Dr. Sabiha Hashami

Educational Qualifications

• PhD Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2016)
• National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET), UGC (2012)
• M.Phil. Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2011)
• M.A. Linguistics, Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (2008)
• B.A. (Hons.). Functional English, St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India (2006).

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Areas of Research

Sociolinguistics, Contact linguistics, Language Variation & change, Emergence of new varieties, Areal linguistics, Language endangerment, Sociology of Language, Culture Study and Gender study.

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Courses Taught

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Professional Appointments

1. Guest Faculty, Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. March-May 2018.
2. Executive Officer (Academic) at National Institute for Open Schooling. A-24-25, Industrial Area, Sector-62, NOIDA. From 9th March 2016- till 28th February 2017.
3. Course Instructor for undergraduate optional courses at Centre for Linguistics, School of Languages, Literature & Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. From January 2011-May 2011 & August 2011-December 2011.

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Recent Publications

• PAPER TITLED: CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF HINDI, URDU AND HINDUSTANI & ITS IMPACT ON THE IDENTITIES OF THE SPEAKERS. PP 198-215. In Journal of Advanced Linguistic Studies (JALS). Vol. 3, No. 1-2, Jan-Dec 2014.ISSN-2231-4075.
• PAPER TITLED: MOTHER TONGUE SUSTAINABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT. PP 116-133. In Journal of Advanced Linguistic Studies (JALS). Vol.4, no. 1&2, Dec. 2015. ISSN-2231-4075.
• HINDI AS A CONTACT LANGUAGE IN BIHAR AND JHARKHAND: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC STUDY OF A NON-DOMINANT VARIETY OF HINDI. PP 221-238. In Rudolf Muhr, Kelen Ernesta Fonyuy, Zeinab Ibrahim and Corey Miller (eds.). Pluricentric Languages and Non-Dominant Varieties Worldwide: Vol-1: Pluricentric Languages across Continents- Features and Usage. Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlang der Wissenschaften, Frankfurt. 2016. ISBN: 978-3-631-67913-5.
• HINDI IN COLONIAL BIHAR: IMPLICATIONS- THEN & NOW. PP 50-59. In Nicholas Ostler and Panchanan Mohanty (eds.). Proceedings of the 20th conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages 9th -12th December 2016. FEL XX Language Colonization and Endangerment: Long-Term effects, Echoes and Reactions. Foundation for Endangered Languages, Hungerford, England. 2016. ISBN: 978-0-9560210-8-3
• POLITICS OF IDENTITY AND PLURICENTRISM: CONTACT HINDI IN BIHAR AS A CASE OF SECOND-LEVEL PLURICENTRISM. PP 123-136In Rudolf Muhr and Benjamin Meisnitzer (eds.). Pluricentric Languages and Non-Dominant Varieties Worldwide: New Pluricentric Languages-Old Problems. Peter Lang Verlang, Frankfurt, in association with Das Land Steiermark and Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Germany. 2018. ISBN: 978-3-631-75623-2
• HINDI IN COLONIAL BIHAR: POLITICS OF LANGUAGE AND THE COLONIAL PROJECT PP 26-41. In Shailendra Kumar Singh and Sweta Sinha (eds.). Linguistic Ecology: Bihar. LINCOM Language Research 12. 180pp. 2019. LINCOM Europa. ISBN 9783862889839
•  Rajend Mesthrie and Sabiha Hashami. CONNECTING THE CONTACT HINDI OF BIHAR WITH THE BHOJPURI HINDI DIASPORA PP 150-158. In Tariq Khan (ed.) Alternative Horizons in Linguistics: A Festschrift in Honour of Prof. Panchanan Mohanty. Lincom Europa: Munich, Germany, 2020. ISBN: 9783969390269
•  Sabiha Hashami. SHRINKING LANGUAGE DIVERSITY IN BIHAR AND JHARKHAND: UNIFORMITY BY CHOICE OR COERCION? PP 110-131. In Anvita Abbi & Kapila Vatsyayan (eds.) Linguistic Diversity in South and Southeast Asia. Primus Books: Delhi. From Proceedings of a conference at India International Centre New Delhi. 2022. ISBN: 978-93-91144-18-0

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Recognition and Awards

Travel grant and full conference support in ICL 20 Cape Town South Africa 2018.

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