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Some Aspects of Transitive and Intransitive Verb Compounding in
Bodo Language

Dr. Daimalu Brahma, M.A., NET, Ph.D.

Abstract

The aim of the present paper is to describe different processes of transitive and intransitive verb compounding in Bodo language. Bodo belongs to Bodo-Garo sub-group of the Tibeto-Burman sub family of languages (Benedict, 1972). Compound is a word formation process where the words are formed by two or more roots. ‘Verb + Verb’ compounding is a very common in Bodo-Garo group of languages. The paper tries to focus on the compounding processes of transitive and intransitive verb in Bodo. Here will describe the verb compounding processes like ‘transitive + intransitive verb’, ‘transitive + transitive verb’, ‘transitive + transitive + transitive verb’, ‘transitive + intransitive + intransitive verb’, ‘intransitive + intransitive verb’. It will look into the description how the verbs are compounded in the ‘V1 + V2’ and ‘V1 + V2 + V3’ constructions. This analysis of verbal compounding in Bodo will help us understanding verb formation in Bodo in particular and other Bodo group in general.

Keywords: Bodo, Verb compound in Bodo-Garo group, compounding processes of transitive and intransitive verbs.

1. The Bodo

Bodo is the major tribes of Assam; their language belongs to the Bodo-Garo subgroup of the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. At present, Bodo is recognized as a scheduled language under the 8th schedule of the Indian constitution. The Bodo speakers are mainly found in Assam as well as some adjacent areas of West Bengal, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and neighboring country in Nepal. According to 2001 census of India the total population of Bodo speakers in Assam are 13, 52,771 having 61.3% literary rate. Bodo language has some dialects, P. C. Bhattacharya (1977) mentioned four dialect areas, viz. (i) North-west Dialect area having sub-dialects of North-Kamrup and North-Goalpara, (ii) South-west dialect area comprising South-Goalpara and Garo Hills Districts, (iii) North-central Assam areas comprising Darrang, Lakimpur district and a few places of Arunachal Pradesh, (vi) the southern Assam dialect area comprising Nowgaon, North Cachar, Mikir Hills and Adjacent districts. Phukan Basumatary (2005) mentioned three dialects i.e. (i) Western Bodo dialect, (ii) Eastern Bodo dialect (Sanzari) and (iii) Southern Bodo dialect. Bodo has another dialect i. e. B?rd?n which are not mentioned by scholars. The B?rd?n is a famous dialect of Bodo which has very unique differences from the other dialects; its spoken areas include Bengtol, Tukhrajhar and Amthekha areas in Chirang district, north-western part of Kokrajhar district of Assam and the indigenous people who are residing in the state of West Bengal.

The present paper discusses transitive and intransitive verb compounding of the standard Bodo language which is spoken in the Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Chirang and Bongaigaon districts of Assam.

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Dr. Daimalu Brahma, M.A., NET, Ph.D.
Research Associate
CFEL, Tezpur University
Tezpur-784028
Assam
India
daimalubrahma85@gmail.com

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