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Volume 16:2 February 2016
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Adverb Formation Process of the Bodo Language

Daimalu Brahma, M.A., NET, Ph.D. Scholar


Abstract

The goal of the present paper is to describe the adverb formation studies of the Bodo language. Linguistically, Bodo belongs to Bodo-Garo sub-group of Tibeto-Burman sub family of languages (Benedict, 1972). Adverb in the language is found in two types, i.e. forming adverb and basic adverb (which are not forming adverb). The forming adverbs are derived by the suffixation, prefixation, compounding and reduplication processes. The suffix /-?i/ takes an important role in the formation of adverb in this language. The manner adverb, locative adverbs are realized in the suffixation process. Adverb of number is derived by the prefixation process. A number of adverbs are formed by compounding process like ‘noun + noun’, ‘adverb + adverb’ adverb compounding processes are found in Bodo. In the reduplication, adverbs are formed by the verbs repetition and the adjectives repetition. The above points have been discussed in this paper with appropriate illustrations.

Keywords: Bodo, Adverbs, Suffixation, Prefixation, Compounding and Reduplication.

1. Introduction

Bodo is the name of a language as well as community. The people who speak this language call Bodo. The Bodo is one of the ethnic communities of Northeastern India. They are recognized as a plains tribe in the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution. Genetically, they belong to the Mongoloid stock of the Indo-Mongoloids (S.K. Chatterji 1951). The Bodo speakers are mainly found in the Kokrajhar, Baksa, Chirang, Udalgury, Kamrup, Goalpara, Karbianglong, Dhemazi districts of Assam as well as some adjacent areas of West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. As per the classification given by Robert Shafer, Bodo language belongs to the branches of Barish section under the Baric division of the Sino-Tibetan language family (P.C. Bhattacharya 1977). The Linguistic Survey of India describes the Bodo language as a member of the Bodo sub-section under the Assam-Burmese group of the Tibeto-Burman branch of the Sino-Tibeto-Chinese speech family (Linguistic Survey of India, Vol. No.-III, Part-II).


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Daimalu Brahma, M.A., NET, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Assam University
Silchar 788011
Assam
India
dbrahma85@gmail.com

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