Tanmoy Bhattacharya's Linguistics Page

University of Delhi

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Department of Linguistics
University of Delhi
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Tanmoy Bhattacharya (PhD, University College London, 1999 as a Commonwealth Scholar) joined the Department of Linguistics, University of Delhi in 2001 as an Associate Professor after a postdoctoral stint as a research scientist in the Cognitive Science Group of the University of Leipzig, Germany.

He has been a Professor of Linguistics since 2009 and is currently the Head of the Department of Linguistics. He specilises in Syntax and has also guides research on Sign Language, Psycholinguistics, Parsing, Conversational Analysis, Gender and Disability. He is also the founder secretary of FOSSSIL, which a runs a very successful international Summer School in Syntax & Semantics.Outside of Linguistics, he works in Disability Studies and has been running a reading group called Critical Disability Studies in India (CDSI) since 2012.

Most recent presentations (Linguistics):

“The syntax of agreement in Pnar” (with Imontre Sutnga) Paper presented at SALA-36 and LSN-43 international conference, Kathmandu [26 Nov 2022]

"The lack of argument indexation in some “inner” Tibeto-Burman languages”, paper presented at the 1st International Conference of Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India, Tezpur University (online). [28th June 2021]

"‘Agree’ in Kuki-Chin and Kiranti languages”, paper presented at the 1st International Conference of Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India, Tezpur University (online)(jointly with Jyoti Sharma). [28th June 2021]

"Comparing Embedded Clause and non-Nominative Subjects in Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman”, paper presented at the 1st International Conference of Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India, Tezpur University (online)(jointly with Eshani Baishya and Jyoti Sharma). [29th June 2021]

“‘Indexation Switch' in person hierarchy and negation in two subgroups of agreeing Tibeto-Burman languages”, paper presented at the LCAD conference (Linearising Contituents Across Domains 2020), held online at UCL, London and Bled Institute, Slovenia (jointly with Jyoti Sharma). [16th Oct. 2020]

“Ex-k-lamatives in Meeteilon!”, talk delivered at the the 53rd ICSTLL (International Conference on Sino-Tibetan languages and Linguistics), held online at the University of North Texas, Oct. 2-4, 2020 (jointly with Ishani Guha and Eshani Baishya); presentation

Most recent invited talks (linguistics):

[26 Nov 2022] ““Revisiting Caryāgītikoṣa: An early rise of addressee agreement”, invited Plenary talk at SALA-36 and LSN-43 international conference, Kathmandu

[March 26, 2022] “Clause and Sentences in Indian Languages” in Training Programme on Language Documentation held virtually at SPPEL, CIIL, Mysuru from March 21-29, 2022.

[March 15, 2022] “Research Methods and Techniques” (in Bangla) in online training program on Research Methodology in Language, Literature, and Culture – Bengali (14 to 26 March 2022)

[9th Oct. 2021] "Relating Tibeto-Burman to Dravidian: An unfinished story", invited talk at Special Talk Series of TiBLANEI (Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India), (online) [Link]

"Stories of Agreement", invited talk delivered at the 53rd Foundation Day Lecture Series at CIIL, Mysore (online) on 30 July 2021 [The video of the talk available at YouTube

"'Syntactic Poverty' of the East: A Case of Diversity at the Periphery", invited talk delivered at the Language and the Problems of Justice conference (online) on 22 July 2021 [The video of the talk available at YouTube

“Syntactic Roots of/ Routes to Case and Agreement”, inaugural invited speaker at the CALTS WebTalk Series 1 titled Syntax: Theoretical insights and Applications for Indian languages [The video of the talk available at YouTube ]

“Agreement in the East: Areal Feature to a Microparameter”, online invited talk delivered at “Linguistics for Life” series at IIT, Kharagpur. [The video of the talk available at YouTube]

Most recent invited talks (Disability):

“Unfolding (of) theories, not programmes (programs?)”, delivered at the Fostering Research in Disability winter school on 19 December 2020, organised by NALSAR, Hyderabad and BITS Pilani, Hyderabad. [The video of the talk available at YouTube]

“The Terrain of Disability Studies and Critical Abeyance”, inaugural talk at a book discussion event organised by Ambedkar University, Delhi on October 28, 2020 [The video of the talk available at YouTube ]

Most recent invited talks (Linguistics-Disability):

[23 Oct. 2021] "Questioning Disciplinary Normatives: Teachings from Sign Linguistics", invited talk at Deccan College, Pune (online)

"Sign Language and Linguistics", delivered as part of Short-Term Training Programme in Indian Sign Language sponsored by AICTE, organised by HSS Dept., IIT Madras, on 18th March, 2021. [Programme]

Publication of the Inaugural Issue of the New Journal:

This is to announce the pulication of the first issue of the recently launched online peer-reviewed international journal called Indian Journal of Critical Disability Studies (InJCDS), edited by myself and Anita Ghai. Visit the journal site for further details.

Citation Index

Google Scholar: 950

Research gate: 7.02

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A recent Honour

Appointed Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed international journal Linguistic Variation, published from John Benjamins Publishing.

A recent Panel discussion

A Panel discussion on Linguistics, Mathematics, and Philosophy on "The Not So Obvious"; the other panelists were Meena Mahajan (Computer Science, IMSc, Chennai) and Kit (Philosophy, APU, Bangalore). It was recorded on September 28, 2019 in Mumbai and is the 151st episode of the web talk series SynTalk. Listen to it here

Another Panel discussion

A Panel discussion on Linguistics, Genetics, and Philosophy on "Types & Tokens"; the other panelists were Primabada Sarkar (Philosophy, Calcutta University) and Rakesh Mishra (Director, CCMB, Hyderabad). It was recorded on June 9, 2018 in Mumbai and is the 117th episode of the web talk series SynTalk. Listen to it here

A recent Short Film

An interview with the famous balladeer from Manipur, Ibemni Devi was made into a short documentary under a Sahapedia UNESCO Fellowhsip:

Ibemni Devi: A Picture Gallery

A Balladeer Extraordinaire: Nameirakpam (O) Ibemni and the Kohngjom Parba Tradition of Manipur -- A short film by Tanmoy Bhattacharya and Haobam Basantarani

Recent Papers

(2022) “Language and Culture” in The Routledge Companion to Northeast India, edited by Jelle J. P. Wouters and Tanka B Subba, Routledge, London; pp. 284-291; ISBN: 9781003285540.

(2022) “Language and Migration” in The Routledge Companion to Northeast India, edited by Jelle J. P. Wouters and Tanka B Subba, Routledge, London; pp. 292-298; ISBN: 9781003285540

(2022) “A Morphosyntactic Account of Agreement in Mara.” In Angles of Object Agreement, Andrew Nevins, Anita Peti-Stantić, Mark de Vos, and Jana Willer Gold (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University press. (jointly with Jyoti Sharma); 84-109; ISBN: 9780192897749

(2022) “Shifting the epistemic centre: teachings from sign linguistics”, in Critical Essays on Disability Rights Jurisprudence: Combating Exclusion, Embracing Inclusion, Ed. Jain, Sanjay. Bloomsbury, pp. 101-129

(2022) “Awakening Inherent Linguistic Structures: Modification and Order”, in Language and Language Teaching, No. 21, pp. 27-36

(2021) “Optionality and variation in agreement in some Hindi participles” in Ghanshyam Sharma and John J. Lowe (eds.), Trends in South Asian Linguistics. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. ISBN: 9783110752939

(2021) “Are We All Alike? Questioning the Pathologies of the ‘Normate’” in V. Gupta, R.K. Agnihotri, M. Panda (eds.) Modern Transformations and the Challenges of Inequalities in Education in India, Orient BlackSwan; pp. 431-463. ISBN 978-93-5442-095-5

(2020) Service and Knowledge: The Emergence of Disability Studies Extension in: Mehrotra N. (ed.) , Disability Studies in India, Springer, First Online 03 April 2020.
(2018) Disability Studies as Resistance: The Politics of Estrangement in In: Anita Ghai (ed.) Disability in South Asia: Knowledge and Experience, Sage India: Delhi, pp75-98.
(2018) Being Human Again: Stories of Evolution; Part 2, neScholar vol. 1.4; 44-53
(2017) Being Human Again: Stories of Evolution; Part 1, neScholar vol. 3.4; 20-30
(2017) Peopling the Northeast: Part 5, neScholar vol. 3.3; 54-64
(2017) Peopling the Northeast: Part 4, neScholar vol. 3.1; 52-65
(2017) Adoption of Universal Design for Learning for Meaningful Inclusion,Child and Disability edited by D. Sonpal, S. Prasad, and S. Vaishnav, Prabhat Publishing House
(2016) Peopling the Northeast: Part 3, neScholar vol. 2.4; 66-75
(2016) Peopling the Northeast: Part 2, neScholar vol. 2.4; 66-75
(2016)Inner/Outer Politeness in Central Māgadhan Prākrit Languages: Agree as Labeling”, in Linguistics Analysis, vol. 40 (3-4), 1-40.

(2016) Diversity at Workplace and in Education in N. Ghosh (ed.), Interrogating Disability in India, Springer.
(2016) To Be Human: The Introduction, neScholar vol. 2.3; 66-73
(2016) But Words Can Never Hurt: The Linguistic Construction of Disability in Text and Discourse, Language and Language Teaching vol. 5.2.10; 53-60
(2015) Copula-less Nominal Sentences and Matrix-C0 Clauses: A Planar View of Phrase Structure, in The UCL Working Papers in Linguistics, Vol. 27, Edited by Laura E. Aldridge and Caterina Paolazzi, 1-20.
(2015-16) Pollock-er Bakko-bhango othoba Butterfly Effect, (in Bangla: Pollock's Sentence-breaking or the Butterfly Effect), Ebong Mushayra Vol 22, Nos. 3-4 (pp. 21-32)
(2014) Sign Iconicity and New Epistemologies,, in The Sign Language(s) of India edited by Tanmoy Bhattacharya et al., Orient BlackSwan, Delhi
(2014) Legislation and Policies in relation to Sign Language and Sign Language Rights, in The Sign Language(s) of India edited by Tanmoy Bhattacharya et al., Orient BlackSwan, Delhi
Sluicing in Indo-Aryan: An investigation of Bangla and Hindi, (with Andrew Simpson) Sluicing in a cross-linguistic perspective, OUP(2012)
Diagnosing double object constructions in Bangla/Bengali , (with Andrew Simpson) Lingua 121.6, 2011
Space-Machine, (with Hidam Gourshyam) Proceedings of Episteme 4, Homi Bhaba Centre for Science, Mumbai, 2011
The politics of multiculturalism, (with H. Basantarani) Problematizing Language Studies, ed. By Imtiaz Hasnain and Shreesh Choudhary; AAKAR Books, Delhi, 169-184, 2010
Re-examining Issue of Inclusion in Education, Economic and Political Weekly of India, 17th April, 2010