Coordinator and Professorial Lecturer in the Hindi-Urdu Program
Background and Education:
Expert on the languages spoken in northwestern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan; research interests include intersection between natural language and national security, language documentation, descriptive grammar, and rare and endangered languages in South Asia; taught Hindi-Urdu language courses at various levels at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and Washington University in St. Louis; certificate from ACTFL as oral proficiency tester in Hindi-Urdu; Ph.D., linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi Languages
Hindi, Urdu (also Balochi, Gujarati, Haryanavi, Pashto, Punjabi, Rajasthani and Sindhi) Publications:
A Reference Grammar of Balochi (forthcoming 2011); A Reference Grammar of Pashto (2011); Mewari Grammar (2011); Marwari Grammar (2004); Mewati Grammar (2003); Shekhawati Grammar (2001); Bagri Grammar (2000); numerous articles on issues related to South Asia languages |
