Faculty Members Details :: University of Dhaka

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As an assistant professor in the Linguistics department at the University of Dhaka (DU), I have the privilege of sharing my knowledge with students in courses that include Syntax 1, Psycholinguistics, Research Methodology and Linguistic Field Methods. My educational journey started with a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Dhaka, followed by a PhD from Monash University in Australia and IIT Bombay (IITB) in India, where I was fortunate to work under the guidance of Prof. Alice Gaby and Prof. Vaijayanthi Sarma, respectively. My academic areas of interest include Morpho-phonology; Syntax; Philosophy of language; Language and digital media; Field linguistics and language documentation.

The focus of my doctoral research is the grammar of the endangered Kol language, spoken in Bangladesh and belonging to the Austro-Asiatic language family. Through extensive fieldwork in Chapai Nawabganj, I have meticulously documented the Kol language. My doctoral studiesy IITB-Monash Research Academy was completed in June 2024.

Beyond my academic pursuits, I have received the ELDP (SG) Grant from Germany to further my research on documenting visual narratives of the Kol community. Previously, I held positions as a lecturer in the Linguistics department and as a research associate for the Ethnolinguistic Survey of Bangladesh at the International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), Dhaka, Bangladesh. My contributions extend beyond the classroom, as I also work as an associate editor for the Matribhashapedia (Mother Language Encyclopedia) at IMLI, Dhaka and Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics (DUJL) at DU.

My interests encompass a diverse array of creative endeavours, ranging from translation and writing to street photography, memes, and graphic novels. These passions complement my academic pursuits and enrich my perspective as a researcher/learner dedicated to studying and preserving linguistic diversity. Non-academic interests include things like interpreting poems, writing non-fiction, and decoding memes- and I need to make sure that I consider these entities in my daily life.

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Degree Name	Group/Major Subject	Board/Institute	Country	Passing Year
Ph.D.	Language Documentation & Field Linguistics	Monash University and IIT Bombay	Australia	2024
Masters	Linguistics	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2012
Bachelor	Linguistics	University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	2011

Title	Organization	Location	From Date	To Date
Assistant Professor	Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	29, Sep 2016	Currently Working
Lecturer	Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka	Bangladesh	13, Nov 2013	28-09-2016

Research Interest

Subject	Description	Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator)
Psycholinguistics	Language acquisition and learning; experimental methods; language and mind
Corpus linguistics	Corpus theories and application; Bangla corpus
Philosophy of language	The queries and explorations on language narrated by the philosophers
Language and digital media	Languages used in different social and online media, e-contents and their interactive nature; CMC and language technology based aspects in Bangla
Language documentation and description	Documentation of the endangered languages through extensive fieldwork, creating archives and developing policy-making frameworks
Morphosyntax	Morphology and syntax; the merge of these two core branches of linguistics

Project/Research Supervision

Level of Study	Title	Supervisor	Co-Supervisor(s)	Name of Student(s)	Area of Research	Current Completion
No project/research supervision is found

Project/Research Work

Subject	Project Name	Source of Fund	From Date	To Date	Collaboration
Researcher	BLTeae - Erasmus Plus Project	European Union	26-06-2019	26-06-2019	Aix-Marseille Université
Research Associate	The Ethno-linguistic Survey of Bangladesh	International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), Ministry of Education, Government of Bangladesh.	26-06-2019	26-06-2019	Ministry of Education, GoB; Department of Anthropology, DU

Invited Talk

SL	Invited Talk
1	Talk Title: Reassessing the Level of Endangerment and Investigating the Integration of Community Collaborative Initiatives: A Contemporary Study on Language Documentation in Bangladesh February 2024
2	Session: Morphosyntax in field linguistics, Sasheen Summer School in Linguistics (SSS) September 2023 at The Sasheen Center for Multilingual Excellence (SCMLE) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)
3	Talk Title: Use of technology in the documentation and revitalization of the indigenous languages in Bangladesh February 2022 at International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), Dhaka, Bangladesh
4	Talk Title: Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) for Sustainable Development: Planning and Ensuring Linguistic Rights within MTB-MLE in Bangladesh February 2020 at International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), Dhaka, Bangladesh

SL	Collaboration & Membership Name	Type	Membership Year	Expire Year
1	General Member	Monash Linguistics Society, Wellington Rd, Monash University Clayton, Vic 3800	2018	2021

Book Section
1	Imtiaz, Mashrur and Hassan, Azizul "‘The Urges of Language Adaptation for Economic Development within the Garos of Bangladesh’." Indigenous People and Economic Development: An International Perspective. Oxford,: Oxford, OX14 4RN, UK: Routledge., 2016 307-324 .
2	Imtiaz, Mashrur "‘Sentence Comprehension in Bengali Patients with Broca’s Aphasia’." Aphasia and Bengali Language: Linguistic Analysis. Hakim Arif [Editor] Dhaka: Books Fair, 2015 77-105 .
3	Imtiaz, Mashrur and Murshed, SIkder Monoare "Inclusive Practices in Bangladesh - Multilingual Education for Indigenous Children." Moving towards Inclusive Education Diverse National Engagements with Paradoxes of Policy and Practice. Lise Claiborne and Vishalache Balakrishnan (Eds.) Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill \| Sense, May 2020 159–174 . View More

Journal Article
1	Mashrur Imtiaz : Use of technology in the documentation and revitalization of the indigenous languages in Bangladesh, Mother Language (A bi-annual research journal on language and related issues) , vol.5 , no.1-2 (January-December 2021 Issue) International Mother Language Institute (IMLI), Dhaka, Bangladesh , pp.49-64 , 2023 . View More
2	Imtiaz, Mashrur and Dustin A. Chacón, Shirsho Dasgupta, Sikder M. Murshed, Mina Dan and Colin Phillips : ‘Locality and Word Order in Active Dependency Formation in Bangla’, Frontiers in Psychology , no.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01235/full , 2016 .
3	Imtiaz, Mashrur : ‘Internet Language and Internet Linguistics: Primary Reading and Analysis’ [In Bangla], Dhaka University Journal of Linguistics , vol.13-16 , 2016 .

Conference Proceedings
1	Mashrur Imtiaz "The connection between Plato’s ‘Cratylus’ and Frege’s ‘Sense and Reference’ in the discussion of the philosophy of language: A continuum or an exploration?." DULC 2023: Multilingualism, Multimodality and Language Research Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2023 .
2	Mashrur Imtiaz "Lexical Borrowing in Kol from Banglaː Categorization, Effects, and Borrowing Hierarchy." SALA36 & LSN43 Nepal, Kathmandu: 2022 . View More
3	Imtiaz, Mashrur and Murshed, Sikder Monoare "Indigenous Language Documentation and Language Education through Social Media and Digital Contents in Bangladesh." 1st International Conference of Education in the Digital Ecosystem (ICEdDE2019) Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.: Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index-Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)., 2019 .
4	Imtiaz, Mashrur and Murshed, Sikder Monoare "Academic partnership building with the indigenous communities for creating an endangered language archive: Bangladesh perspective." South East Asian Social Innovation Network Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 2018 .

Award Type	Title	Year	Country	Description
International	IITB-Monash PhD Research Scholarship	2017	Australia	Awarded under the joint partnership between the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India and Monash University, Australia. The scholarship is funded by Monash University and the PhD is a dual badged one. The main concentration of this research would be documentation of the endangered languages of South Asia.
National	Dean's Award	2014	Bangladesh	Dean's merit award for academic excellence by Faculty of Arts, DU.

Dr. Mashrur Imtiaz

Assistant Professor and Student Advisor

Department of Linguistics

Faculty of Arts

Email: mashrur.imtiaz@du.ac.bd