Dr. Sweta Sinha

Research Areas:Linguistics; Phonetics & Phonology; Lesser Known languages; SociolinguisticsOther Interests :Cognitive Linguistics, Forensic LinguisticsResearch Guidance:

Courses taught/ teaching at IITP:

• HS 221 (Fundamentals of Linguistics Science)
• HS 222 (Language, Human Mind and India Society)
• HS 421 (Fundamentals of Cognitive Science)
• HS 725 (Trends in Applied Linguistics)
• HS 103 (Communication Skills for Engineers)
• HS 223 (Cognition: Language and Computation)
• HS 514 (Technical Communication)

Professional Experience 

• December 17, 2015 till date (Assistant Professor) at IIT Patna.
• August 2015 to December 15, 2015 (Lecturer) at NIT, Hamirpur.
• July 2012 to November 2012 (Assistant professor) at Miranda House (Delhi University).
• September 2009 to December 2009 (Junior Linguist) at Deptt. Of IT.
• January 2009 to July 2009 (Teaching Assistant) at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Awards & Honours 

• 'Certificate for Best Presentation' in the recently held International Conference on Linguistics and Phonology (ICLP19) in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Mother Theodosia A.C. Memorial Scholarship and certificate
• Anjana Bose Memorial Award and certificate
• Shashank Memorial Scholarship and certificate
• Prof. (Dr.) Diwakar Pd. Vidyarthi Memorial Scholarship and certificate

Member of Professional bodies:

• Member- International Pragmatic Association
• Life Member- Linguistic Society of India
• Life member- Indian Society of Teacher Educators’
• Life Member- All India Association for Educational Research.
• Life Member- Social Science and Humanities Research Association

Member of Editorial Board:

• Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics (Bahri Publications, New Delhi)
• Language Forum (Bahri Publications, New Delhi)

Books:

• "Magahi Prosody" (2018) by Bahri Publications, New Delhi. ISBN No.: 9789383469147
• Singh, Smriti & Sweta Sinha (ed.) 2017. Conscious Re- imaginings of Shakespeare’s Plays. Bahri Publications: New Delhi. 
• Sinha, S. (2015) "Language Education at Elementary Level: Issues and Aspects (with special reference to ELT)"; Ahmedabad: Sara Publications (ISBN: 978-1-63042-569-2).

Book Chapters 

• ‘Prarambhik Vidyalaya Star par Bhasha Shikshan: Shikshakon mein Bhashayi Purvagrah veam ise Jachne hetu Seekhne- Seekhane ke Saadhan” in Agnihotri R. K and Amrit Lal Khanna (ed.) Bhasha Evam Bhasha Shikshan: Khnad 2 (ISBN: 978- 93- 5229- 031-4) 2015. Vani Prakashan: New Delhi.

Publications:

Articles/ Papers in Journals already published: (recent publications up to 5)

• Begum, Nusrat & Sinha, Sweta (2019) “Mother Tongue Marginalization: An Empirical Study on Language Visibility and Vitality in Public space of an upcoming Indian Satellite town” in the International Journal of Multilingualism; Routledge, Taylor and Francis Online. DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2019.1591417
• Sharma, S. and Sweta Sinha (2019) “Understanding Sarcastic Metaphorical Expression in Hindi through Conceptual Integration Theory” in Acta Linguitica Asiatica, Vol. 9(1). DOI: 10.4312/ala.9.1.9-23.
• Begum, Nusrat and Sweta Sinha (2018) “Gendered Discourse and Social Behavior: A Critical Case Study through the lens of Hindustani” in Indian Linguistics. Vol. 78 (3-4), Pp. 111- 118. ISSN: 0378-0759
• Mahela, Ratul and Sweta Sinha (2018) “Case Markers in Bodo and Sanzari Bodo: A Comparative Investigation of Tibeto- Burman Languages” in International Journal of Linguistics. Vol. 10(3) in June 2018. DOI: 10.5296/ijl.v10i3.13227.
• “Fuzzy Logic based teaching/ learning of a foreign language in Multilingual Situations” in Acta Linguistica Asiatica; Vol. 7 (2). Pp. 71-84. DOI: 10.4312/ala.7.2.71-84, 2017.

Papers/ Chapters accepted for Publication (up to 5)

• Lata Atreya and Sweta Sinha, “Phonological and Functional Analysis of Diminutive Marker –waa in Magahi” to be published in Vol. 24 (Jan. 2020) in Dialectologia.
• Sandeep Sharma and Sweta Sinha “Gendered Bihar: An Investigative Study at the Interface of Language- Gender- Power” in edited volume Linguistic Ecology of Bihar to be published by Lincom Europa.
• Sweta Sinha “Language – Culture Interface Study: a Semasiological Sociopragmatic Investigation of Magahi Idioms” in Linguistic Ecology of Bihar to be published by Lincom Europa.
• Nusrat Begum & Sweta Sinha, “An Investigative Study of the Linguistic Landscaping of Bihar: A Pilot Study of Patna” in Linguistic Ecology of Bihar to be published by Lincom Europa.
• Raveena Toppo, Ratul Mahela, Nusrat Begum, Sandeep Sharma and Sweta Sinha, “Vanishing Indentity of Migrants in Bihar- An Ethno- Linguistic Sketch of Lathor Community” in Linguistic Ecology of Bihar to be published by Lincom Europa.

Presentations:

CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS

International (Recent)

• Cognitive Theoretical Approach to Understand Hindi Sarcasm: A Corpus-Based Pilot Study. 15 – 16 June 2018, Fourth International Conference on Linguistics and Language Studies, THEi, Hong Kong. (with Sandeep Sharma)
• Understanding Sarcasm in Metaphorical Expressions of Hindi Proverbs. 23 – 26 October 2018. 4^th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language, Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Catholic University of Portugal, Braga, Portugal (with Sandeep Sharma)
• “Word Stress and Rhythm in Magahi” in the International Conference in Linguistics and Phonology 19 (ICLP 19) 30-31 August, 2017 held in Bangkok, Thailand. (I have been conferred with Best Paper Award for this)
• “Differential Approach to Technology Aided English Language Teaching: A Case Study in a Multilingual Setting” in 18^th International Conference on Applied Linguistics and Foreign Language Teaching organized by World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology on December 05- 06, 2016 in Hong Kong.
• “Social Status of Women in India: How Hindi Accounts for it” in 37^th Annual Conference of the Linguistic Society of Nepal held on 26- 27 November, 2016 at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

National (Recent)

• Sinha, Sweta, “Language Loss in Eastern India: A Consequence of Language Contact” in International Conference on Endangered Languages of Delhi- NCR: The Northeast India Focus” organized by National Law University, Delhi on May 8, 2018.
• Mahela, Ratul and Sweta Sinha, “Phonological Processes of Sanzari - Eastern Bodo Variety” in 4^thNational Language Conference organized by  NIST, Berhampur, Odisha from 6-9 July, 2017.
• Begum, Nusrat, Ratul Mahela and Sweta Sinha, “Investigating Linguistic Convergence and Divergence with respect to Idioms and Phrases: A Comparative Study of Hindi and Bodo” in the 1st International Conference on Linguistic Landscaping held in NEHU from 21-23 June, 2017.
• Sinha, Sweta and Sandeep Kumar Sharma, “The Reflection of Language Linked to Gender Inequality in Discourse Behavior” in a one day International Conference World Congress on Interrelationship among Arts, Humanities, Religion, Education, Ethics, Philosophy, Spirituality, Science and Society for Holistic Humane Development held in Jawaharlal Nehru University on 25^thSeptember, 2016.
• Sweta Sinha & Sandeep Kumar Sharma: Presented a paper on “Substandard Status of Hindi in Competitive Examinations in India: Cause & Remedy” in the two day National seminar on “Role of Evaluation in Quality Maintenance in Teaching Indian Languages with special reference to Hindi” conducted on 30^th & 31^st May 2016 by National Testing Service- India, CIIL, Mysore.

Invited talks::

• Delivered 2 hrs of lectures on “Linguistic Imperialism” and “Language- Gender- Power” at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra (J & K) from 23- 24 October, 2018.
• Delivered 6 hrs lectures on Phonetics as part of teaching assignment at IIIT Vadodara from 17- 18 September, 2018.
• Invited for a talk on “The Languages of Bihar and Jharkhand: Issues in Language Documentation” on March 31, 2018 at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi.
• Invited for a lecture on “Translation and Linguistics” and “Linguistic Equivalence” on 15-16 January, 2018 by CIIL, Mysore as part of the National Translation Mission.
• Delivered a talk on “Cognitive Linguistics and Language acquisition Theories” at Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara (2017).
• Delivered lecture at GIAN workshop on “Psycholinguistic Approaches to Cognitive Development” at IIT Patna (2017).
• Delivered lecture at GIAN workshop on “Culture, Logic and Cognition” at IIT Patna (2017)

Conference/ Seminars Convened/ Co- convened:

• One Day Symposium on ‘The Revival and the Sustenance of the Languages of Bihar: The Way Ahead’ at IIT Patna (2018): No. of participants- 40
• International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India (ICOLSI- 39) at IIT Patna (2017): No. of participants: 150
• Workshop on “Language- Mind- Brain: Interface Studies” at IIT Patna (2017): No. of participants: 50
• National Seminar on “Revisiting Shakespeare in the 21^st Century” (2016): No. of participants: 100.