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Books by P Perumal Samy
Tamizhaga Institute of Educational Research & Advancements, 2024
The Festschrift volume titled on 'Linguistic and Literary Studies in India' will indeed be an int... more The Festschrift volume titled on 'Linguistic and Literary Studies in India' will indeed be an interesting and eye opening read for the enthusiasts of language, linguistic and literary studies. The collection comprises dedicatedly researched articles on multiple sub- disciplines of Linguistics. The edition speaks volumes on the rise in the multidisciplinary approach of study and research towards the dynamic discipline of Linguistics. It contains thirty three articles written by different scholars representing all parts of India.
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru, 2021
In an era of digital learning, it is a pioneering attempt to provide available materials on 121 I... more In an era of digital learning, it is a pioneering attempt to provide available materials on 121 Indian languages on the digital portal freely for the end users. This book gives the sincere efforts taken so far in this objective.
Office of the Registrar General India Language Division, 2022
It is a brief linguistic description of Kinnauri language belonging to one of the Tibeto-Burman g... more It is a brief linguistic description of Kinnauri language belonging to one of the Tibeto-Burman group of languages spoken in Himachal Pradesh. It is spoken amidst Indo Aryan group of languages which are surrounded entirely with few exceptions such as Bhotia, Lahauli and Spiti.
Linguistic Survey of India: Jharkhand, 2021
Ho Language is classified under Kherwarian group of Munda branch of Austro – Asiatic subfamily of... more Ho Language is classified under Kherwarian group of Munda branch of Austro – Asiatic subfamily of Austric family (Grierson, 1906). The recent studies indicate that Ho language may be placed under Northern Munda group.
Ho is listed as a Non-Scheduled language in the Census record, appears as a language as well as Mother Tongue in the successive Census enumerations. Ho language is spoken majorly in Jharkhand state and it is followed by other states such as Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. Its last decadal [2001-2011] growth rate is 36.32%. Among the total strength of Ho speakers in Jharkhand 4,66,693 speakers are monolinguals.
This is a sketch grammar of Ho language spoken in Jharkhand state described linguistically for the volume of Linguistic Survey of India project being conducted by Language Division, Office of the Registrar General, India and published electronically in their website.
S Vimaladevi, 2013
Linguistic markers that exhibit the social status of a person in a social interaction. An exhaust... more Linguistic markers that exhibit the social status of a person in a social interaction. An exhaustive study in a village atmosphere applying sociolinguistic methodology.
Language Division, Office of the Registrar General India, 2021
A sketch grammar of Surjapuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Re... more A sketch grammar of Surjapuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Registrar General India for their Volume Linguistic Survey of India, Bihar state. This report consists of Introduction, Phonological, Morphological and Syntactic features and a Text on this mother tongue.
Language Division, Office of the Registrar General, India, 2021
A sketch grammar of Bhojpuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Reg... more A sketch grammar of Bhojpuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Registrar General India for their Volume Linguistic Survey of India, Bihar state. This report consists of Introduction, Phonological, Morphological and Syntactic features and a Text on this mother tongue.
LSI West Bengal Volume Part I Office of the Registrar General India Language Division Kolkata
Office of the Registrar General India, 2016
LSI West Bengal Volume Part I Office of the Registrar General India Language Division Kolkata
![Research paper thumbnail of Molikkum Anthasthirkum Itaye Nilavum Utanuravu ( in Tamil), [ An Interrelationship Exists between the Language Use and Social Status], May, 2013, Kolkata, Self Publication with the assistance of Central Institute of Indian Languages ,Mysore.](https://attachments.academia-assets.com/34469519/thumbnails/1.jpg)
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Language in India , 2008
In this dissertation, Dr. Perumalsamy investigates the processes of status marking in Tamil i.e. ... more In this dissertation, Dr. Perumalsamy investigates the processes of status marking in Tamil i.e. the relation between the use of language and social status of the person concerned. He dealt in detail about the usage of linguistic features involved (such as address forms, pronominal terminations, kinship terms, gestures and politeness and intimacy markers) and how they play a vital role in the choice of speakers involved in the conversations.
Papers by P Perumal Samy
Dharwad: Nilaparvat Prakashana, 2020
India is a vast sub-continent comprising of multi ethnic, multicultural and multilingual communit... more India is a vast sub-continent comprising of multi ethnic, multicultural and multilingual communities living together for the time immemorial period. People speak multiple languages in different parts of the country. These languages belong to four language families majorly viz., Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman. Contemporary linguistic scholars are also considering Andamanese group of languages (Abbi, Anvita 2013) as separate language families. Besides these language grouping, there are languages such as Nihali considered as language isolates by some scholars (Nagaraja, 2014) i. e. they don’t belong to any group as mentioned above or yet to be classified based on similar genealogical features. This paper discusses about mother tongues, languages and language families in India as appeared in the last Census.
Landscapes of Linguistics and Literature - A Festschrift for Dr. L. Ramamoorthy (ISBN 978-93-81101-53-7) Eds. S.Thennarasu, N.Vijayan, L.R. Prem Kumar, R.Amudha, M.Rameh Kumar, 2019
There are some linguistic choices, the usages of which bring out the social relationship existing... more There are some linguistic choices, the usages of which bring out the social relationship existing between the addresser and addressee. One way of looking at the relationship existing between them is to examine the pronoun exchange.
Second Person Pronouns in Tamil situation
The following is the list of second person pronouns available in Tamil. They are used in both written and spoken forms.
Form Meaning
ni: you – singular
ni : r you – neutral (dialectal)
ni: nkal you – plural as well as
honorific singular
ta : nkal you – plural as well as highly deferential
honorific singular used in formal situations
There are two types of second person pronouns predominantly used in spoken Tamil form. One is ni: ‘you- singular’ and the other one is ni : n ka ‘you – plural’. The latter one is used to address a single person also as a mark of deference or honour.
Usage of Pronouns in interactions
When persons of in –equal status interact in the speech event, a kind of pronouns which are non reciprocal in nature may be used. If persons of equal status interact, then they may be in exchange of the same kind of pronoun which is said to be reciprocal in nature. Thus, based upon the relationship between two persons and the status of the participants involved in the speech event, the choice of pronoun is made.
This article deals with the study of the use of pronouns by the speaker in the Kin and Social network levels and also upon the factors which influence the use of such pronouns.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS VOL. 46, NO. 1-2, JAN-DEC (ISSN 0379-0037) , 2020
Kisan, a mother tongue of Kisan tribesmen, included in the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes ... more Kisan, a mother tongue of Kisan tribesmen, included in the
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes list, has been
successively returned since 1961, is a Dravidian speech
essentially spoken in Odisha state surrounded by the Indo-
Aryan and Munda speech communities. They are primarily
engaged in cultivation and also working as agricultural
labourers. Among the Dravidian languages, it’s close cognate
language is Kurukh/Oraon. Thus it comes under North
Dravidian group of languages/mother tongues. Kisan mother
tongue speakers are found overwhelmingly in the three
districts of Odisha namely Sundargarh, Sambalpur and
Jharsuguda as per the 2001 Census. Out of the total 1, 39, 428
Kisan mother tongue speakers, 91, 368 speakers speak Odia,
5, 899 speakers converse Hindi and 1, 857 speakers know
English. Grierson opines that the ancestors of Kisan tribesmen
might have belonged to Karnataka (Carnatic) and later on
migrated to Odisha and Bihar and settled there as Oraon and
Maler respectively. It discusses about various morphological
features of the Kisan mother tongue. This description will give
us a clear cut picture of present day morphological features of
Kisan mother tongue which was essentially a Dravidian
speech earlier but influenced by other speeches belonging to
various families surrounded by them at present. Since this one
is a preliminary research and mainly focusing on the structure
of the speech, no comparative study with the neighbouring
languages or other north Dravidian languages is made at this
juncture. However, if such studies are carried out in future,
they will highlight how much influence is noticed on this
mother tongue by other speeches.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Language Archives: LangArc-2023
The Bharatavani project, launched in 2016 initiated by the Government of India, addresses the cru... more The Bharatavani project, launched in 2016 initiated by the Government of India, addresses the crucial need to preserve and promote indigenous languages and cultures. The paper presents an overview of the project, which focuses on recording socio-cultural and linguistic information about 121 Indian languages and making it accessible to a broader audience. The project leverages technological advancements to document significantly smaller and lesser-known languages and mother tongues in India, to raise awareness and maintain and promote the country's rich linguistic diversity. The Bharatavani project aims to bridge the digital divide and ensure equal access to knowledge and information by emphasizing the importance of incorporating these languages into the digital sphere. Through the creation of e-content, the project offers multimedia resources, including text, audio, video, and images, through the online portal www.bharatavani.in and the Bharatavani Android App. This research hig...
"Collected Papers on Linguistics, Literature, Culture and Society" (Eds.) V M Subramanian S Sundarabalu, N Ramesh, N Vijayan and P Sankar Ganesh, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 2022
This paper highlights the strength of scheduled and non scheduled languages spoken in India and t... more This paper highlights the strength of scheduled and non scheduled languages spoken in India and the prevailing trends of Bilingualism and trilingualism as per 2011 Census report.
"Language Endangerment and Language Revitalisation:Polcies,Planning and Practices" Sujoy Sarkar, Nagaraju S and Parman Singh (Eds)Central Institute of Indian Languages, 2020
Based on the researcher worked on the different terrains of India, this guideline is prepared for... more Based on the researcher worked on the different terrains of India, this guideline is prepared for the young scholars who prefer to go for the field work in the interior parts of the country to collect data on lesser known languages.
Tamizhaga Institute of Educational Research & Advancements, 2024
The Festschrift volume titled on 'Linguistic and Literary Studies in India' will indeed be an int... more The Festschrift volume titled on 'Linguistic and Literary Studies in India' will indeed be an interesting and eye opening read for the enthusiasts of language, linguistic and literary studies. The collection comprises dedicatedly researched articles on multiple sub- disciplines of Linguistics. The edition speaks volumes on the rise in the multidisciplinary approach of study and research towards the dynamic discipline of Linguistics. It contains thirty three articles written by different scholars representing all parts of India.
Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru, 2021
In an era of digital learning, it is a pioneering attempt to provide available materials on 121 I... more In an era of digital learning, it is a pioneering attempt to provide available materials on 121 Indian languages on the digital portal freely for the end users. This book gives the sincere efforts taken so far in this objective.
Office of the Registrar General India Language Division, 2022
It is a brief linguistic description of Kinnauri language belonging to one of the Tibeto-Burman g... more It is a brief linguistic description of Kinnauri language belonging to one of the Tibeto-Burman group of languages spoken in Himachal Pradesh. It is spoken amidst Indo Aryan group of languages which are surrounded entirely with few exceptions such as Bhotia, Lahauli and Spiti.
Linguistic Survey of India: Jharkhand, 2021
Ho Language is classified under Kherwarian group of Munda branch of Austro – Asiatic subfamily of... more Ho Language is classified under Kherwarian group of Munda branch of Austro – Asiatic subfamily of Austric family (Grierson, 1906). The recent studies indicate that Ho language may be placed under Northern Munda group.
Ho is listed as a Non-Scheduled language in the Census record, appears as a language as well as Mother Tongue in the successive Census enumerations. Ho language is spoken majorly in Jharkhand state and it is followed by other states such as Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. Its last decadal [2001-2011] growth rate is 36.32%. Among the total strength of Ho speakers in Jharkhand 4,66,693 speakers are monolinguals.
This is a sketch grammar of Ho language spoken in Jharkhand state described linguistically for the volume of Linguistic Survey of India project being conducted by Language Division, Office of the Registrar General, India and published electronically in their website.
S Vimaladevi, 2013
Linguistic markers that exhibit the social status of a person in a social interaction. An exhaust... more Linguistic markers that exhibit the social status of a person in a social interaction. An exhaustive study in a village atmosphere applying sociolinguistic methodology.
Language Division, Office of the Registrar General India, 2021
A sketch grammar of Surjapuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Re... more A sketch grammar of Surjapuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Registrar General India for their Volume Linguistic Survey of India, Bihar state. This report consists of Introduction, Phonological, Morphological and Syntactic features and a Text on this mother tongue.
Language Division, Office of the Registrar General, India, 2021
A sketch grammar of Bhojpuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Reg... more A sketch grammar of Bhojpuri Mother Tongue is brought out by Language Division, Office of the Registrar General India for their Volume Linguistic Survey of India, Bihar state. This report consists of Introduction, Phonological, Morphological and Syntactic features and a Text on this mother tongue.
LSI West Bengal Volume Part I Office of the Registrar General India Language Division Kolkata
Office of the Registrar General India, 2016
LSI West Bengal Volume Part I Office of the Registrar General India Language Division Kolkata
Language in India , 2008
In this dissertation, Dr. Perumalsamy investigates the processes of status marking in Tamil i.e. ... more In this dissertation, Dr. Perumalsamy investigates the processes of status marking in Tamil i.e. the relation between the use of language and social status of the person concerned. He dealt in detail about the usage of linguistic features involved (such as address forms, pronominal terminations, kinship terms, gestures and politeness and intimacy markers) and how they play a vital role in the choice of speakers involved in the conversations.
Dharwad: Nilaparvat Prakashana, 2020
India is a vast sub-continent comprising of multi ethnic, multicultural and multilingual communit... more India is a vast sub-continent comprising of multi ethnic, multicultural and multilingual communities living together for the time immemorial period. People speak multiple languages in different parts of the country. These languages belong to four language families majorly viz., Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman. Contemporary linguistic scholars are also considering Andamanese group of languages (Abbi, Anvita 2013) as separate language families. Besides these language grouping, there are languages such as Nihali considered as language isolates by some scholars (Nagaraja, 2014) i. e. they don’t belong to any group as mentioned above or yet to be classified based on similar genealogical features. This paper discusses about mother tongues, languages and language families in India as appeared in the last Census.
Landscapes of Linguistics and Literature - A Festschrift for Dr. L. Ramamoorthy (ISBN 978-93-81101-53-7) Eds. S.Thennarasu, N.Vijayan, L.R. Prem Kumar, R.Amudha, M.Rameh Kumar, 2019
There are some linguistic choices, the usages of which bring out the social relationship existing... more There are some linguistic choices, the usages of which bring out the social relationship existing between the addresser and addressee. One way of looking at the relationship existing between them is to examine the pronoun exchange.
Second Person Pronouns in Tamil situation
The following is the list of second person pronouns available in Tamil. They are used in both written and spoken forms.
Form Meaning
ni: you – singular
ni : r you – neutral (dialectal)
ni: nkal you – plural as well as
honorific singular
ta : nkal you – plural as well as highly deferential
honorific singular used in formal situations
There are two types of second person pronouns predominantly used in spoken Tamil form. One is ni: ‘you- singular’ and the other one is ni : n ka ‘you – plural’. The latter one is used to address a single person also as a mark of deference or honour.
Usage of Pronouns in interactions
When persons of in –equal status interact in the speech event, a kind of pronouns which are non reciprocal in nature may be used. If persons of equal status interact, then they may be in exchange of the same kind of pronoun which is said to be reciprocal in nature. Thus, based upon the relationship between two persons and the status of the participants involved in the speech event, the choice of pronoun is made.
This article deals with the study of the use of pronouns by the speaker in the Kin and Social network levels and also upon the factors which influence the use of such pronouns.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS VOL. 46, NO. 1-2, JAN-DEC (ISSN 0379-0037) , 2020
Kisan, a mother tongue of Kisan tribesmen, included in the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes ... more Kisan, a mother tongue of Kisan tribesmen, included in the
scheduled castes and scheduled tribes list, has been
successively returned since 1961, is a Dravidian speech
essentially spoken in Odisha state surrounded by the Indo-
Aryan and Munda speech communities. They are primarily
engaged in cultivation and also working as agricultural
labourers. Among the Dravidian languages, it’s close cognate
language is Kurukh/Oraon. Thus it comes under North
Dravidian group of languages/mother tongues. Kisan mother
tongue speakers are found overwhelmingly in the three
districts of Odisha namely Sundargarh, Sambalpur and
Jharsuguda as per the 2001 Census. Out of the total 1, 39, 428
Kisan mother tongue speakers, 91, 368 speakers speak Odia,
5, 899 speakers converse Hindi and 1, 857 speakers know
English. Grierson opines that the ancestors of Kisan tribesmen
might have belonged to Karnataka (Carnatic) and later on
migrated to Odisha and Bihar and settled there as Oraon and
Maler respectively. It discusses about various morphological
features of the Kisan mother tongue. This description will give
us a clear cut picture of present day morphological features of
Kisan mother tongue which was essentially a Dravidian
speech earlier but influenced by other speeches belonging to
various families surrounded by them at present. Since this one
is a preliminary research and mainly focusing on the structure
of the speech, no comparative study with the neighbouring
languages or other north Dravidian languages is made at this
juncture. However, if such studies are carried out in future,
they will highlight how much influence is noticed on this
mother tongue by other speeches.
Proceedings of the International Workshop on Digital Language Archives: LangArc-2023
The Bharatavani project, launched in 2016 initiated by the Government of India, addresses the cru... more The Bharatavani project, launched in 2016 initiated by the Government of India, addresses the crucial need to preserve and promote indigenous languages and cultures. The paper presents an overview of the project, which focuses on recording socio-cultural and linguistic information about 121 Indian languages and making it accessible to a broader audience. The project leverages technological advancements to document significantly smaller and lesser-known languages and mother tongues in India, to raise awareness and maintain and promote the country's rich linguistic diversity. The Bharatavani project aims to bridge the digital divide and ensure equal access to knowledge and information by emphasizing the importance of incorporating these languages into the digital sphere. Through the creation of e-content, the project offers multimedia resources, including text, audio, video, and images, through the online portal www.bharatavani.in and the Bharatavani Android App. This research hig...
"Collected Papers on Linguistics, Literature, Culture and Society" (Eds.) V M Subramanian S Sundarabalu, N Ramesh, N Vijayan and P Sankar Ganesh, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 2022
This paper highlights the strength of scheduled and non scheduled languages spoken in India and t... more This paper highlights the strength of scheduled and non scheduled languages spoken in India and the prevailing trends of Bilingualism and trilingualism as per 2011 Census report.
"Language Endangerment and Language Revitalisation:Polcies,Planning and Practices" Sujoy Sarkar, Nagaraju S and Parman Singh (Eds)Central Institute of Indian Languages, 2020
Based on the researcher worked on the different terrains of India, this guideline is prepared for... more Based on the researcher worked on the different terrains of India, this guideline is prepared for the young scholars who prefer to go for the field work in the interior parts of the country to collect data on lesser known languages.
En se basant sur une enquete sociolinguistique menee dans la region occidentale de Tamil Nadu, qu... more En se basant sur une enquete sociolinguistique menee dans la region occidentale de Tamil Nadu, qui comprend les districts de Coimbatore, Periyar, Salem et Nilgiris, l'A. examine, d'une part, les variations phonologiques, morphologiques et lexicales des parlers utilises par 3 castes (Naidu, Boyar et Cakkiliyar), et d'autre part, la situation de bilinguisme des locuteurs, qui utilisent le telougou dans les contextes familiaux et le tamoul dans les autres domaines
Humanities Circle, International Journal of Central University of Kerala, India, 2018
Due to the urbanization of tribal settlements, a lot of changes have been taken place in the prac... more Due to the urbanization of tribal settlements, a lot of changes have been taken place in the practice of culture and language use among the tribal people. One such traditional tribal settlement in western ghats has been taken up for the case study in this article and the changes observed have been reported accordingly.
Language in India, 2020
Kisan, a mother tongue of Kisan tribesmen, included in the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes ... more Kisan, a mother tongue of Kisan tribesmen, included in the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes list, has been successively returned since 1961, is a Dravidian speech essentially spoken in Odisha state surrounded by the Indo-Aryan and Munda speech communities. They are primarily engaged in cultivation and also working as agricultural labourers. Among the Dravidian languages, its close cognate language is Kurukh/ Oraon. Thus it comes under North Dravidian group of languages/mother tongues.
Kisan mother tongue speakers are found overwhelmingly in the three districts of Odisha.Namely,Sundargarh, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda as per the 2001 Census. Out of the total 1,39,428 Kisan mother tongue speakers, 91,368 speakers speak Odia, 5899 speakers converse Hindi and 1857 speakers know English.
Grierson (1909) opines that the ancestors of Kisan tribesmen might have belonged to Karnataka (Carnatic) and later on migrated to Odisha and Bihar and settled there as Oraon and Maler respectively. This article records on some of the phonological features of Kisan mother tongue to know about its present structure.It discusses about various phonemes such as vowels and consonants found in the Kisan mother tongue along with their distribution in the word level. It also discusses about the allophonic variations found in the speech, phonemic contrast available in this mother tongue etc. apart from the vowel and consonant clusters and the syllabic structure.
Kisan is essentially a Dravidian speech earlier but influenced by other speeches belonging to various families surrounded by them at present in Odisha. As a consequence of it, the phonological system of Kisan has undergone a lot of changes from the earlier one i.e. Dravidian feature. Since it is a preliminary research only and mainly focusing on the phonological structure of the speech, no comparative study with the neighbouring languages or other north Dravidian languages are made. However, such studies in future will highlight how much influence is noticed on this mother tongue by other speeches.
Keywords: Kisan Mother Tongue, Phonological Features, North Dravidian, Odisha State
National Seminar on Current Trends in Linguistics (Commemoration Vol... more National Seminar on Current Trends in Linguistics (Commemoration Volume for Prof. S. Rajendran's Sixtieth Birthday), 2012, Editors: Dr.K.Visvanathan and Dr.P. Mangayarkarasi
Thanjavur: Tamil University
BULLETIN, vol No.57, ( October,14- September,15) Tribal Research and Development Institute, Bhopal
Edited by G.K.Panikkar, B.Ramakrishna Reddy, K.Rangan and B.B.Rajapurohit, published by Internat... more Edited by G.K.Panikkar, B.Ramakrishna Reddy, K.Rangan and B.B.Rajapurohit, published by International School of Dravidian Linguistics, Thiruvananthapuram, 2015 (pp.nos.281-299).
IJDL. International journal of Dravidian linguistics, Jan 1, 1998
