- Grammar Writing, Fieldwork in linguistics, Pragmatics, Orthography Development, Language Documentation and Description, Syntax, and 9 moreDescriptive Linguistics, Language Documentation, Indigenous Languages, Sociolinguistics, Field Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Austroasiatic languages, Meghalaya, Morphology (Languages And Linguistics), Anthropological Linguistics, Northeast India, Literacy development, and Language and Literacy Developmentedit
- My Atong Literacy Project uses social media (YouTube and Facebook) to (1) show that Atong can be written (2) stimulat... moreMy Atong Literacy Project uses social media (YouTube and Facebook) to (1) show that Atong can be written (2) stimulate the use of Atong as a written language (3) to make Atong speakers aware of how the orthography is related to the morphological strucure of their language, and (4) suggest that Atong can be used in domains other than the family and in-group. I make videos as well as written materials about different aspects of spelling, grammar and literacy development. The contents of the materials is culturally relevant to Atong speakers. Culturally relevant content means that, hopefully, Atong speakers can relate to the material, which facilitates and stimulates learning. The content for my literacy-development materials come from primary data collected duing emersion fieldwork in the Atong-speaking area in India as well as from interaction with Atong speaker on social media.edit
Atong is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India and Bangladesh. In this dictionary, Seino van Breugel provides a rigorous, well-illustrated and well-referenced lexical description of the language, making this book of great... more
Atong is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India and Bangladesh. In this dictionary, Seino van Breugel provides a rigorous, well-illustrated and well-referenced lexical description of the language, making this book of great interest and value to general linguists, typologists, as well as area specialists and cultural anthropologists. Comprising not only of an Atong-English, but also English-Atong dictionary, as well as semantic lexica, this volume is one of the most thorough lexical descriptions of a Bodo-Garo language to date. The grammatical lexica allow the reader quick access to lists of members of the various Atong word classes, collocations and idiomatic expressions. The grammatical compendium makes this book self-contained, while its many references link it to the rest of the author’s corpus on the Atong language. The Appendix of Photos not only provides visual illustrations to many of the Atong dictionary entries, but also offers the reader a glance at the physical environment in which the language is spoken.
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Atong Texts by Seino van Breugel consists of a collection of 37 glossed, annotated and translated narratives in the Atong language (Tibeto-Burman) of Meghalaya, India, presented in phonemic standard orthography. This testimony of cultural... more
Atong Texts by Seino van Breugel consists of a collection of 37 glossed, annotated and translated narratives in the Atong language (Tibeto-Burman) of Meghalaya, India, presented in phonemic standard orthography. This testimony of cultural and linguistic heritage of the Atongs, who are members of the Garo Tribe, complements the author’s Grammar of Atong, also published by Brill.
Each text is preceded by a systematic literary analysis. The photos in the appendix provide a visual impression of the environment in which the stories are told. This book is of great value to Tibeto-Burmanists, general linguists, discourse analysts and everyone interested in the languages, history and folklore of Northeast-India in general, and Meghalaya in particular.
Each text is preceded by a systematic literary analysis. The photos in the appendix provide a visual impression of the environment in which the stories are told. This book is of great value to Tibeto-Burmanists, general linguists, discourse analysts and everyone interested in the languages, history and folklore of Northeast-India in general, and Meghalaya in particular.
Research Interests: Anthropology, Anthropological Linguistics, Ethnography, Pragmatics, Syntax, and 15 moreFolklore (Literature), Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, Indian Literature, Morphology (Languages And Linguistics), Morphology and Syntax, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, India, Linguistics. Word-formation. Morphology. Lexicology. Semantics., Meghalaya, Literature from Northeast India, Khasi Linguistics, Austroasiatic languages, Atong, Ethnic Literature, and Bodo-Garo Languages
This Atong Spelling Guide is for speakers of Atong. This book expains the spelling rules, with plenty of exercises and ten stories. If you study the spelling rules, make the exercises and read the stories, you will be able to write Atong.... more
This Atong Spelling Guide is for speakers of Atong. This book expains the spelling rules, with plenty of exercises and ten stories. If you study the spelling rules, make the exercises and read the stories, you will be able to write Atong. This book is for young and old, for everybody who wants to learn how to write their own speech.
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Ie Atong Spelling Guidedo Atongkhu•chuk balgaba morotnaan. Ie lekhado perengga saiwami ain niamaw rongthaleta. Eksersaisba pang•a, aro golpho mangchykhywba ganang. Perenggaba saiwami ain niamaw nemai poraichido, eksersaistaw nemai kha•chido aro golphoaw nemai poraichido, nang•ba Atongkhu•chuksang saina sap•sawni. Ie lekhado banthainaba gawinaba, me•amanaba me•aphanaba, je khu•chukthangsang saina sykgaba morotnaan.
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Ie Atong Spelling Guidedo Atongkhu•chuk balgaba morotnaan. Ie lekhado perengga saiwami ain niamaw rongthaleta. Eksersaisba pang•a, aro golpho mangchykhywba ganang. Perenggaba saiwami ain niamaw nemai poraichido, eksersaistaw nemai kha•chido aro golphoaw nemai poraichido, nang•ba Atongkhu•chuksang saina sap•sawni. Ie lekhado banthainaba gawinaba, me•amanaba me•aphanaba, je khu•chukthangsang saina sykgaba morotnaan.
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Atong is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India and Bangladesh.This grammar provides a deep and thorough coverage and analysis of all major areas of the grammar, which makes this book of great interest and value to general... more
Atong is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Northeast India and Bangladesh.This grammar provides a deep and thorough coverage and analysis of all major areas of the grammar, which makes this book of great interest and value to general linguists and typologists as well as area specialists. Of particular interest is the pragmatic approach taken for the grammatical analysis. Whereas the form of an utterance provides some clue as to its possible meaning, inference is always needed to arrive at the most relevant interpretation within the context in which the utterance occurs.
What is presented here is a revised grammar of Atong. All examples and texts are presented in Atong orthography. This spelling system is explained in the Atong Spelling Guide, which can be found here on my Academia.edu profile page. Moreover, some parts of the grammar have been re-worded or re-written since its publication in 2014.
What is presented here is a revised grammar of Atong. All examples and texts are presented in Atong orthography. This spelling system is explained in the Atong Spelling Guide, which can be found here on my Academia.edu profile page. Moreover, some parts of the grammar have been re-worded or re-written since its publication in 2014.
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What can be downloaded here is the Second edition. The first edition was published in India by the Tura Book Room. Reference: van Breugel, Seino. 2009. Atongmorot balgaba golpho. Tura: Tura Book Room. Atongmorot Balgaba Golpho is a book... more
What can be downloaded here is the Second edition. The first edition was published in India by the Tura Book Room. Reference: van Breugel, Seino. 2009. Atongmorot balgaba golpho. Tura: Tura Book Room.
Atongmorot Balgaba Golpho is a book of texts in Atong recorded during my fieldwork in India for my PhD. The stories are written in the Roman alphabet, which I adapted to write Atong. The book contains 37 texts on a variety of topics from Atong speakers.
Atongmorot Balgaba Golpho is a book of texts in Atong recorded during my fieldwork in India for my PhD. The stories are written in the Roman alphabet, which I adapted to write Atong. The book contains 37 texts on a variety of topics from Atong speakers.
Research Interests: Language Documentation, Indian Literature, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Documentation, Indigenous Languages, Sociolinguistics, Field Linguistics, Meghalaya, and 8 moreNortheast Indian Literature, Tibeto-Burman, Tibeto-Burman languages, Atong, Language documentation and conservation, Ethnic Literature, Documentation of endangered culture and language, and Bodo-Garo Languages
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This is the first collection of folk tales and other stories in Lyngam, an Austroasiatic language spoken in Northeast India and Bangladesh. The texts are written in a spelling system developed for the language by the author and are based... more
This is the first collection of folk tales and other stories in Lyngam, an Austroasiatic language spoken in Northeast India and Bangladesh. The texts are written in a spelling system developed for the language by the author and are based on transcripts of recordings made during fieldwork in Lyngam-speaking villages in the West Khasi Hills, Northeast India. Every Lyngam story is followed by an English translation. Part one of the book introduces the language. This is followed by some background information about alphabetic writing systems, which serves as an explanation for the choices the author had to make while developing the Lyngam alphabet. After a brief look at the Lyngam sound system and the different syllable structures found in the language, the Lyngam alphabet and spelling system are presented and explained with ample examples. The linguistic terms that are used are explained in the last section of the book. Part two of the book presents the collection of Lyngam texts to which the spelling is applied. This book presents a unique and lasting record of a small part of the oral tradition and history of the Lyngams.
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More than 2400 entries. The spelling used in the dictionary is explained in: van Breugel, Seino. 2009. Jongpyrtyk Lyngam: Lyngam stories, the Lyngam alphabet and spelling explained and applied. Bangkok: Thammasat University Press.
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This article provides a description of the Atong kinship lexicon in light of the social organisation of the Atong speakers. This lexicon is shaped primarily by the sex of the referent, matriliny and the importance of the continuation of... more
This article provides a description of the Atong kinship lexicon in light of the social organisation of the Atong speakers. This lexicon is shaped primarily by the sex of the referent, matriliny and the importance of the continuation of the moiety, the bond between two clans, which continues for many generations, and which is effectuated by cross-cousin marriage. Continuation of the moiety is one of the pillars of Atong society. Thus, different kinship terms are used to refer to relatives from the same or from a different clan.
Research Interests: Anthropological Linguistics, Languages and Linguistics, Indian studies, Kinship (Anthropology), Social and Cultural Anthropology, and 10 moreAnthropological Linguistics (Languages And Linguistics), Anthropology of Kinship, Indigenous Peoples, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, India, Meghalaya, Garos, Bodo-Garo Languages, and Atong Language
This chapter provides a succinct description of the kinship terms found in Lyngam and the relevant aspects of the culture in which they are used. The data for this paper were collected during the author’s fieldwork in the village of... more
This chapter provides a succinct description of the kinship terms found in Lyngam and the relevant aspects of the culture in which they are used. The data for this paper were collected during the author’s fieldwork in the village of Shallang, and Umdang (or Nongumdang), during two trips with a total time of six months: the first between July and October 2013 and the second between March and June 2014.
Research Interests: Anthropological Linguistics, Languages and Linguistics, Kinship (Anthropology), Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology of Kinship, and 8 moreLexicography, Indigenous Peoples, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, India, Meghalaya, Austroasiatic languages, Khasi of Meghalaya, and Austroasiatic linguistics
The Lyngam lexicon used to refer to and address kinsmen is shaped mainly by blood versus affinal relations, clan and phratry membership, and the by now said to be largely defunct practice of cross-cousin marriage. Before a presentation... more
The Lyngam lexicon used to refer to and address kinsmen is shaped mainly by blood versus affinal relations, clan and phratry membership, and the by now said to be largely defunct practice of cross-cousin marriage. Before a presentation and description of the kinship terms and their usages, a description of relevant aspects of Lyngam society that are necessary to provide some background information about the cultural environment in which the kinship terms are used.
Reference: van Breugel, Seino. 2016. A description of Lyngam kinship terms. Humanities Journal, Vol 23(1). Bangkok: Kasetsart University.179-211.
Reference: van Breugel, Seino. 2016. A description of Lyngam kinship terms. Humanities Journal, Vol 23(1). Bangkok: Kasetsart University.179-211.
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Research Interests: Language Documentation, Lexicography, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Indian languages, and 7 moreTibeto-Burman languages, Language documentation and conservation, Language Documentation and Description, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages, and Northeast Indian Linguistics
The Lyngam people of Meghalaya State in Northeast India and adjacent areas in Bangladesh speak an Austroasiatic language with the same name. This article reports the findings of my two fieldwork trips of six months in total, with the... more
The Lyngam people of Meghalaya State in Northeast India and adjacent areas in Bangladesh speak an Austroasiatic language with the same name. This article reports the findings of my two fieldwork trips of six months in total, with the objective to study and record the language and culture of the Lyngams in the area between the villages of Umdang and Shallang in the West Khasi Hills District of Meghalaya. Wedged in between speakers of Tibeto-Burman tongues to the north, west and south, and speakers of closely related Austroasiatic speech varieties to the east, the Lyngams are claimed both ethnically and linguistically by both the Garos and the Khasis. I found that, while their language is definitely Austroasiatic, it has Tibeto-Burman loanwords and the Lyngams present cultural traits that are similar to both their Garo and Khasian neighbours.
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The aim of this article is to give a descriptive analysis of noun-modifying clauses in Atong, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya state in Northeast India. When I set out to describe the... more
The aim of this article is to give a descriptive analysis of noun-modifying clauses in Atong, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya state in Northeast India. When I set out to describe the phenomenon of noun-modifying clauses in Atong, I felt that neither the general typological literature nor the Tibeto-Burman literature on this subject provided a perfect framework for its analysis. In both the typological and the Tibeto-Burman literature the analysis of noun-modifying clauses is guided by syntax, whereas in Atong we will have to take semantics and pragmatics into account to understand the relationship between the attributive clause and the noun it modifies.
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semantics/Pragmatics, Syntax, Linguistics, and 20 moreSino-Tibetan Linguistics, Morphology (Languages And Linguistics), Language Typology, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, Relative Clauses, Grammatical Categories, Tibeto-Burman, Tibeto-Burman languages, Relative Clauses Typology, Language Documentation and Description, Sino-Tibetan, Semantics of grammatical morphemes, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistics (Syntax Semantics) of Tibeto Burman and Tai Languages, Typology of lanuage - comparative linguistics, Grammatical morphemes, Northeast Indian Linguistics, and Meghalayan languages
Nominal and verbal morphology shows a great overlap. This suggests that the core meanings expressed by suffixes on verbs and nouns in Atong must be the same. Depending on the meaning that is expressed, verbs will sometimes function as... more
Nominal and verbal morphology shows a great overlap. This suggests that the core meanings expressed by suffixes on verbs and nouns in Atong must be the same. Depending on the meaning that is expressed, verbs will sometimes function as nouns and nouns may function as the head of a predicate. Some morphemes have different semantic extensions when attached to nouns or to verbs.
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Linguistics, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, Morphology (Languages And Linguistics), Language Typology, and 11 moreTibeto-Burman Linguistics, Linguistic Typology, Language Description, Tibeto-Burman languages, Language Documentation and Description, Linguistic typology, syntax, tibeto-burman languages, Sino-Tibetan, Language description and documentation, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, and Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Syntax, Linguistics, Northeast India, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, and 11 moreTibeto-Burman Linguistics, Meghalaya, Tibeto-Burman, Syntax, Morphology, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistics (Syntax Semantics) of Tibeto Burman and Tai Languages, Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages, and Northeast Indian Linguistics
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Pragmatics, Syntax, Linguistics, Southeast Asian Linguistics, and 14 moreSino-Tibetan Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman, Syntax, Morphology, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman languages, Grammatical Description, Linguistic typology, syntax, tibeto-burman languages, South Asian linguistics, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistics (Syntax Semantics) of Tibeto Burman and Tai Languages, Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages, and Northeast Indian Linguistics
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Pragmatics, Syntax, Linguistics, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, and 14 moreMorphology (Languages And Linguistics), Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman, Syntax, Morphology, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman languages, Grammatical Description, Linguistic typology, syntax, tibeto-burman languages, Semantics and Pragmatics, Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages, Northeast Indian Linguistics, and Meghalayan languages
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Semantics, Syntax, Linguistics, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, and 13 moreMorphology (Languages And Linguistics), Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Case Marking, Tibeto-Burman, Syntax, Morphology, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman languages, Grammatical Description, Linguistic typology, syntax, tibeto-burman languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Case System in Tibeto Burman Languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages, and Meghalayan languages
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Syntax, Linguistics, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, Morphology (Languages And Linguistics), and 12 moreTibeto-Burman Linguistics, Nominalization, Tibeto-Burman, Syntax, Morphology, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman languages, Grammatical Description, Linguistic typology, syntax, tibeto-burman languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages, Northeast Indian Linguistics, and Meghalayan languages
Research Interests: Languages and Linguistics, Pragmatics, Syntax, Linguistics, Sino-Tibetan Linguistics, and 11 moreMorphology (Languages And Linguistics), Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Tibeto-Burman, Syntax, Morphology, Sino-Tibetan and Indo-European Linguistics, Grammatical Description, Linguistic typology, syntax, tibeto-burman languages, Sino-Tibetan languages, Bodo-Garo Languages, Linguistic Description of Tibeto Burman Languages, Northeast Indian Linguistics, and Meghalayan languages
""A grammar of Atong" is publihsed by Brill, link: http://www.brill.com/grammar-atong. This book differs considerably from my PhD thesis and should be used as a reference instead of my PhD thesis. My PhD thesis consists of a grammatical... more
""A grammar of Atong" is publihsed by Brill, link: http://www.brill.com/grammar-atong.
This book differs considerably from my PhD thesis and should be used as a reference instead of my PhD thesis.
My PhD thesis consists of a grammatical analysis of most parts of the grammar, 4 fully-glossed texts and an Atong-English dictionary. My thesis received an honerable mention at the Pāṇini Award competition in 2011, see: http://www.linguistic-typology.org/awards.html#2011
To download a PDF of my PhD thesis, use this link https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c200/77c118a4140801b890133212af35586308ab.pdf?_ga=2.142113338.927813049.1598115175-1993597252.1598115175
This book differs considerably from my PhD thesis and should be used as a reference instead of my PhD thesis.
My PhD thesis consists of a grammatical analysis of most parts of the grammar, 4 fully-glossed texts and an Atong-English dictionary. My thesis received an honerable mention at the Pāṇini Award competition in 2011, see: http://www.linguistic-typology.org/awards.html#2011
To download a PDF of my PhD thesis, use this link https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c200/77c118a4140801b890133212af35586308ab.pdf?_ga=2.142113338.927813049.1598115175-1993597252.1598115175
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