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Achla M. Raina
PhD (IIT Kanpur)
Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research Interest
Cognitive Linguistics, Pragmatics, Lexical Semantics, Sign Linguistics, Indic Linguistics
Office
Room No. FB324
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
IIT Kanpur
Education
PhD, Linguistics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, 1992
M.Phil, Linguistics, Delhi University, 1984
M.A., Linguistics, Delhi University, 1982
M.A., English Literature, Kashmir University, 1980
B.A., English Literature, Kashmir University, 1978
Teaching Area
Cognitive linguistics
Natural language semantics
Computational linguistics
Language acquisition
Language evolution
Indian linguistic tradition
Sociolinguistics
Pragmatics
Philosophy of language
Generative linguistics
Communication studies
Language teaching
Selected Publications
Raina, Achla M. 2013. "Classifier Expressions in Kashmiri: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach", Indian Linguistics (Journal of Linguistic Society of India), vol. 74, ISSN: 0378-0759
Raina, Achla M. 2011. The Co-eventual Verb in Hindi. In Koul, Omkar N. (ed.) Indo-Aryan Linguistics, CIIL, Mysore, pp.135-152
Raina, Achla M. 2011. Compositionality in Complex Predicates. In Imtiaz S. and S. Chaudhary (eds.) Problematising Language Studies: Cultural theoretical and applied Perspectives, Aakar Books, New Delhi, pp. 347-371, ISBN 978-93-5002-084-5
Achla M. Raina, 2005. "Complex Predicates and Semantic Underspecification", Indian Linguistics (Journal of the Linguistic Society of India), vol. 65, 89-103
Achla M. Raina, 1995. "The Verb-Second Phenomenon", Indian Linguistics (Journal of Linguistic Society of India),, vol. 56: 1-14