Dr. Kelhouvinuo Suokhrie

Head of Department

skelhu@gmail.com

+91-9953174552

MA, NET, M.Phil, Ph.D

Education

  • Ph.D: University of Delhi
  • M.Phil: University of Delhi
  • M.A : University of Delhi

Research Areas

  • M. Phil.: Internal Variation in Angami: A Case Study of Kohima Village (2015)
  • PhD: Language Variation and Change: A Case Study of Kohima Village (2022)

Publications /Journals / Articles

  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (in press). Intra-village and inter-village language variation: Linguistic expectations on Angami women and children in Kohima Village. (Submitted for publication in Language and identity in Northeast India: Emerging trends and narratives: Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Milia Islamia & Department of Linguistics, Nagaland University).
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2022). Clan, village, and the Angami language. In G. Kanato Chophy & Sarit K. Chaudhuri (Eds.), The cultural heritage of Nagaland. Manohar: New Delhi.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2020). Integrating oral narratives in linguistic study of speech communities: A case study of Angami Naga (Kohima Village). In Surajit Sarkar & Nerupama Y. Modwel (Eds.), Oral traditions, continuities and transformations in Northeast India and beyond (First Edition). Routledge India.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2016). Clans and clanlectal contact: Variation and change in Angami. Asia-Pacific Language Variation, 2(2), 188-214.

Conferences / Invited Talks / Seminars/ Workshop / Consultancy

  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2021, February 17-20) Change in progress: Linguistic orientation of language learners in Kohima Village. Paper presentation at the New Ways of Analysing Variation –Asia Pacific-6, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2016, February 1-4). Integrating oral narratives in linguistic study of speech communities: A case study of Angami Naga (Kohima Village). Paper presented at the International Conference on Oral Traditions: Continuity and Transformations North East India and South East Asia, Shillong, Meghalaya. Organized by Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage and Ambedkar University, Delhi.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo & Terhiija, Viyazonuo (2016, February 5, 6-7). A perception test on Northern and Southern Angami dialects. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society. Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2016, December 8-9). Revisiting clan migration and language variation among the Rhieo clans in Kohima Village. Paper presented at 4th Annual Hutton Lecture and Symposium, Kohima, Nagaland. Organized by The Kohima Institute, The South Asianist Journal, and North East Forum, and Centre for Community Knowledge, and Ambedkar University, Delhi.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2014, January 31, February 1-2). Fricatives and Affricates across languages of North Eastern India. Paper presented at the 8th International Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2014, February 6-8). Cross-Khel marriages: Language variation in Kohima Village. Paper presented in the panel on Sociolinguistics- Study of speech communities in India, at the 30th South Asian Languages Analysis (SALA) Roundtable, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
  • Suokhrie, Kelhouvinuo (2013, August 16). Clan identity and language variation in Kohima Village. Paper presented at Cardiff-Delhi University Symposium, Department of Linguistics, University of Delhi.

Institutional Responsibilities

  • Convener, College Magazine Committee (Present)
  • Convener, Research Committee