LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13 : 3 March 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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Affinities in Word Formation among the Bodo Group of Languages

Phukan Ch. Basumatary, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Abstract

This paper attempts to analyze the common features of linguistic structure found in the languages of Bodo group of Northeast India. Properly this is a typological analysis which shows some similarities in word formation as a whole. Also Tibeto-Burman group of languages have formed a solid linguistic area throughout the states of Northeast India. This view point will also be picturised in this analysis.

Key words: Bodo group, Typology, Tibeto-Burman, Affinity.

Introduction

TB basic vocabulary is mostly monosyllabic in nature. It is articulated in a single beat of pulse. More than one monosyllabic word (that is free morpheme in nature) may be joined together as constituents to form a compound word. This agglutinating characteristic is a normal phenomenon in the structure of TB word. An inflectional or derivational word may be formed by adding prefix or suffix(es). Suffixes may be added one after another in a chain system to denote different extended meaning(s). These are the common salient features as occurred in word formation among the languages of Bodo group.

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Dr. Phukan Ch. Basumatary
Associate Professor
Dept. of Bodo
Rangia College
Rangia 781354
Kamrup
Assam
India
phukan.basumatary@rediffmail.com
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