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| name = Anvita Abbi | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|01|09}} | birth_place = Agra, India | death_date = | death_place = | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | occupation = Scholar and linguist | yearsactive = | spouse = | domesticpartner = | children = | parents = | influences = | influenced = | website = www.andamanese.net | awards = Padma Shri Rashtriya Lok Bhasha Sammaan All India Institute of Advanced Study Fellowship Gold Medal - Delhi University SOAS Leverhume Professor Max Planck Institute Visiting Scientist/> Kenneth Hale Award - Linguistic Society of America (2015) }}Professor Anvita Abbi (born 9 January 1949) is an Indian linguist and scholar of minority languages, known for her studies on tribal languages and other minority languages of South Asia.[1] The Government of India honoured her, in 2013, by awarding her the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for her contributions to the field of linguistics.[2] BiographyAnvita Abbi was born on 9 January 1949, in Agra,[3][4] the land of Taj Mahal, in family that had produced a number of Hindi writers.[5] After schooling at local institutions, Anvita graduated in Economics (BA Hons) from the University of Delhi in 1968.[3][4] Subsequently, she secured a master's degree (MA) in Linguistics from the same University with first division and first rank in 1970[3][4] and continued her studies to obtain a PhD from the Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, in 1975,[6] her major for the doctoral studies being General Linguistics and the minor in South Asian Linguistics.[3][4] she works as assistant professor at Centre for Linguistics, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies.[7] Abbi lives in New Delhi, at the Dakshinapuram campus of JNU.[3][4] LegacyAnvita Abbi is credited with extensive research on the six language families in India[7] and the languages and culture of the Great Andamanese[8] which she did as a part of the Endangered Languages Documentation Project (ELDP) project on Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese (VOGA),[9][10] SOAS, University of London.[11] Her studies of 2003-2004 have helped in identifying the distinct characteristics of two Great Andamanese languages, Jarawa and Onge which promoted the concept of a sixth language family of India.[8][12] Later researches on Andamanese people by other scholars have reported to have confirmed her Professor Abbi's findings by discovering two distinct haplogroups of the region, viz. M31 and M32.[7] She resumed her research on the topic in 2006, concentrating on the morpho-syntax and lexicon of three dying languages of Andaman Islands and is reported to have unearthed the evidences proving that Great Andamenese belongs to a linguistically different language family.[3][4][12] She has brought also out an English-Great Andamanese-Hindi Dictionary.[27] Her current project covers the grammar and the evolution of Great Andamanese languages and its people.[3][4][7] A teacher at the JNU, Abbi has assisted 20 PhD and 29 MPhil students in their researches.[3][4][7] PositionsAbbi has held many positions of importance, both at administrative and academic levels. Current position: Director, Center of Oral and Tribal Literature Sahtiya Akademi,New Delhi India. Adjunct Professor, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and the President of the Linguistic society of India. [13] She has served as an advisor to institutions such as UNESCO (since 2002) and Sahitya Akademi. She is also a life member of the Linguistic Society of India at their Dravidian Linguistics Association wing and has also sat on the editorial board of two journals, Indian Linguistics (1991–95) and the International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics[14] (1992–96).[3][4][13] The list of academic and organizational responsibilities Professor Anvita Abbi has carried out may be listed as:[3][4][13] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
Professional assignments and membershipsAbbi has been invited by several universities around the world as visiting professor.[15] She has taught at the following universities:[3][4][15] {{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
Anvita Abbi, an honorary life member of the Linguistic Society of America[6] and the Dravidian Linguistics Association,[3][4][13] sits on the Advisory Board of Terralingua and the UNESCO.[6][7] She has also served as a Director Board member of Terralingua during 1998-2008.[6] LecturesAnvita Abbi has presented papers and delivered keynote addresses at various platforms and at many institutions of repute.[3][4][7] A random selection of her lectures are:
PublicationsAnvita Abbi is credited with 19 books, authored, coauthored and edited.[3][4][5][16][17] Her writings cover the typology, structures and ethno linguistic aspects of languages and their documentation.[7] Her work spanned the entire Indian subcontinent[18] and the most known among her works is her project, Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese.[3][4][5][9]
Her Hindi short story anthology, Mutthhi Bhar Pahcaan, was published in 1969.[31]
Anvita Abbi has also published over 80 articles in national and international peer reviewed journals.[3][4][5] Some of her notable articles are:
Awards and recognitionsAnvita Abbi has been honoured by several institutions and establishments.[7][34] She has held the position of the Visiting Scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany for three years, 200, 2003 and 2010.[6][7] She was a Leverhume Professor at the SOAS, University of London in 2011[6] and a fellow of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Cornell University, New York, USA in 1990 and a visiting fellow of the La Trobe University, Melbourne in 2003.[3][4][6][7][34] Abbi was a visiting professor at the Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Australia during 2010-2011.[6][7] Some of the other honours she has received are:
In 2013, the Government of India honoured Anvita Abbi by awarding her the civilian award of Padma Shri.[2][6] See also
References1. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.lsi.org.in/lsi.img/Prof.%20Abbi.pdf | title=Lsi | publisher=Lsi | date=2013 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=91838 | title=Padma 2013 | publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India | date=25 January 2013 | accessdate=10 October 2014}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/anvita/Abbi.pdf | title=JNU CV | publisher=JNU CV | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 {{cite web | url=http://www.andamanese.net/Anvita%20Abbi%20CV.pdf | title=Andamanese CV | publisher=Andamanese | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 5. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/Abbi/ | title=JNU Profile | publisher=JNU | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/FacultyStaff/ShowProfile.asp?SendUserName=anvita | title=Faculty Profile | publisher=JNU | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 7. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 {{cite web | url=http://www.hrelp.org/aboutus/staff/index.php?pid=925 | title=Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project | publisher=Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project | date=2011 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 8. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.andamanese.net/AnvitaAbbi.html | title=Andamanese Intro | publisher=Andamanese | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 9. ^1 2 {{cite web | url=http://elar.soas.ac.uk/deposit/0014 | title=Vanishing Voices of the Great Andamanese | publisher=SOAS, University of London | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 10. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.terralingua.org/bcdconservation/?p=125 | title=Terra Lingua | publisher=Terra Lingua | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 11. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.hrelp.org/grants/ | title=ELDP | publisher=HRELP | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 12. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/Abbi/ResearchWorks.htm | title=JNU Research | publisher=JNU Research | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 13. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/Abbi/Mem_Exp.htm | title=JNU Positions | publisher=JNU | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 14. ^{{cite journal | url=http://linguistlist.org/pubs/journals/get-journals.cfm?JournalID=14100 | title=International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics | journal=International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics | ISSN=0378-2484}} 15. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/Abbi/Visiting_Pro.htm | title=JNU Memberships | publisher=JNU | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 16. ^{{cite web | url=https://jnu.academia.edu/AnvitaAbbi | title=Academia | publisher=Academia | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 17. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Anvita-Abbi/e/B001ICJ0VE | title=Amazon | publisher=Amazon | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 18. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/Abbi/Publications.htm | title=JNU Publications | publisher=JNU | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} 19. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Endangered-Languages-Andaman-Islands-CD/dp/3895868663 | title=Endangered Languages of the Andaman Islands | publisher=Lincom Europa | date=1 January 2006 | accessdate=28 October 2014 | author=Anvita Abbi | pages=117 | ISBN=978-3895868665}} 20. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Linguistic-Indian-Language-Structures/dp/3895864013 | title=A Manual of Linguistic Fieldwork and Structures of Indian Languages | publisher=Lincom Europa | date=1 January 2001 | accessdate=28 October 2014 | author=Anvita Abbi | ISBN=978-3895864018}} 21. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Linguistic-Structure-Language-Dynamics-South/dp/8120817656 | title=Language Structure and Language Dynamics in South Asia | date=1 January 2001 | accessdate=28 October 2014 |author1=Anvita Abbi |author2=R.S. Gupta |author3=Ayesha Kidwai |author4=R. S. Gupta |author5=Ayesha Kidwai | pages=432 | ISBN=978-8120817654}} 22. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.ca/Languages-Tribal-Indigenous-Peoples-India/dp/812081374X | title=Languages of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples of India. The Ethnic Space | publisher=Motilal Banarsidass | date=1 July 1997 | accessdate=28 October 2014 | author=Anvita Abbi | pages=508 | ISBN=978-8120813748}} 23. ^{{cite web | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/15816099?versionId=18567589 | title=Language and The State. Perspectives on the Eighth Schedule | publisher=Creative Books | date=1995 | accessdate=28 October 2014 |author1=R.S. Gupta |author2=Anvita Abbi |author3=Kailash S. Aggarwal | pages=225 | ISBN=8186318208}} 24. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Semantic_universals_in_Indian_languages.html?id=wlljAAAAMAAJ&redir_esc=y | title=Semantic Universals in Indian Languages | publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Study | date=1994 | accessdate=28 October 2014 | author=Anvita Abbi | pages=113}} 25. ^{{cite web | OCLC=470322193 | url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/india-as-a-linguistic-area-revisited/oclc/470322193 | title=India as a Linguistic Area Revisited | publisher=Pergamon Press | date=1991 | accessdate=28 October 2014 | author=Anvita Abbi}} 26. ^{{cite book | url=http://linguistlist.org/people/personal/get-personal-page2.cfm?PersonID=2525 | title=Reduplication in South Asian Languages. An Areal, Topological and Historical Study | publisher=Allied | author=Anvita Abbi | year=1991 | location=New Delhi}} 27. ^{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Studies-Bilingualism-Anvita-Abbi/dp/B002A9P3A6 | title=Studies in Bilingualism | publisher=Bahri Publications | author=Anvita Abbi | year=1986 | asin=B002A9P3A6}} 28. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.abebooks.com/Semantic-Theories-Language-Teaching-Abbi-Anvita/858708610/bd | title=Semantic Theories and Language Teaching | publisher=Allied | date=1986 | accessdate=28 October 2014 | author=Anvita Abbi | ISBN=9788170230809}} 29. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Semantic-Grammar-Hindi-Study-Reduplication/dp/8170340209 | title=Semantic Grammar of Hindi. A Study of Reduplication | publisher=Bahri Publications | date=1980 | accessdate=28 October 2014 | author=Anvita Abbi | ISBN=978-8170340201}} 30. ^1 {{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Great-Andamanese-Language-Andamanese-Hindi/dp/9350361256 | title=A Dictionary of the Great Andamanese Language: English-Great Andamanese-Hindi | publisher=Ratna Sagar | author=Anvita Abbi | date=30 October 2011 | pages=480 | isbn=978-9350361252}} 31. ^{{cite web | url=https://edulibs.org/get_paper.php?id=7419525 | title=Short Story | publisher=EDU Libs | date=2014 | accessdate=28 October 2014}} 32. ^{{cite journal | url=http://store.soas.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=214&prodid=976 | title=Universal Grammar, Language Evolution, and Documenting an Ancient Language | author=Anvita Abbi | journal=SOAS | year=2011 | volume=3}} 33. ^{{cite journal | url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0388000108000065 | title=Is Great Andamanese genealogically and typologically distinct from Onge and Jarawa? | author=Anvita Abbi | journal=Language Sciences | year=2009 | volume=31 | issue=6 | pages=791–812 | doi=10.1016/j.langsci.2008.02.002}} 34. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | url=http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/Abbi/Awards.htm | title=JNU awards | publisher=JNU | date=2014 | accessdate=27 October 2014}} Further reading
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