Professor of Linguistics, Indian Statistical Institute; ex-president, Universal Esperanto Association
Profile: d.o.b. 1953, Ph.D. (Linguistics), 1980, New York University. Instructor (New York Univ. 1977, 1978, San Francisco State Univ. 1978, Univ. of Melbourne 1979, Barlaston College 1988); Lecturer (Univ. of Calcutta 1980); Reader (Deccan College, Pune, 1980-89). Professor (Univ. of Hyderabad, 1989-2006; Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata (2006-). Editor of Indian Linguistics (1982-87), Language Problems and Language Planning (with Humphrey Tonkin, 1990-2013), Beletra Almanako (with Jorge Camacho, Istvan Ertl, et al., 2007-). Editor of book series Language and Development (with Udaya Narayana Singh, 1993-2004) and Yearbook of South Asian Languages and Linguistics (with Rajendra Singh, 1998-06). Member of Akademio de Esperanto (1983-, vice-president since 2001). Honorary member of Linguistic Society of America (2004-).
Selected Publications | Elektitaj Publikaĵoj:
- (2015) Merur praarthonaa: bishuber uttor, Kolkata: Abhijan
- (2014) Nemesis (tr; a play by Alfred Nobel), Kolkata: M.C. Sarkar
- (2012) Bhaashaar bindubishargo, Kolkata: Gangchil
- (2011) Loĝi en homaj lingvoj: la substancisma perspektivo, New York: Mondial
- (2011) Inhabiting Human Languages: The Substantivist Visualization, New Delhi: Samskriti/ ICPR
- (2011) Chinno kathaay shaajaaye taroni, Kolkata: Gangchil
- (2006) Dormanta hejmaro (tr), Antwerpen: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo
- (2006) Hlaapicer kaando (tr), Kolkata: Samatat
- (2002, with Amares Datta and Udayon Misra) English at the Crossroads: the Postcolonial Situation, Dibrugarh: Students’ Book Centre
- (2000, with Alan Ford and Rajendra Singh) After Etymology: Towards a Substantivist Linguistics, Muenchen: Lincom Europa
- (1995, with Jayant Lele and Rajendra Singh) Explorations in Indian Sociolinguistics, New Delhi: Sage
- (1994) Klera edzino (tr), Pisa: Edistudio; (1993) The Otherness of English: India’s Auntie Tongue Syndrome, New Delhi: Sage
- (1989) Mi juna (tr), Rotterdam: Esperantaj kajeroj
- (1989) Projective Syntax: Theory and Applications, Pune: Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute
- (1987) Kathaar kriyaakarmo, Kolkata: Dey’s
- (1977) Primico (tr), Antwerpen: TK/Stafeto. And contributions to books and journals in Bangla, English, Esperanto and French.
Contact | Kontakto
Linguistic Research Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
203 B.T. Road
Kolkata 700 108, Barato (India)
probal.dasgupta(at) gmail.com
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