Dr. Golok Chandra Goswami (15 November 1923 – 24 January 2020) was an academician, journalist,

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

and litterateur from

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, India. He joined the Assamese department at

Gauhati University Gauhati University also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly and is the oldest un ...

as a lecturer in 1954 and retired as a Professor and Head of the department in 1985. His book, ''An Introduction to Assamese Phonology'', which was published in 1966, is regarded as an important contribution to the linguistic study of the Assamese language. He died on 24 January 2020 at the age of 96.

Works

Books on linguistics

*ধ্বনিবিজ্ঞানৰ ভূমিকা, ১৯৬৬ *অসমীয়া বৰ্ণপ্ৰকাশ, ১৯৬৯ *অসমীয়া আখৰ-জোটনি, ১৯৭২ *অসমীয়া ব্যাকৰণৰ মৌলিক বিচাৰ, ১৯৮৭ *অসমীয়া গোলোক ব্যাকৰণ, প্ৰবোধ ভাগ, ১৯৭২ আৰু সুবোধ ভাগ, ১৯৭৪; *ভাষা-ভাষণিকা, ১৯৯২ *An Introduction to Assamese Phonology, ১৯৬৬ *Structure of Assamese, ১৯৮৩

Editing

*সুধৰ্মাৰ উপাখ্যান (পদ্মাৱতী দেৱী ফুকননী), ১৯৬৭ *ধৰ্মনাথ বৰঠাকুৰ : শতবৰ্ষৰ স্মৃতি-অৰ্ঘ্য, ১৯৮৭ ভাৰতৰ মুক্তিযুদ্ধত পাণবাৰীত ৰেলগাড়ী বগৰোৱাৰ ইতিবৃত্ত (মহদানন্দ দেৱ গোস্বামী), ১৯৯৫ *Assamese, Its Formation and Development (Dr. Banikanta Kakati), ১৯৬২ *An Assamese Grammar, (Fr. O.Paviotti), ১৯৮৭ *Dr. Banikanta Kakati Commemoration Volume, ১৯৯৭

Dictionary

*Hindi-Assamese-English trilingual dictionary, 1985 *Hindi Asomiya Laghukosh (হিন্দী-অসমীয়া লঘুকোষ), 1985 *Bharatiyo Bhashakosh (ভাৰতীয় ভাষাকোষ), 1985

Translation

*ঈশ্বৰৰ বাণী, ১৯৯৩ *ব্যাকৰণ-মহাভাষ্য : পম্পশাহ্নিক (মহৰ্ষি পতঞ্জলি), ১৯৯৬

Other books

*মায়াং প্ৰসঙ্গ, ১৯৮৪ *ঠাকুৰব্ৰহ্ম হৰিদাস চৰিত, ১৯৮৭ *আনন্দ সাগৰ শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণ, ১৯৮৭ *পৰমাৰ্থকথা, ১৯৯৪

Awards and honours

During his lifetime he received many awards and titles; these included the Ananda Ram Baruah Award in 2005 and the title of Asom Sahitya Sabha’s ‘Sahityacharya’ in 2002 and of ‘Bhashacharya’ in 2000.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Goswami, Golok Chandra Assamese people Educators from Assam Writers from Assam Writers from Northeast India Scholars from Assam Academic staff of Gauhati University Gauhati University alumni Linguists from India 1923 births 2020 deaths