Review of "The language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo), vol. I: grammar"

• Main Author: Matisoff, James A.
• Other Authors: University of California, Berkeley
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177743
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Robbins Burling (henceforth B) is a distinguished example of the species known as “anthropological linguists”, to which Paul K. Benedict also belonged.1 B’s involvement with Bodo-Garo language and culture dates from the 1950’s, and at this moment (April, 2008) he is actually off doing fieldw...