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Wapanginla Aier

Dr. Wapanginla Aier

Assistant Professor (Visiting Faculty)

Linguistics

School of English and Political Studies

wapanginlaaier@tetsocollege.edu.in

Qualification

  • Ph.D in Linguistics, EFLU Hyderabad
  • M.A. in Linguistics, EFLU Hyderabad
  • B.A. in English Literature, Fazl Ali College

Publication

  • Aier, W., & Koshy, A. (2024). Poetic Mongsen: History, culture, and language. Language in India, 24(3).
  • Aier, W. (in press). Morphological compounding: How Poetic Mongsen constructs meaning through word combinations. The 
    Highlander Journal.
  • Aier, W., & Mishra, A. (in press). On the nuanced landscape of language revitalization in Ao, Tenyidie, and other Naga 
    languages. Proceedings of the National Conference on Languages and Identity in Northeast India.
  • Ongoing Project
    Documentation and Linguistic Analysis of Poetic Mongsen Oral Traditions of Ao Naga Community. Funded by the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research, USA

Paper Presentation

  • Jamir, M., & Aier, W. (2025, February). A Descriptive Analysis of Ao Folktale Storytelling Using a Contextualized 
    Multimodal Framework. Paper presented at the National Conference on India as a Linguistic Area: Special Reference to 
    Northeastern Languages, Nagaland University.
  • Aier, W., & Koshy, A. (2025, February). Serial Verb Constructions in Poetic Mongsen: Expressing Tense, Aspect, and 
    Mood. Paper presented at the 13th conference of the North East India Linguistic Society (NEILS-13), Nagaland University.
  • Aier, W., & Koshy, A. (2024, November). When a language is sung and not spoken: arriving at the basic word order of 
    Poetic Mongsen. Paper presented at the 38th South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, Nagaland University.
  • Aier, W. (2024, July). Deconstructing meaning: An analysis of compound word formation in Poetic Mongsen. Paper 
    presented at the One Day International Conference on Language, Literature and Oral Tradition of the Ao-Nagas, organized 
    by Ao Riju & Language Translation Centre, Fazl Ali College.
  • Aier. W., & Mishra, A. (2023, November). On the nuanced landscape of language revitalization in Nagaland. Paper 
    presented at the Asia Junior Linguists 8 (AJL8) Conference, National University of Singapore.
  • Aier. W., & Mishra, A. (2023, March). The divergent statuses and revitalization efforts among the Ao linguistic group. 
    Poster presented at the 8th International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation, University of Hawaii.
  • Riamei. L., & Aier. W. (2023, January). Socio-onomastic studies on motivation for Ao names. Paper presented at the 
    International Conference on Tribal Identities and Beyond in North East India (iCTIBLANEI3).
  • Aier. W., & Mishra, A. (2022, November). On the nuanced landscape of language revitalization in Nagaland. Paper 
    presented at the National Conference on Languages and Identity in Northeast India, co-organized by Jamia Millia Islamia and 
    Nagaland University.
  • Mishra. A., & Aier, A. (2021, December). Deferred imperatives in the Central Naga language family. Paper presented at 
    the 6th Conference on Language Documentation and Linguistic Theory, SOAS, University of London.
  • Mishra. A., & Aier, A. (2021, November). Deferred imperatives in Ao. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Conference of 
    the Linguistic Society of Nepal.

Total Experience: 0 years and 8 months
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