Tej Bhatia (Syracuse University)

updated: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 10:01:00 -0400 (EDT)

Tej Bhatia
Linguistics and Congnitive Science Program
312 HBC
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13244-1160   USA

phone: 315-443-5374 (office)
       315-449-2607 (residence)
fax:   315-443-5376
email: tkbhatia@mailbox.syr.edu

Specialization:
Languages : Hindi-Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki (Multani, Lahanda)
                 and other languages of South Asia

Other Areas: Language and Social Cognition, South Asain
                 Linguistics, Bilingualism, International
                 Advertising (special emphasis on South Asia).
                 Language Acquisition, South Asian Diaspora.

Important Works:
Books: A History of the HIndi-Hindustani Grammatical Tradition.
          Leiden:E. J. Brill. 1987
          [Based on the analysis of primary documents including
          several 'rare' manuscripts/grammars written Asian and
          European languages from 1698- to modern linguistic studies]

        Punjabi:A cognitive-Descriptive Grammar. London, New York:
          Routledge. 1993.
          [Part of the universal grammar series]

        Negation in South Asian Languages.New Delhi: Creative Books
          Publication of the Institute of Language Studies. Forthcoming

        A Handbook of Language Acquisition (with Bill Ritchie). Two
          volumes. About  1500 pages. New York: Academic Press.
          Forthcoming

        Progression in Second Language Acquisition. Delhi: Bahari
          Publication. 1985.