Senior Professor
| Date of Birth : | 01/01/1963 |
| Contact Numbers : | +91 9436134176 / 3812203795 |
| E-mails : | shyamaldas[at]tripurauniv.ac.in , das_shyam232[at]rediffmail.com |
| Qualifications : | M,A,, PGDTE, M.Phil, Ph.D. |
| Topics Taught : | Topics in Literature, Linguistics, Phonetics and ELT |
Publications (year wise) :
| Sl No. | Title of the paper | Name of the Journal with Volume, Pages and Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consonant Deletion Rules in the Noakhali dialect of Bangla: their lexical status and mode of application” | Phases and Interfaces of Morphology CIEFL (EFL-U), Hyderabad, 1998. |
| 2 | Phonology of *NC effects in Malayalam: an Optimality Theoretic Investigation | CIFEL Bulletin, Vol.10. No.2, 2000 |
| 3 | Some Aspects of Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla & Tripura Bangla English (also an e-book). | Rutgers (University) Optimality Archive (ROA) 493. 2002 |
| 4 | Feature Checking, Case & Word Order. A Minimalist Study of the Bangla Case System | PILC Journal of Dravidic Studies Pondichery (2001/6).Vol. 11: 1.11:2 |
| 5 | Phonology of NC effects in Malayalam | Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages, Josef Bayer et al John Benjamins (NL) 217-236. 2007 |
| 6 | Script for Kokborok: some relevant deliberations | Proceedings of the National Seminar on Kokborok Script with Special Reference to its Tonal Representation, Agartala, 2006 |
| 7 | Is there any poetry in the class? | Mingled Voices: Literature and Philosophy, TU. 2006-7 |
| 8 | Metrical Phonology and Tripura Bangla status and mode of application” | Kreative Mind, Kolkata. 2007 |
| 9 | Essays in Linguistics: studies in Phonology, Syntax, and Sociolinguistics | Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi 2009 |
| 10 | Essays in Linguistics II: Syntax, Phonology and Morphology. | Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi. 2010 |
Seminar/Conference/Workshop/Refresher/Orientations etc. Participated:
| 1 | Refresher Course at CIEFL, Shillong | 17th Nov. to 7th Dec. 2001 | |
| 2 | Refresher Course at Assam University, Silchar | 15th Feb. to 7th March, 2002 | |
| 3 | UGC/CEC Capacity Building Program on Multimedia and e-Content Development | Nov. 27-Dec.16, 2006, New Delhi. | |
| 4 | Short Intensive Course in Functional Grammar conducted by Prof. William Greaves | August 02-11, 1995 CIEFL (EFL-U), Hyderabad | |
| 5 | Introductory Course in Computer for word processing | Oct. 9-24, 1995. CIEFL (EFL-U), Hyderabad. | |
| 6 | International Seminar on Morphology (ISM) | July 10-11, 1996, CIEFL (EFL-U), Hyderabad | “Consonant deletion in Noakhali dialect Bangla: Rules and their applications |
| 7 | Generative Linguistics in the Old World GLOW: Colloquium and Workshop | Jan. 20-23, 1998, CIEFL (EFL-U), Hyderabad. | |
| 8 | Resource person at UGC Workshop on Linguistics, Phonetics and Communicative English | August 09-21, 1999, MBB College, Agaratala | |
| 9 | International Conference on Stress and Rhythm | Dec. 13-15, 2000, CIEFL(EFL-U), Hyerabad | “Demotion of Rhythmicity in two dialects of Bangla |
| 10 | International Conference on Architecture of Grammar, | January 15-17, 2002, CIEFL (EFL-U), Hyderabad | “Redefining Lapse” |
| 11 | 25th All India Conference of Linguists, | Nov. 26-28, 2002. CU, Kolkata | “Positional faithfulness and an OT account of Resisted Neutralization in the vowel inventory of Tripura Bangla” |
| 12 | Orientation Program for Academic Counselors, | April 6-7, 2005. IGNOU Regional Center, Shillong | |
| 13 | ICHR National Seminar on Tribes, Peasants and Modern Identity in NE India c 1800-2000AD | April 5-7, 2006 Tripura University | “Politics of marginalization: a study in the light of freedom of speech and expression” |
| 14 | Natinal seminar on Development of Tribal Languages: Sharing of Experiences, | May 27-28, 2006, Agartala. | “Language Development and Script: the issue of Kokborok” |
| 15 | NLSI summer school | May 28 to June 2007. CIIL, Mysore. | |
| 16 | UGC National seminar on Quality on Higher Education, | March 25-26, 2008, BBM College, Agartala. | “Quality in Higher Education: an appeal for self-respect and self-appraisal” |
| 17 | Workshop and National seminar on Translation: Lending Audibility/ Bridging the Gap’ | Feb. 16-18, 2009 | “Teaching English to Bilingual students of Tripura” |
| 18 | International Congress of Bengal Studies, | February 25-28, 2010, Delhi University. | “Generating dialectal typology: an OT grammar of variation in verbal forms of Bangla” |
| 19 | Invited for a talk | 27th August, 2010. EFL-U, Hyderabad | “Aspiration: A dying phenomenon in Bangla” |
| 20 | National seminar of Capacity Building of students in Higher Education with special reference to Tribal students of Tripura | Nov. 16-17, 2010. MBB College, Agratala. | “Language Pedagogy in Vernacular Education in Tripura” |
| 21 | National seminar on “Rabindranath: Bharatiya o sanskritir prekshapate sardha-shatabarshik samiksha” | Nov. 18. 2010. Dept. Bengali, Tripura (Central) University | “The mystery behind poetic language: a linguistic analysis of Tagore’s ‘Prarthana’” |
Membership/Positions in Learned Academic Bodies/Organisations:
| 1 | Member, Linguistic Society of India, HO. Deccan College, Pune |
| 2 | Dravidian Linguistic Association of India, Thiruvanthapuram |
| 3 | Anonymous reviewer for the Journal of International Phonetic Association (JIPA), University of Victoria, Canada. |
| 4 | I am a member of the Academic Committee of Arka Community College (Registered with IGNOU), Tripura. |
Research Projects:
| 1. UGC, Minor Research Project | Some Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla and Tripura Bangla English | Completed, 2008 |
Research Supervisions (Scholar's Name, Topic and Status):
| 1. Mr. Swapan Debnath PhD | Phonology of Kokborok English: A Profile with Pedagogical Implications | Submitted, Feb. 2010 |
| 2. Mr. Uttam Chakraborty PhD | A Prosodic Study of the Inflectional Morphology of Noakhali Dialect of Bangla and Noakhali English | Synopsis submitted, 2010 |
| 3. Ajita Tripura, MPhil (Co-guide) | Compatative Study of Kokborok and English Language | Awarded, 2007 |
| 4. Debabrata Deb Purakyastha, MPhil | Properties of Technical Communicative Skill in English | Awarded, 2009 |
Scholarship/Award/Recognitions:
| 1. Awarded S. Krishnamurthy Endowment Prize for the best Diploma participant for PGDTE, CIEFL (EFL-U). | Year 1994-1995 |
Other information (if any):
So far the following international authors and researchers have cited my work mentioned in each citations.
| Sl No. | Citations | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1. “Some Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla and Tripura Bangla English” (ROA 493-0202) in “Ternary Stress” by Paula Haughton of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US. | 2003 |
| 2 | 2. “Some Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla and Tripura Bangla English” (ROA 493-0202) in ‘Towards a Theory of Constraints in OT: Emergence of the not-so-unmarked in Malayalee English” by Tara and K.P. Mohanan. National University of Singapore, 2003 | 2003 |
| 3 | 3. “Some Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla and Tripura Bangla English” (ROA 493-0202) in Avoiding Boundaries: Antepenultimate Stress in Rule-Based Framework” by Tim Beasley and Katherine Crosswhite in Linguistic Inquiry, Vol. 34.3. 2003. (MIT, US) | 2003 |
| 4 | 4. “Some Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla and Tripura Bangla English” (ROA 493-0202) in “As Proud the head with heavy feet: Restrictions on structure are in GEN” by Curt Rice, Ms. 2007. University of Tromso, Norway. | 2007 |
| 5 | 5. “Some Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla and Tripura Bangla English” (ROA 493-0202) in ‘Positionally Licensed extended lapses” by Paula Haughton in University of Pennsylvaniya Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 14.1.2008, also in the Proceedings of the 31st Annual PENN Lingistics Colloquium @ http://repository .upenn.edu/pwpl | 2008 |
| 6 | 6. “Some Aspects of the Prosodic Phonology of Tripura Bangla and Tripura Bangla English” (ROA 493-0202) in Sameer ud Doula Khan’ doctoral dissertation “Intonational Phonology and Focus Prosody in Bengali” University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), 2008. | 2008 |