MA (Gauhati), PhD (Oregon)
Tibeto-Burman linguistics, Descriptive linguistics, Language documentation
Department of Linguistics
Gauhati University, Guwahati, 781014
Email: krishnaboro[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in
LIN0200204 Phonetics and Phonology
LIN0400204 Phonology
LIN 3016 Functional Syntax I
LIN 3026 Linguistic Field Methods
LIN 4016 Functional Syntax II
LIN 4026 Projects in Linguistics
Basic Computer Skills for Ph.D. Research
Author IDs: 0000-0003-3578-6237 (ORCID); 56744793900 (Scopus)
Boro, Krishna. (2020). Deictic motion in Hakhun Tangsa. Languages and Peoples of the Eastern Himalayan Region, 1(1): 9-29.
Boro, Krishna. (2019). Argument indexation in Hakhun Tangsa. Himalayan Linguistics, 18(1): 180-201.
Boro, Krishna. (2016). The za constructions: Middle-like constructions in Boro. Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics, 3(1): 43-83.
Boro, Krishna & Prafulla Basumatary. (2015). Adverbial Suffixes in Bodo. In Mark W. Post, Stephen Morey, Scott DeLancey (eds.), Language and Culture in Northeast India and Beyond: In Honor of Robbins Burling (pp. 57-99). Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics.
Boro, Krishna. (2012). Serialized Verbs in Boro. In Gwendolyn Hyslop, Stephen Morey, Mark W. Post (eds.), North East Indian Linguistics, Volumn 4 (pp. 83-103). New Delhi: Cambridge University Press.
2024. Discourse prominence and Differential Object Marking in Bodo. 27th Himalayan Languages Symposium, IIT Guwahati, 14th June.
2024. A Phonetic and Phonological Sketch of Bugun Vowels. 27th Himalayan Languages Symposium, IIT Guwahati, 14th June. Co-presented.
2024. The West Bengal Variety of Bodo: A preliminary contrastive study. 27th Himalayan Languages Symposium, IIT Guwahati, 14th June. Co-presented.
2024. Scalar Property of Corrective Focus Enclitics in Bodo. 4th Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India, The English and Foreign Languages University, Shillong Regional Campus, Shillong, 7th February.
2023. Differential S and O marking in Bodo. 12th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistics Society, Department of Linguistics, Gauhati University, 5th February.
2022. Prominence and DOM in Bodo. 2nd International Conference of Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India, 9th April. Online.
2021. Variable Plural Marking in Bodo. 1st International Conference of Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India, 27th June. Online.
2020. Differential Object Marking in Bodo. 11th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society, Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar, Assam, India, 7th February.
2018. Deictic Motion in Hakhun Tangsa. 10th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India, 29th January.
2016. Scalar Additive in Boro: Presupposition, scale, and entailment. 9th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India, 7th February.
2015. Deixis and Inverse in Hakhun Tangsa. 37th International conference of Linguistic Society of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, 17th October.
2015. Additive among the discourse particles in Bodo. 48th Annual meeting of Societas Linguistica Europaea, Leiden University Centre for Linguistics, Leiden, the Netherlands, 4th September.
2015. Adverbial suffixes in Bodo. International Workshop on Linguistic Fieldwork in South Asia, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 2nd June.
2015. Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar Borderland. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Round Table, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 14th May.
2015. A Quantitative study of Bodo verb morphology. 31st South Asian Languages Analysis Round Table, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 14th May.
2013. Za constructions in Boro. 19th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. 7th September.
2012. Hierarchical Verb Agreement in Hakhun Tangsa. 18th Himalayan Languages Symposium, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh, India, 11th September.
2011. A Preliminary Study on Hakhun Phonology. 6th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistics Society, Tezpur University, Assam, India, 31st January.
2010. Reduplication in Boro. 5th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistic Society, Gauhati University, Assam, India, 14th February.
2009. Serial Verb Constructions in Boro. 4th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistic Society, NEHU, Meghalaya, India, 16th January.
2008. Borrowed Elements in the System of Classifiers in Boro. 30th All India Conference of Linguists, Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Pune, India. 27th November.
2024. Approaches to Language Studies: Formalism and Functionalism. Recent Trends in Language Studies, Dept. of Assamese, Gauhati University. 23rd September, 2024.
2024. Linguistic Principles for Language Teaching. 6-Day Residential Capacity Building Training Programme for Teachers of English at the Secondary Level. Gauhati University in collaboration with Samagra Shiksha Assam, 8th and 22nd August, 12th and 26th September, 2024.
2023. Linguistic Annotation Tools. 1-week Short Term Course on Applied Linguistics and Assamese Language, UGC-HRDC, Gauhati University, 21st February.
2023. Linguistic Fieldwork. 1-week Short Term Course on Applied Linguistics and Assamese Language, UGC-HRDC, Gauhati University, 20th February.
2021. Focus Enclitics in Bodo. Weekly talk series on Languages of North East India, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East Inida, 30th January. Online.
2017. On writing a descriptive grammar. Workshop on Grammatical Structure of Tibeto-Burman Languages of NE India, Department of Linguistics, Assam University, Silchar, 18th January.
2016. Focus Enclitics in Bodo. An international seminar on Language Documentation, its significance and scopes in NE India, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, CIT, Kokrajhar, BTR, Assam, 16th December.
2015. Documentation of Languages in North East India. Workshop on Interdisciplinary research on language and speech in Northeast India, Center for Linguistics, Science and Technology (CLST), IIT Guwahati, 28 February – 1 March.
2011-2017. Graduate Teaching Fellow. University of Oregon, Oregon, USA.
2011-2012. Promising Scholar Award. Graduate School, University of Oregon, Oregon, USA.
2018-2021. A Proficiency Course in Boro: From Inception to Implementation. The Scheme for Promoting Research among Young Faculty. Gauhati University.
2015-2017. Doctoral Dissertation Research: A Descriptive Grammar of Hakhun Tangsa. National Science Foundation, USA.
2022-Present. Managing Editor. Languages and Peoples of the Eastern Himalayan Region. (LPEHR)
Language Documentation and Description (LDD)
Journal of Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS)
Languages and Peoples of the Eastern Himalayan Region (LPEHR)
Gauhati University Institute of North-East Indian Studies (GUINEIS)
Anundoram Borooah Institute of Language, Art and Culture (ABILAC)
2023. 12th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistic Society. Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam. 3rd - 5th February. (Local host)
2022. 2nd International Conference of Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India (ICTiBLANEI-2). 8th - 10th April. Online.
2021. 1st International Conference of Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India (ICTiBLANEI-1). 26th - 29th June. Online.
2020. 11th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistic Society. CIT Kokrajhar, Assam. 7th - 9th February.
2018. 10th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistic Society. Assam University, Silchar. 29th - 31st January.
2016. 9th International Conference of North East Indian Linguistic Society. Tezpur University. 5th - 7th February.
2021-Present. Tibeto-Burman Linguistics Association of North East India (TiBLANEI)
2011-Present. North East Indian Linguistics Society (NEILS)
2018-Present. Executive committee member, Gauhati University Teachers' Association.
2018-Present. DQAC Member.
2017-Present. Department Nodal Faculty for NAAC Assessment.
Dissertation: A Descriptive Grammar of Champang: A Tangsa Naga Language.
Dissertation: A Descriptive Grammar of Serdukpen.
Dissertation: A Phonetic and Phonological Description of Bugun.
Dissertation: A Descriptive Grammar of Tiwa: A Tibeto-Burman Language.