Research activities in the Department in recent years
Research projects completed:
- Lexicalization patterns in Gorboli (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.
Languages analysed in the Department (as part of MA programme):
As part of the Field Methods course in the MA programme, the students of the Department analyse aspects of some language which is not adequately analysed previously. It is often some minority language or a tribal language. Some of the languages worked upon in recent year are:
| Language Family | Languages worked upon as part of MA programme |
| Indo-Aryan | Banjara (Lamani/Gorboli) |
| Bhili – Mawchi varieties (Indo-Aryan) | |
| Konkani | |
| Kulluvi | |
| Kutchi | |
| Maithili | |
| Multani (Saraiki) | |
| Parushi (a secret language of Davri Gosawi community) | |
| Wadvali | |
| Warli | |
| Sino-Tibetan | Mizo |
| Poula | |
| Tanghkhul Naga | |
| Dravidian | Malayalam |
| Telugu | |
| Tulu | |
| Austro-Asiatic | Khasi |
M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees awarded in recent years:
- Ph.D. :
| Year of awarding degree | Name of the student | Topic 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 |
Currently, 5 Research Scholars are working for their PhD research.
- M.Phil. :
The Department started M.Phil programme in 2012-13.
| Year of awarding degree | Name of the student | Topic 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” |