Academic Departments
| Contact | Year of Establishment | About the Department | Courses Offered | Syllabus | Faculty Members | Research Work |
87/1, College Street, Kolkata - 700 073.
Telephone No. : 2241 0071; (extension: 341)
1904
The Department of Linguistics, formerly known as the Department of Comparative Philology, was established by Sir Asutosh Mookerjee in 1904. Initially the thrust area was Comparative and Historical Linguistics. Thereafter, various domains like Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Linguistics and several areas of Applied Linguistics were also included in the syllabus in addition to the traditional orientation of Comparative and Historical Linguistics Mr. Harinath De, the genius and a polyglot was appointed the first lecturer of the department in 1907. The first M.A. in Comparative Philology was Prof. Muhammad Shahidullaha in 1912. Some of the stalwarts who have taught in the department are Harinath De, Otto Strauss, I. J. S. Taraporewala, Suniti Kumar Chatterji, Sukumar Sen and Kshitish Chandra Chatterji
| Programme | Level of Study | Prerequisite | Intake Capacity |
| M.A. In Linguistics | P.G.Degree | 40% for B.A in Ling. (H) and 45% for B.A (H) in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, Pali, Sociology, Ancient Indian History, Political Science, Philosophy | 84 |
| Ph.D. | Research | M.A. in Linguistics | |
| Name | Specializations & Interests | Telephone No. | E-mail Address |
| Professors | |||
| Sumita Bhattacharya (Bhaduri) | Structural & Applied Linguistics. | +91-33-2355 0424 | sumitackbhaduri@rediffmail.com |
| Mina Dan | Phonology, Field work & Applied Linguistics | +91-33-2530 7265 | mina.dan@gmail.com |
| Associate Professors | |||
| Selvyn Jussy | Semiotics, Discourse Analysis & Cultural Studies | +91-9831229369 | selvynjussy@gmail.com |
| Abhijit Majumder | Structural & Applied Linguistics, Stylistics | +91-33-2565 2176 | amajumdar123@gmail.com |
| Assistant Professors | |||
| Aditi Ghosh | Contrastive Linguistics, Translation Studies, Sociolinguistics, Semantics. | +91- 9831858302 | aditi.gh@gmail.com aditi.gh@caluniv.ac.in |
| Sunandan Kumar Sen | Historical Linguistics & Phonetics | +91-33-2555 7232 | skscal76@rediffmail.com |
| Major thrust areas in which Research activities are being actively pursued: |
Core Linguistics & Applied Linguistics
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Historical Linguistics
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Sociolinguistics
Current Research Schemes :
Suniti Kumar Chatterji : The Linguist
(Lily Banerjee under the guidance of Dr. Abhijit Majumdar)
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A Comparative Study of Old Bengali and Early Middle Bengali
(Sunandan Kumar Sen under the guidance of Prof. Pabitra Sarkar)
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Language of Advertisement in Bengali
(Susmita Roy under the guidance of Dr Abhijit Majumdar)
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Problems of Teaching Pali Language to the Thai Students at the Upper Secondary Level in Thailand
(Phramaha Boonmee Pansa under the guidance of Prof Krishna Bhattacharya)
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Problems of Learning English by the Thai Students at the Lower Secondary Level in Thailand
(Phra Yochai soukam under the guidance of Prof. Krishna Bhattacharya)
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A Stylistic Analysis of Bharatchandra’s Annadamangal
(Priyanka Dey under the guidance of Dr Aditi Ghosh)
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Bangla Root Sentence Phenomena and its Applications in NLP
(Sibansu Mukhopadhyay under the guidance of Prof. Mina Dan)
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The Syntactic Derivation of Bangla Infinitivals
(Devarati Jana under the guidance of Prof. Mina Dan)
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Cohesive Relations in Bengali
(Arko Chakraborty under the guidance of Dr. Abhijit Majumdar)
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The Marginalised in Amitav Ghosh’s Writing: A Linguistic Analysis
(Syeda Nadia Ali under the guidance of Dr. Aditi Ghosh)
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Phonetics and Phonology of Spontaneous Speech in Bengali
(Arpita Ray under the guidance of Prof. Mina Dan)
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A pragmatic Approach to the Discourse in R.K. Narayan’s Novels
(Debashis Mandal under the guidance of Dr. Selvyn Jussy)
Emeritus Fellow :
Professor Krishna Bhattacharya
bhattacharyadrkrishna@rediffmail.com
Approved PhD Guides for the department
Satya Ranjan Banerjee
Rtd. Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
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Pabitra Sarkar
Ex. Vice-Chancellor
Rabindra Bharati University
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Swapan Kuymar Benerjee
Rtd. Professor
Netaji Subhas Open University
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Mrinal Kanti Nath
Rtd. Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
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Krishna Bhattacharya
Rtd. Professor & Emeritus Fellow
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
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Sumita Bhattacharya (Bhaduri)
Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
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Probal Dasgupta
Professor & Head
Linguistic Research Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
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Mina Dan
Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
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Selvyn Jussy
Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
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Abhijit Majumdar
Associate Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
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Aditi Ghosh
Assistant Professor
Department of Linguistics
University of Calcutta
RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDER UPE SCHEME
Defining Key Concepts in Linguistics:
A Bilingual Approach with Text-Machine Interface
| PI | Prof. Krishna Bhattacharya |
| Co-PIs | Dr. Mina Dan |
| Dr. Aditi Ghosh | |
| Dr. Sankhayan Choudhury | |
| Dr. Tanmay Ghosh |
Language Use and Attitude:
A Sociolinguistic Survey of ‘non-Bengali’s in Kolkata
| P I | Dr Aditi Ghosh |
| Co- PIs | Prof. Bula Bhadra |
| Dr. Mina Dan |