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Some Aspects of Passivization in Bodo Language

Dr. Daimalu Brahma, M.A., Ph.D.

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to describe some aspects of passivization systems of the Bodo language. Bodo belongs to the Tibeto-Burman group of the Sino-Tibetan language family. The paper will focus on the morpho-syntactic process of the passivization. Morphologically, Bodo has a derivational passive suffix i.e. -za which affixes to the transitive verb stem to form a passive verb. In this paper, it will be described on passivization of transitive and ditransitive verbs, passivization of negative and interrogative sentences. It will be noticed in this paper the direct object and indirect object position of the passivization.

Keywords: Bodo language, passivization, morphological process of passivization.

1. Introduction

This paper discusses the passivization system of the Bodo language. It is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Bodo-Garo subgroup. Like many other Tibeto-Burman languages, Bodo has prefixation and suffixation system in the word formation processes. Crystal (2008: 353) mentioned, “In generative grammar, the transformation of a sentence from its active to its passive form is known as passivization.” The passivization system in Bodo language forms by suffixation process by adding the derivational suffix -za to the transitive verb. In this paper, I will show passivization of transitive verb, ditransitive verb, passivization of negative sentences, interrogative sentences, and morphological process of passivization in Bodo language.

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Dr. Daimalu Brahma, M.A., Ph.D.
Barama College, Barama
Baksa 781346, Assam
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