Research projects completed in the Department :
- Lexicalization patterns in Gormati (Banjara language) UGC Minor Research Project 2018-19
- Verbal morphology of Gorboli (Banjara language) UGC Minor Research Project 2018-19
- A comparative study of case systems of Zhadiboli and Marathi UGC Minor Research Project 2018-19
- “Development of pronunciation lexicon and associated experimental study of phonemic, phonetic and acoustic features for Indic languages (Marathi)”: a two year project funded by DIT, New Delhi. Collaboration with TIFR, Mumbai (2012-2015).
- “Orality in the Structuralist Philosophy of Language” – a two year project funded by ICPR, New Delhi (2011-13)
- “Linguistic Landscape of Vasai” – a UGC funded minor research project (2011-12) on a relatively less researched area of linguistic landscape and multilingualism.
M.Phil and Ph.D. research in the past years:
Ph.D. degrees awarded in the recent years
| Year of awarding degree | Name of the student | Title of the dissertation |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ms. Shaima Al-Issa | Literary Narratives, Culture and Ideology : A Semiolinguistic Study of OrhanPamuk’s Fictional Discourse |
| 2015 | Ms. Renuka Ozarkar | Structures of Marathi Verbs |
| 2012 | Ms. Anjali Singh | English in India and Japan |
| 2012 | Mr. Mohammad B. Aghaei | A Semiotic Analysis of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Novels |
| 2010 | Mr. Rajeev Jalvi | Hearing Impairment & Linguistic Development : Issues and Perspectives |
| Year of awarding degree | Name of the student | Title of the dissertation |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ms. Priyanka Dingankar | Measure of Textual Lexical Diversity (MTLD) Tool for Marathi* |
| 2014 | Ms. Manasi Nadkarni | Phonological & Morphological Patterns in Antruzi, Bardesi, & Saxti Konkani: A Comparative Study |
| 2014 | Ms. Vrushali Surve | Stylist Analysis of Jhumpa Lahiri’s “The Lowland” |
*The link and the documentation of the Marathi MTLD tool can be found under “Resources”.
MA research in the past :
Languages analysed in the Department
As part of the Field Methods course and Project-based courses in the MA programme, the students of the Department collect the data and analyse aspects of some language which is not adequately analyzed previously. It is often some minority language or a tribal language. They present a dissertation based on their analysis of the language. Some of the languages worked upon in recent year are:
| Language Family | Languages |
| Indo-Aryan | Banjara (Lamani/Gorboli) |
| Bhili – Mawchi varieties | |
| Konkani (several varieties) | |
| Kulluvi | |
| Kutchi | |
| Maithili | |
| Multani (Saraiki) | |
| Parushi (a secret language of Davri Gosawi community) |
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| Wadvali | |
| Warli | |
| Sino-Tibetan | Mizo |
| Poula | |
| Tanghkhul Naga | |
| Dravidian | Kodavatak |
| Telugu | |
| Tulu | |
| Austro-Asiatic | Khasi |