Publications

Under submission (to appear in 2025)

A Grammar of Gaddi. Book in the Grammar of World and Minority Languages Series. University College London Press. (co-authored with Anjali Nair, Preeti Kumari, Shreya Mehta and Vyom Sharma).

Universal grammar and early childhood education: Towards a synergy. Book chapter in From principles to praxis: How linguistic theories interact with language learning and pedagogy. Eds. Panda, M., Mishra, S., & Koczy, J., B. Springer. (co-authored with Ayesha Kidwai and Benu Pareek)

Books/Manuscripts

Exploring anaphora binding and its acquisition: The view from Bangla and Malayalam. [Doctoral dissertation]. Jawaharlal Nehru University. 2023. (Email me for a copy)

Roy, Y. Tense, Aspect and Mood (TAM) in Gaddi. [MA Linguistics Field Methods Report]. Jawaharlal Nehru University. 2016.

Journal articles/ book chapters

Child Language Acquisition: Cross-linguistic Evidence for Universal Grammar. Book chapter in Language, Mind, Society: A Reader for Students of Language and Education. Eds. Agnihotri, R.K. & Kumar, R. Orient Blackswan. (co-authored with Ayesha Kidwai and Benu Pareek). 2022.

On the context layer of Bangla pronouns. Proceedings of the (Formal) Approaches to South Asian Languages 10. The Journal of South Asian Linguistics. 2022.

The neglect of researchers during the first COVID4 19 pandemic induced national lockdown in India: Inside the lives of JNU’s research scholars. Higher Education. Springer. (co-authored with Alamu R and Somashree Das). 2022.

Gaddi Case. Jadavpur Journal of Language and Linguistics. School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University. Vol. 1 (No.2), p. 008-020. (co-authored with Prativa Chakraborty). 2017.

Bangla Negative Polarity Items: A Detailed Study. Indian Linguistics, The Linguistics Society of India. Vol. 77 (No.1-2), p. 79-102. (co-authored with Diti Bhadra, Bidisha Bhattacharya and Madhumanti Dutta). 2016.

Unpublished articles/ squibs

Gaddi Syntax. FieldLinguistics@JNU. 2019. (co-authored with Prativa Chakraborty, Pinki Kumari, Preeti Kumari and Vyom Sharma

The history of Dravidian pronouns and reflexives. Jawaharlal Nehru University. 2018.

Editor

Sharma, S. Gaddi kinship and kinship terminology. FieldLinguistics@JNU. 2019.

Gaddi Syntax. FieldLinguistics@JNU. 2019. (co-authored with Prativa Chakraborty, Pinki Kumari, Preeti Kumari and Vyom Sharma