PRADEEP KUMAR DAS
PROFESSIONAL DETAILS:
Address
Centre for Advanced Studies in Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
University of Delhi
Delhi 110007
Phone
FAX
+91 (0)11 27666676 ext 105
+91 (0)11 27666390
Email
pkdas@linguistics.du.ac.in
pradeep11@hotmail.com
Web-site
http://pkd.pitas.com
(updated every fortnight)
Nationality
Indian
EDUCATION:
Degree Year
PhD
19982005
CTFL
19971998
MPhil
19951997
M.A.
B.A.
19931995
19921993
19891992
Topic
Institution
Grammatical Agreement in Hindi-Urdu and its major Jawaharlal Nehru
University, N.Delhi,
varieties
India
The varieties of Hindi-Urdu in the work includes: Bundeli, Garhwali, Marwari, Bhojpuri,
Maithili, Angika, Chhattisgarhi, and Avadhi
Published from Lincom Europa, Germany http://people.du.ac.in/~pkdas/el.html
PhD supervisor: Prof. Anvita Abbi, CLE, SLLS&CS, JNU, N. Delhi-110067
Certificate in Teaching Foreign Language: TA for Basic & UT, Austin, USA
Advanced Levels of Hindi, Department of Asian Studies,
University of Texas, Austin, USA.
‘Agreement in Hindi-Urdu’
JNU, N. Delhi, India
Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. Anvita Abbi, CLE, SLLS&CS, JNU, N.Delhi.
Dissertation Examiner: Prof. Tista Bagchi, Dept. of Linguistics, University of Delhi, Delhi110007, India.
M.A. in Linguistics
JNU, N. Delhi, India
M.A. thesis: ‘Dictionary of Shambalpuri’ (awarded A+)
Certificate in French
B.A.(Honours) in English Literature
JNU, N. Delhi.
Bhagalpur University,
Bihar.
Employment Details
Organization / Institution
Designation
Department of Linguistics, Associate Professor
University of Delhi
Reader,
Lecturer
Duration
Associate Professor
(Dec’2009 till Date)
Reader (Dec’2006 to
Dec’2009)
Lecturer (Dec’2000 to
Dec’2006)
Dept of South Asian Studies, Teaching Assistant
UT, Austin, USA
Jan’ 1998 to Jan’1999
CLE, JNU, New Delhi
Research Assistant
HUFS, South Korea
Visiting
Professor
Role
Teach various levels
of MA and Post MA
Diploma and MPhil
Courses.
To assist the teacher
and also teach the
basic level of Hindi
to Undergraduates
July’1995 to Dec’ 1997 & Worked as the RA in
Jan’1999 to Dec’2000
the project ‘Data of
Indigenous
Languages of India’
Sept’2008 to August’ 2009 Teaching various
level of Hindi
classes and Culture
Studies
Research Interests / Specialization
Morphology, Language Typology, Field-Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Teaching Hindi as a foreign
language, Computer bases Corpus Linguistics
Publications (last five years)
Books / Monographs
Year
Title
2006
Grammatical Agreement in Hindi-Urdu and its
major varieties
2012
Grammar of Bhojpuri
(In Press)
In Indexed/ Peer Reviewed Journals
Year
Title
2009
Form and Function of ‘Conjunct Verbs in
Hindi’
2011
2011
2012
Some Practical Linguistic Tools for Foreign
Language Education
The Present Status and Future Prospects of
Computational Linguistics in India
The Generative Approach to the computation of
Verbal-strings in Hindi'
Publisher
Lincom Europa,
Germany
Lincom Europa,
Germany
ISBN No
Journal
Journal of South
Asian Studies,
HUFS, South
Korea
Indian Linguistics
ISSN No
Interdisciplinary
Journal of
Linguistics
Interdisciplinary
Journal of
Linguistics
ISSN 0974-3421
ISBN 3 89586 773 X
ISBN 3 89586 494 3
ISSN 1598-1061
ISSN 0378-0759
ISSN 0974-3421
Courses Taught at M.A. Level
No. Title of the Course
1.
Morphology
2.
Field-linguistics
3.
Introduction to Linguistics
4.
Intro. to TG grammar
5.
Semantics
6.
Language and Mind
7.
Historical Linguistics
8.
Phonology
9.
Language Typology
10. Intro. to General Linguistics (interdisciplinary course to GRS, DU)
11. Interdisciplinary course L-10 (Section on Morphology
12 Interdisciplinary course L-35 (section on Computational Linguistics
PHD Supervision:
1. Tae Jin Koh
2. Lourembam Iboyaima
Singh
3. Ahanthem Romita Devi
4. Amar Jee Jha
PHD (advisor)
1. Abdul Malik Othman
Ismail Ghaleb
2. Tenzin Desel
Supervising PHDs
1. Bikram Jora
2. Harvinder Negi
3.Kailadbon Daimai
4. Saif
Year
2001-2012
2001-2012
2001
2001
2002
2007
2011
2011
2004-2011
2002-2011
2012
2012
Topics
Ergativity in Hindi - A HIstorical and Typological Study
Acquisition of Negation in Manipuri speaking children
Year
2008
2011
Acquisition of verbal morphology in manipuri speaking children
Vakyapadiya ke Kriya, Kal, Purush, Samkhya ka adhunik sandarbha
me mahatva
2011
2012
Acquisition of Verb Inflection : A Study of an Arabic Speaking
Child
Grammatical Gender in Developmental Dyslexia - A Study of
Processing by Dyslexic Speakers of Russian Language
2004
Acquisition of verbalization and nominalization in Mundari speaking
children
Ergativity in Kinnauri
Verb Inflection in Liangmail
Verb Agreement in Iraqi Arabic
Preparing PHD proposals
Surjit Singh
Shivangi Banarjee
2008
Year
Cont
Cont
Cont
Cont
Year
Complex Predicate in Meiteilon (under preparation)
Teaching of Hindi in US Universities: imparting the missing culture
insight to the students in a foreign land.
MPhil supervision
1. Rimpi Barua
2. Ashraf Kaifi
3. L. Iboyaima
Singh
4. Ahanthem
Romita Devi
5. Bikram Jora
6. Abdul-Malik
Othman
7. Shirin Dokht
Nabavi
8. Tenzin Desel
9. Ruchi Sehgal
10. Benubala
Nameirakpam
11. Shivangi
Banerjee
12. Neetha Shery
13. Pari Narzary
14. Riya Raj
15. Manjari Suman
Supervising MPhil
1. David Pou
2. Arun Kumar
3. John Hmar
4. Kulsum Nasir
Non-nominative Subjects in Assamese
Form and Function of Complex Predicate in Persian : A case of
conjunct verb construction
Motion Verbs in the Developing Cenicon : A Study of Manipuri
Speaking Children.
Acquisition of basic colour terms: a cross- sectional
psycholinguistic study of Manipuri Children
Acquisition of Postpositions in Mundari : A Psycholinguistics
study
Acquisition of Verb Inflection : A Study of an Arabic Speaking
Child
Breakdown of Verb in Broca’s Aphasia: A Neurolinguistic Study
of Two Persian Aphasics
Grammatical Gender in Developmental Dyslexia - A Study of
Processing by Dyslexic Speakers of Russian Language
Action and Object Naming in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: A
Study of Hindi-Speaking Patients
Grammatical Impairment: A Study of Compound Postposition in
the Meiteilon-Speaking Mentally Retarded Children
A Neurolinguistic Study of Object-Naming Deficit in Alzheimer
Disease Patients
Acquisition of Color Terms in Malayalam: A Psycholinguistic
Study of some Issues of early Acquisition
Noun and Verb morphology in Bodo
Non-canonical markings on the subject in Bhojpur
Acquisition of Verb Inflection in Bajjika: A study of early
language acquisition
Compound and serial verbs in Poumai
Causatives in Bangru
Ergativity in Hmar
Reversed Compound Verbs in Urdu-Hindi
Preparing MPhil
proposals
2006
2006
2006
2004
2009
2008
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
Year
Cont
Cont
Cont
Cont
Year
Shubham Srivastava
Creating semantic web in Word-net for conjunct verbs in Hindi
Sarda Biswash
Moods in Bangla: a morphology based analysis of mood
Anup Kujur
Verb morphology in Kisan ( an Austroasiatic language in North
India)
Morphological cases and thematic roles in Finnish
Liisa Wallenius
Year
2010
2007
Under
preparation
Under
preparation
Under
preparation
Under
preparation
Conference Presentations
Presented a paper titled, ‘The complex issues of ‘Conjunct Verb Construction’ in Hindi-Urdu’ in the
national seminar held at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, February 2012.
Presented a paper titled, ‘The nature and function of ‘Complex Predicates in Hindi and other Indian
languages’ in the national Seminar held at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Linguistics, University of
Delhi. March, 2011
Presented a paper titled, ‘ Translation: its theory and practice from a linguist’s point of view’ in the
Workshop Theories and Methodologies of Translation organized by the Department of East Asian
Studies, DU, Delhi February, 2010
Presented ' The present status and future prospects of Computational linguistics in India' in the
International Conference "Research Trends in Indian Studies in the 21st Century" organized by The
Institute of South Asian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea, 16-05-2009.
Presented ' The Form and Function of Conjunct Verb Construction in Hindi' in GAIAS ( Global
Association of INDO-ASEAN Studies) as the INVITED SPEAKER, held at Daejeon, South Korea, 1906-2009.(Published in the journal of ISAS, 2009).
Presented 'Some Practical Linguistic Tools for Foreign Language Education' as the KEYNOTE
SPEAKER in IFLE International Conference'2008 held at HUFS, South Korea, 05-12-2008.
Presented ' The Generative Approach to the computation of Verbal-strings in Hindi' in GAIAS
( Global Association of INDO-ASEAN Studies) as the INVITED SPEAKER, held at Pusan, South Korea,
14-11-2008.
Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity
i)
Member, Examination Council in IP University, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi.
ii)
Member of LSI committee of the MHRD.
iii)
Member, Examination Council of BHU, Baranasi.
iv)
Member, Examination Council of Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra
v)
Member, Examination Council of Mahatma Gandhi Antrastriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya,
Wardha Maharastra.
vi)
Member of board of examination of B.A. Programme Committee, Delhi University,
Delhi
vii)
Member of Board of Studies, Gautama Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP
viii)
Member of board of examiner of GRS, Delhi University (for Paper VII).
ix)
Examiner of MPhil/ Ph. D dissertation, BHU, JNU, AGRA, EFLU-Hyderabad and
MYSORE UNIVERSITY.
x)
Have worked as the Academic Coordinator for BRICs and 7+1 Program of HUFS, Seoul
for many years (more than 5 years)
xi)
Member of Selection Committee of Arts, Culture & Language Department, Government
of National Capital Territory of Delhi, A body of MHRD.
Professional Societies Memberships
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
Subject Expert for the fellowship FLTA, Program of Fulbright at USEFI, New Delhi
Member of review committee of International journal of HUFS, South Korea.
Member of review committee of journal of South Asian Institute, HUFS, South Korea.
Member of review committee of ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics (ISSN
0019-0829)
Projects (Major Grants / Collaborations)
February 2012:
Have got a major project in Collaboration with Dr. Aadil Amin Kak, University of
Kashmir on e-lexicography, titled ‘Developing a Trilingual Kashmiri-English-Hindi
Pronunciation e-dictionary (Lexicon Based).
Place: Delhi
Date: 19/07/2012