Dr. Bisalakshi Sawarni
Assistant Professor
Dr. Bisalakshi Sawarni
Assistant Professor
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Linguistics (2025),Department of Linguistics and Language Technology, Tezpur University
- MA in Linguistics and Language Technology (2019), Department of Linguistics and Language Technology, Tezpur University
- BA in English(2017), Department of English and Foreign Languages, Tezpur University
Academic Experience:
- (8 months ongoing in RGU)
Research Interests:
- Cognitive linguistics, Tibeto-Burman Linguistics, Languages of Northeast India, Metaphor Studies.
Paper Publications in Journals:
- National: 1 (“Conceptual Metaphors of Menstruation in Assamese, Mising and Bodo: A Cognitive Perspective,” GUINEIS Journal, XII, Gauhati University, 2025 (UGC-CARE listed). )
- International: 4 ( (i) “The Experiential Construction in Assamese: Form and Meaning” Review of Cognitive Linguistics, John Benjamins Publishing Company, (co-authored with Prof. Gautam K. Borah, Tezpur University). (SCOPUS-INDEXED). (ii) “Clausal Complementation in Mising,” Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 48(2), John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2025 (SCOPUS-INDEXED). (iii) “Clausal juxtaposition and coordination: meaning and grammar in Assamese,” Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics, 12(1), De Gruyter, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1515/jsall-2025-2002 (co-authored with Prof. Gautam K. Borah, Tezpur University). (UGC-CARE listed). (iv) “The grammar and meaning of atemporal complement clauses in Assamese: A cognitive linguistics approach,” Himalayan Linguistics, 23(1). University of California E-Scholarship, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5070/H923161166. (co-authored with Prof. Gautam K. Borah, Tezpur University). (UGC-CARE listed). )
Any Other Achievement/Award:
- UGC Junior/Senior Research Fellowship (UGC JRF/SRF Fellowship) (2022)
- ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship (2021)
