Center for Language Studies. Title: A Linguistic Study of Loan Words in Kashmiri

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE ASHOK K. KOUL BOX 1982 BROWN UNIVERSITY PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND Name Position Ashok K. Koul Senior Lecturer Center for Language Studies Education Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics 1989 Title: A Linguistic Study of Loan Words in Kashmiri Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Master of Arts (Linguistics) 1988 Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. Linguistic Analysis. Master of Arts 1983 Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra Applied Linguistics Bachelor of Arts 1981 University of Kashmir, India. English, Education. Appointments Senior Lecturer May 98-present Presently teaching Hindi and Urdu courses at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Lecturer May Taught Hindi-Urdu courses at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Visiting Lecturer May '94 Taught Hindi-Urdu courses at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Teaching Assistant Taught basic Hindi-Urdu courses at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York. Scholarship Books Colloquial Urdu (with Bhatia) A textbook for a beginning course in Urdu.

2 Routledge Publishing Company, London. Published Papers Under the surface of the South Asian Linguistic 2002 Area: More on the Syntax of Derived Transitives and Causatives in Kashmiri (with Hook) Published in a book entitled Topics in Kashmiri Linguistics, edited by Omkar Koul & Kashi WaliPp Creative Books, New Delhi Significance of Topic in V2 Languages: 2002 Evidence from Kashmiri (co-author) Published in a book entitled Topics in Kashmiri Linguistics, edited by Omkar Koul & Kashi WaliPp Creative Books, New Delhi Multiple Case marking in Kashmiri Possessive 2002 Traditional vs. Modern perspective (Kashi and Koul) Published in a book entitled Topics in Kashmiri Linguistics, edited by Omkar Koul & Kashi WaliPp Creative Books, New Delhi Suffixaufnahme in Kashmiri: A Modern Perspective 2001 (Kashi, Koul) South Asia Syntax and Semantics Published in South Asian Language Review, Creative Publishers New Delhi. Lexical Anaphors and Pronouns in Kashmiri 2000 (Kashi, Hook and Koul) Published in a book entitled Lexical Anaphors and Pronouns in Selected South Asian Languages, edited by, Barbara Lust, Kashi Wali, Jim Gair and Subba Rao.Pp Mouton de Gruyter, 2000 Subjects and Other Constituents in Kashmiri 1996 (with Kashi) South Asian Language Review, Volume V1 Pp Creative Publishers. New Delhi Kashmiri Clitics: the role of case and CASE 1994

3 (with Kashi ) Published in LINGUISTICS Volume 32-6 (1994) pp Differential S-Marking in Marathi, 1987 Hindi-Urdu and Kashmiri (Hook and Koul) Chicago Linguistic Society 23, pp Papers (Presentations) 22. The style switching in Kashmiri Presented at the workshop on Kashmiri Language and Linguistics in Los Angles. December 18- Kashmiri Language and its Dialects 2002 Presented at the workshop on Kashmiri Language history and culture at American University in Washington D.C. January Historical background of Kashmiri Presented at the workshop on Kashmiri Language history and culture at American University in Washington D.C. January Significance of Topic in V2 Languages: 1997 Evidence from Kashmiri (co-author) Presented at the SALA Conference at Delhi University, New Delhi in January 1997 Heritage and Non-heritage Language Learners: CLS Roundtable on the issue of mixing heritage and non-heritage language learners in the L2 classes. May 13, 1996 Lexical Anaphors and Pronouns in Kashmiri 96 (Hook, Kashi and Koul) Presented at the International Workshop on South Asian Anaphora, at Delhi University, New Delhi January 4-6, 1996

4 Subject and other constituents in Kashmiri (Kashi and Koul) Presented at SALA Conference 95 at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas June 2-4, 1995 Kashmiri Clitics May 22-24, 1992 (co-author) Presented at SALA Conference, Stanford University, Stanford, California V2 order and WH position June 5-8, 1987 in Kashmiri (co-author) SALA Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. More on the Syntax of June 5-8, 1987 Derived Transitives and Causatives in Kashmiri (with Hook) SALA Conference Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.6. Research in progress Books "Lexical borrowings in kashmiri" (in press) Research papers Code Mixing and Code Switching in Kashmiri Arabic and Persian influence on Indo-Aryan languages Instructional Materials Colloquial Wordbook: This fifty page book contains classified words from English to Hindi and Urdu. This is being used by First year Hindi students. Hindi or Urdu: Prepared materials for teaching basic reading, writing and spoken Hindi-Urdu. This package is being used as a text in Hindi Intermediate Hindi: Prepared Materials for Developing Reading Comprehension in Hindi This package is used as a text in HN 30 Songbook -- a collection of seventy-five Gazals and Hindi film lyrics, with glossary and cultural notes Kabir In Progress Indian History Topics Religious traditions: Hinduism, Budhism and Jainism Mystic poetry of Mira and

5 Colloquial Wordbook-2: Working on classified words from Hindi and Urdu to English. Hindi-Urdu for beginners or travelers: Working on Materials for teaching basic Spoken Hindi-Urdu to beginnersor travelers visiting India or Pakistan Spoken Hindi-Urdu: Working on Situational Conversation materials for Hindi Intermediate Urdu: Working on Materials for Developing Reading Comprehension in Urdu Workshops Attended and presented a paper at the annual workshop on Kashmiri Language history and Culture at Washington D.C. (January 2004) Attended and presented a paper at the 3 rd annual workshop on Kashmiri Language history and Culture at UCLA in Los Angles. (December 18-22, 2003) Organized and conducted a three day Workshop on Kashmiri Linguistics and Literature at Brown University, Providence (January 17-19, 2003) Attended 2 nd annual eight day workshop on Kashmiri, Language, History and Culture at American University. Gave lectures on Kashmiri language and Linguistics. (August 3-9, 2002) Attended eight day workshop on Kashmiri, Language, History and Culture at American University. Gave presentations on different aspects of Kashmiri language and Linguistics. Languages (August 3-10, 2001)9. Kashmiri (Mother Tongue), Urdu, Hindi, English. Awards and Honors Was given an honorary Master of Arts degree by Brown University in 2006 Was honored by the Kashmiri institute and by KOA (Kashmiri oversees Association) for producing teaching materials for L2 speakers, and for preserving Kashmiri language and culture Elected Trustee of Indian Institute of Language Studies, Delhi.

6 Service Academic Advisor to freshman students Teaching Courses First Year Hindi or Urdu (HN10-20) Intermediate Hindi (HN 30-40) Advanced Hindi or Urdu (HN 108)