To Greater Heights Faculty Research of CIIL: 1969-79 (An Old and Rare Book)

The Central Institute of Indian Languages was set up on the 17th July 1969 with a view to assisting and co-ordinating the development of Indian languages. The Institute was charged with the responsibility of serving as a nucleus to bring together all the research and literary output from the various linguistic streams to a common head and narrowing the gap between basic research and developmental research in the fields of languages and linguistics in India.

The Institute and its. four Regional Language Centres are thus engaged in research and teaching which lead to the publication of a wide ranging variety of materials. Preparation of materials designed for teaching/learning at different levels and suited to specific needs is one of the major areas of interest of the Institute. Basic research relating to the acquisition of language and study of language in its manifold psycho-social relations constitute another broad range of its interest. The publications include materials produced by the members of the staff of the Central Institute of Indian Languages and its Regional Language Centres and associated scholars from universities’ and institutions, both Indian and foreign.

The Central Institute of Indian Languages celebrated its decennial in 1979. On this occasion selected academic writings of the stat! were to be brought out in a single volume. Unfortunately due to circumstances beyond our control the printing was delayed. The present volume represents a step to greater heights the Institute personnel have arisen in course of its existence. It is hoped that periodic compilations such as this would not only act as motivation for further academic work but also provide evidence of growth of the Institute.

The Central Institute of Indian Languages decided to celebrate its 10th anniversary in 1979 by organising ten seminars in the areas in which the Institute has been working and to bring out a volume of research done by the staff of the Institute and its Regional Language Centres. The Institute is the only place in the country where the largest number of linguists and scholars of related disciplines work on a wide spectrum of topics relating to language. The research includes descriptive, social, psychological and applied aspects of language and the articles in the two volumes reflect this variety of research. The 49 articles by the staff running to 700 typed pages are divided into two volumes, the first volume consisting of articles in descriptive linguistics and psycholinguistics and the second in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics. They indicate the directions .of research at the Institute. The articles deal with 12 Indian languages in their various aspects ranging from phonology to planning as well as with Indian languages taken together in a region or in the whole country. The quality of the articles may be varied reflecting the experience and maturity of the staff. We present ourselves in these volumes as we are at present with the hope that we will become better in the future. These two volumes are the first step to greater heights we hope to reach through fraternity of scholarship developed at the Institute.

We thank our academic staff who have contributed to these volumes and to the staff of our Publication and Press for the neat execution of the job.

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