
Radical Political Collectivity in Modern Indian Art: The Experience of Indian Radical
Jayashankar B. F.D. Manjali 1995
Painters and SculptorsAssociation
Image-Scheme and Metaphor in Linguistic Categorization: A Cognitive Semantic
Mayjee Philip F.D. Manjali 1995
Study of Malayalam
Acquisition of Nouns and Two Nominal inflections, The Possessive and Plural: A
NinaAbraham F.D. Manjali 1995
Cross Latitudinal Study
Rebekkah Adeline
Khasi Colour Terms A. Abbi 1995
Tham
The Phonological Development in Bilingual Children: The Case of Hindi and Punjabi
Tulika Chandra V. Narang 1995
Bilinguals in Delhi
A ComparativeAnalysis of Post-Positions in Kannada and Hindi for Machine
Bhajantri S.Y. A. Abbi 1996
Translation
M. Ramakrishnan Semiotic and Cognitive Study of Folk Narratives of Southern Tamil Nadu F.D. Manjali 1996

Naresh Kumar Morphology of Negation in Hindi-Urdu A. Abbi 1996

Pradeep Kumar Das Agreement in Hindi-Urdu A. Abbi 1996

Suman Kalra Early Speech and Language Development: Two Case Studies V. Narang 1996

Rajnish Kumar Mishra Buddhisat Theory of Meaning and Literary Analysis: An Example Study K. Kapoor 1997
The Concept of Happiness: Cultural Models of The Metaphor of Happiness in Telugu,
B.P. Sridevi A. Abbi 1998
Hindi and English
C. Jeya Selvin Folk Narratives and Cultural Systems in Southern India: A Theoretical Study F.D. Manjali 1998
Reshma Nasreen Dialectal Variation Betw een Upper and Lower AssameseVarieties and Its
R.S. Gupta 1998
Choudhury Sociolinguistic Significance
Sunita Singh Grammaticalization in Hindi A. Abbi 1998

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LamtilaAlinger The Semiotic Universe of Naga Folk Tales H.S. Gill 1999
Patterns of Morphological Impairment in Hindi Speaking Aphasics: A Neurolinguistics
Nishant Kumar Ranjan V. Narang 1999
Study
P. Sunil Menon Language Shift, Maintenance and Obsolescence: Bangani, A Case Study R.S. Gupta 1999

Rajesh Chandra A Semiotic Reading of `The German Ideology of Karl Marx H.S. Gill 1999

Rinky Priyamvada TheAbsurdity of Reason A Semiotic Study of Franz Kafkas TheTrial H.S. Gill 1999
R.S. Gupta
S. Mahalakshmi Code Switching and Code Mixing: A Study of Tamil-English Bilinguals 1999
A. Kidwai
Wisdom of The Grammarian: Theories of Language and Thought in Vakyapadiya of
Shruti Pant Bhartrhari; A Critical Study of The BrahmakandaWith Reference to The Use of K. Kapoor 1999
Philosophical Categories in The Philosophy of Grammar
Ch. Caleb Mpamei A Phonetic Study of Rongmei V. Narang 2000

Darishisha Rynjah Development of Khasi asA Literary Language R.S. Gupta 2000

Harpal Singh Tones in Panjabi: A Study in The Framework of Sanskrit Pitch Levels K. Kapoor 2000

Liza Joseph Clefts In Malayalam A. Kidwai 2000

Patterns of Morphological Impairment in Hindi Speaking Aphasics: A Neurolinguistic
Nishant Kumar Ranjan V. Narang 2000
Study
Pritha Chandra Dative Subjects In Hindi: A Minimalist Study A. Kidwai 2000

Priyanka Bhattacharya Classifiers In Bangla: A Minimalist Account A. Kidwai 2000

Rachna Sinha The Extended Projection Principle In Universal Grammar: Expletives In Hindi A. Kidwai 2000
A. Abbi
Shailendra Mohan Morpho-Semantic Study of Echo-Words in Hindi: Case of Speech Act Phenomena 2000
R.S. Gupta
R.S. Gupta
Shantanu Ghosh English in TheClassroom: An Empirical Study of The Middle School Level 2000
S.K. Sareen
The Early Speech and Language Development in Hindi-Punjabi Bilingual Children in
Shashwati Saumya V. Narang 2000
Delhi Across Sectional Study in Paedalinguistics
Speaking In Two Tongues: The Status Of The HindiEnglish Mixed Code In Radio 2000
Soheli Kar A. Kidwai
Programming
Aarti Venkataraman Positional Focus In Tamil A. Kidwai 2001

Ashish Mehta Definiteness, Specificity, And Genericity In Gujarati A. Kidwai 2001

Choi Myong Teaching Hindi to Koreans: Second Person Pronouns and Their Usage V. Narang 2001
Speech and Language Material for Slow Learners (A Study in Speech and Languages
Brajesh Priyadarshi V. Narang 2002
Delay)
Chandan Kumar Speech Sounds inAndamanese: A Descriptive Study V. Narang 2002

Keshari Nandan Speaker Identification: Case of Sadri Speakers in Jharkhand State V. Narang 2002

Pallavi Goswami 'Standard Assamese': A Socio- historical investigation R.S. Gupta 2002

Pramod Kumar FeatureSpread and Nasal in Hindi A. Abbi 2002

Susan Mathew Formatting Linguistic Profiles of Dyslexic Children: Case Studies in Delhi V. Narang 2002

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Susan Mathew Formatting Linguistic Profiles of Dyslexic Children: Case Studies in Delhi V. Narang 2002

Aditya Prakash Language Maintenance and Shift: A Sociolinguistics Study of Kumauni R.S. Gupta 2003

Arti Kumari Grammatical Sketch of Bajjika A. Abbi 2003

Bidisha Som Spatial Deixis in The Languages of Jharkhand A. Abbi 2003

Cherry Brahma Core Lexicon of Bodo: A Bilingual Dictionary of Bodo-English V. Narang 2003
Linguistic Profile of Dyslexic Children: With Reference to Word Recognition and
Kim Grace Haokip V. Narang 2003
Retrieval Abilities
Lourdes Joavani J. An Analysis of The Figural Mode in TheTamil Epic Manimekhalai K. Kapoor 2003

Richa Possessive ReflexivesAnd Pronominals In HindiUrdu And Indian Sign Language. A. Kidwai 2003

Rosmin Mathew Double Objects In Malayalam: A Minimalist Analysis A. Kidwai 2003

Samar Sinha A Skeletal Grammar Of Indian Sign Language A. Kidwai 2003

Reading Skills and Strategies: A Study of Undergraduate Speakers of Tamil Learning
Suresh P. V. Narang 2003
English at Salem
Tulsidas Majhi Propositional Structure of OriyaVerb: A Paninian KarakaAnalysis K. Kapoor 2003

Chinar Dara Core Lexicon of Bodo: A Bilingual Dictionary of Bodo-English V. Narang 2004

Deepti Kumar Autism: The Critical Background and Language Problems of TheAutistic V. Narang 2004
A Comparative Study of Learner's Errors in Case of Magahi Speakers Learning
Mamta V. Narang 2004
English in Public and Government Schools in Munger
Richa Possessive Reflexives and Pronominals in HindiUrdu and Indian Sign Language. A. Kidwai 2004

Rosmin Mathew Double Objects in Malayalam: A Minimalist Analysis. A. Kidwai 2004

Samar Sinha A Skeletal Grammar of Indian Sign Language. A. Kidwai 2004

Sign Linguistics and Language Education for The Deaf: A Study of Residential and
Melissa G. Wallang V. Narang 2005
Day Schools for The Deaf Students in Shillong
NeerjaYadav Coordination in Khasi, Santhali and Kharia: A Typological Study A. Abbi 2005

Yankee Modi Emergence and Impact of Hindi as Li nguaFranca in Arunachal Pradesh P.K.S. Pandey 2005

Anindita Chatterjee Gendered Spaces: A Study Of The Narratives In The Lakshmi Puja A. Kidwai 2006
Number Recognition Deficit and Arithmetical Disorder in Cases of Neurological
Deepa Moni Boruah V. Narang 2006
Impairments
Lienjang Zeite A Phonological Sketch of Koren P.K.S. Pandey 2006

Manmee Bhattacharya Variability of Classifiers in Assamese P.K.S. Pandey 2006

A Study of Errors of Spellings in Dyslexic Children Learning Hindi and English at the
Moushimi Kalita V. Narang 2006
SameTime: Some Case Studies from Public School of Delhi
Assamese NativeAccent and English Accent as Spoken By Assamese Speakers-A
Priti Rekha Gogoi V. Narang 2006
Comparative Study
A Study of Learners Errors in Case of Hindi Speakers Learning English in School of
Ram Naresh Mahto V. Narang 2006
Delhi.

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Abhishek Avtans Deictic Categories in Great Andamanese A. Abbi 2007

Anindita Chatterjee Gendered Spaces: A Study of The Narratives in The Lakshmi Puja A. Kidwai 2007

Lisa Lomdak Grammar of Tani Language of Arunachal Pradesh A. Abbi 2007

Narayan Kumar Developing A Computational Framework for TheVerb Morphology of Great
A. Abbi 2007
Choudhary Andamanese
Abdulkhaleq Q.A.
Arabic Speakers Learning English asA foreign Language: A Study in EA V. Narang 2008
Hassan
Ahmed Babiker Ali Mother tongueinterference in Second Language Learning: A Case of Sudanese
V. Narang 2008
Babiker Learners of English at School
M.G. Lalith Ananda The Cleft Construction in Sinhala A. Kidwai 2008

Aparna Mukherjee Evidentiality: The Case of Bangla Naki A. Kidwai 2009

An Acoustic Study of Vowels of English in ESL and EFL Speech: Case of Arabic
Asher Raja Jesudoss V. Narang 2009
Speakers Learning English in Delhi (ESL) and Those Learning English in Cairo (EFL)
Asmita Laskar Language Loss and Retrieval in Assamese-English Bilingual Aphasics V. Narang 2009
formant Structures of Hindi and Punjabi Vowels: A Study in Comparing Acoustic
Deep Shikha Mishra V. Narang 2009
Space
Gibu Sabu M. A Syntactico-Semantic Analysis of Malayalam Explicator Compound Verbs A. Kidwai 2009

Gopal Ram Acoustic Description of Bagri Vowels V. Narang 2009

Redefining TheAcoustic Space: A Spectrographic Analysis of TheVowels /A/, /I/, /U/
Manali Das V. Narang 2009
in TheAssamese (Second Language) of Bangla Speakers in Assam
Mukesh Kumar Mood in Business English P.K.S. Pandey 2009
Radhika
Second Language Phonology: investigating Tamil English P.K.S. Pandey 2009
Gopalakrishnan
Smita Joseph Sex Vs. Gender: Biology, Society and Language A. Kidwai 2009

Swati Priya Word Retrieval and Word-Finding Defi cit in Six Cases of Dementia V. Narang 2009

Ajantha Kumar K.S. Politics and Poetics of Representation: A Semi otic Analysis of toms Political Cartoon F.D. Manjali 2010

Kepor Mara interactive Dictionary of Tagin A. Abbi 2010

Mayank Comparative Lexicon of Great Andamanese Language A. Abbi 2010

MonglaYaden Phonetic and Phonological Description of tones in Chungli-Ao-Naga V. Narang 2010

LanguagePolitics in India: An Empirical Study of Census Reports On Declining
Neha Mishra A. Abbi 2010
Languages
Loss of Voiceless Bilabial Aspirate in Delhi-Hindi: A Phenomenon of Language
Pooja Chaudhary M. A. Abbi 2010
Contact
Process of Convergence: A Comparative Case Study of The Languages of Kudumbis
Resmi Prakash A. Abbi 2010
and Konkanis of Kerala
Acoustic Description of VowelsWith Specific Reference to Hindi as Spoken in and
Ritu Yadav V. Narang 2010
Around Delhi

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Ph.D. Theses

Student Title Supervisor Year

K.N. Thakur Assamese Phonology C.J. Daswani 1979

P.C. Thoudam A Grammatical Sketch of Meiteiron C.J. Daswani 1980

Shubha Choudhury Theories of Grammaticality and Acceptability C.J. Daswani 1980

Veena Malhotra The Structureof Kharia: A Study of Linguistic Typology and Language Change A. Abbi 1982

C.V. Bhuvaneshwari Bilingual Behaviour of the Naikan Community in Kerala A. Abbi 1984

Kapil Kapoor Semantic Structure of theVerb: A Propositional Analysis K.J. Mahale 1984
K. Kapoor
Communicative Grammar of Hindi: with Special reference to Time, Tense and Aspect
Vaishna Narang R.N. 1984
in Hindi
Srivastava
C.Y. Singh Some Syntactic Aspects of Meithei A. Abbi 1985
A. Abbi, Bh.
Devi Gopalkrishnan Verb Sequences in Malayalam 1985
Krishnamurti
Franson D. Manjali Elements of Spatial and Temporal Relations: A Semantic Study of Malayalam A. Abbi 1986

Imtiaz Hasnain Standardization and Modernization of Languages: A Case Study of North Indian Urdu
A. Abbi 1986
Bassam Abdul Razzak ESP: Techniques and Problems (with special reference to the teaching of English to R.S. Gupta
1988
Al-Hasso Medical Students in Iraq) H.C. Narang
Abdul Latif Dabbagh A Semantic Analysis of Epic of Gilgamesh H.S. Gill 1989

Ananthy Ranjitha Writing Non-Literary Language in the Indian Context: With special reference to Kurux
R.S. Gupta 1989
Word formation in Kurux (Oraon) A Study of Linguistic Typology and Language
Awadesh Kr. Mishra A. Abbi 1989
Change
The Sociology of Bi-/Multilingualism: A Case-Study of the Ethnic Tamil R.S. Gupta
Casimir Ignatius 1989
BiMultilinguials in Delhi K. Kapoor
Hemanta Kr. Joshi Tense, Aspect and Mood in French and Hindi K. Kapoor 1989

M. Khurelbat Word formations in Mongolian Language A. Abbi 1989

Madan Gopal Singh History of Signification: A Semi ological Study of Indian Cinema H.S. Gill 1989

S.C. Sood Effect of DiscourseAwareness on Reading Ability R.S. Gupta 1989

S.K. Sareen Cultural Evaluation of English Pedagogical Texts K. Kapoor 1989

C. Devaki Reddy Language Variation in Telugu: A Sociolinguistic Study V. Narang 1993

Ayesha Kidwai Binding and FreeWord Order Phenomena in Hindi and Urdu A. Abbi 1995
Language in the Plurilingual Context of Imphal: A Multidimensional and Empirical
Kailash Agarwal Gupta
R.S. 1995
Perspective
Discourse of interpersonal Communication Behaviour in Japan: A Semiotic Analysis
MahuaRawat H.S. Gill 1995
of Sociological Texts
The Unmasking A Semiotic Analysis of Eugene O NeilsTrilogy, Mourning
SabinaV. Pillai H.S. Gill 1995
Becomes Electra

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 The Unmasking A Semiotic Analysis of Eugene O NeilsTrilogy, Mourning
SabinaV. Pillai H.S. Gill 1995
Becomes Electra
K. Kapoor
Seema Khanwalkar Language and Structure in Konkani Folk Narratives 1995
F.D. Manjali
G. Ravichandran Cultural Background of Indian Advertising: A Semiotic Analysis of Tamil and English H.S. Gill 1996

S. A. Shanavas Structure of a Computational Lexicon of Malayalam K. Kapoor 1997

Ahum Victor Tangkhul-Naga Grammar: A Study of Word formation A. Abbi 1998

A Semiotic Study of `Fishing in Hemingways The Old Man and the Seaand Some
Chandana Dutta H.S. Gill 1998
Short Stories
Expatriation, Exile and Rootlessness: A Semiological Study of the Cinema of Ritwik
Diamond Oberoi Vahali H.S. Gill 1998
Ghatak
Designing a Lexical Semantic Component for English-Hindi Machine Translation in K. Kapoor
Girish Nath Jha 1998
the Domain of Share-Market G. V. Singh
Semiotics of the Sun and theMoon An Anthropological and Existential Critique of
Kumool Abbi H.S. Gill 1998
Krishna Sobtis Zindaginama.
Ng. Shanti Kumar
The Phonetic Properties of the Speech Sounds of Meiteilon V. Narang 1998
Meetei
Conceptual Structures in Tamil Folktales: With Special References to Nellai
T. Dharmaraj H.S. Gill 1998
Katapomman and V.O. Chidambaranar Districts
Biswamohan Pradhan Semiolinguistic Analysis of E.E. Cummings Poetic Discourse K. Kapoor 1999
An investigation into The Reading Problems of Second Language Learners of English
Paul Chepkuto Kiprop S.K. Sareen 1999
in Baringo District Secondary Schools: Kenya
Bakil Ali Ahmed Reading Skills and Strategies: A Study of Undergraduate Speakers of Arabic Learning
V. Narang 2001
Alwalls English at Sana University
Bijoy Bhushan Das Teaching of English in Bangladesh: Evaluation Of Higher Secondary Pedagogy R.S. Gupta 2001
Conceptualization and Configuration of Body, Emotion and Knowledge in Narrative
M. Ramakrishnan F.D. Manjali 2002
Discourses with Special Reference to Tamil Ballads
Learning of English by Koreans: Cross-Sectional Study of Learner Language in
Mi Yang Lee Cha V. Narang 2002
EFL/ESL Situations
Transformation of Language: BibleTranslati ons and Shifts in Literary Practices in
C. Jeya Selvin F.D. Manjali 2003
Tamil Language during 18th and 19th Centuries
Mohammad Reza Developing a model for ESP: Teaching of English to Students of Engineering in
V. Narang 2003
Shamsaddini Booshehr University, Iran
Uday Kumar Hindi in India: A Socio-historical investigation R.S. Gupta 2003

Phramaha Ranavi Papol Typological Study of Causative Constructions in Thai and Pali A. Abbi 2004

Pradeep Kumar Das Grammatical Agreement in Hindi-Urdu and its Major Varieties A. Abbi 2004
Tribal Identity and Acceptance of Hindi: A Sociolinguistic Study of Tribals in
Shailendra Mohan A. Abbi 2004
Jharkhand
On the Mental Representation of inflectional Morphology: A Neurolinguistic Study of
Nishant Kumar Ranjan A. Abbi 2005
Hindi Speaking Aphasics
Teaching English Writing Skills to the Speakers of Arabic Pursuing a Bachelor's
Abdullhafeed S.
Degree in Education: A Study in EFL Teaching English Writing Skills to the Speakers V. Narang 2006
Modhish
of Arabic Pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Education: A Study in EFL
Bidisha Som A Lexico-semantic Study of theGreat Andamanese: A Thematic Approach A. Abbi 2006

Lal Bahadur Rapacha A Descriptive Grammar of Kiranti-Koits A. Abbi 2006

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 Cognition, Concept formation and Language Learning: A Proposal integrated model
Shantanu Ghosh R.S. Gupta 2006
for TESL curriculum design in the Indian Context
Suresh P. A Study of the errors of Undergraduate Speakers of Tamil Learning English at Salem V. Narang 2006

Chandan Kumar Syllabus Design for Remedial English Programme in Indian University V. Narang 2007
S.K. Sareen
Lourdes Joavani J. Reason and Faith: A Study of Representative Nineteenth Century British Poems 2007
K. Kapoor
Language loyalty, Maintenance and Shift: A Case Study of Kumauni Language
Aditya Prakash P.K.S. Pandey 2008
Spoken in Delhi
AinuraAsamidinova Knowledge Base for Russian-English MachineTranslation Divergences P.K.S. Pandey 2008
Rethinking Metaphor: A Philosophical and Linguistic inquiry into the interplay of F.D. Manjali
Shan Wenbo 2008
Literal and Non-literal Meanings S. Mitra
David Ogoti Ongarora Bantu Morphosyntax: A Study of Ekegusii A. Kidwai 2009
Unaccusativity, Unergativity and the CausativeAlternation in Hindi: A Minimalist
Richa A. Kidwai 2009
Analysis
Tulika Chandra Teaching English to Undergraduates of Mass Communication: ESP-MC V. Narang 2009
Abdulkhaleq Q.A. Word Order and Concord in theWritten Compositions of Yemeni EFL Learners: A
V. Narang 2010
Hassan Study in EA
The Biological Basis of Phonological Processing: A ConstraintBased Neural-
Amrita Basu P.K.S. Pandey 2010
CognitiveAnalysis of Phonetic-to-Phonological Mapping of Syllable Structure
Lexico Semantic Study of Tiwa and Deori: Two Endangered Languages of theTibeto-
Arup Nath A. Abbi 2010
Burman Family
V. Narang
Bhagwanti Jadwani Continuity of Theme in the Language of Schizophrenics 2010
S. Mittal
Dipima Burgohain A Descriptive Grammar of Tai Ahom A. Abbi 2010
Varalakshmi
Role of input-Processing in Second LanguageAssociation V. Narang 2010
Chaudhary

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