Ajaya Sahoo

Biographic Data

ID840417
NAMEAjaya Sahoo
GIVEN NAMESAjaya
FAMILY NAMESahoo
SIGNATURESAHOO A
AFFILIATIONSIndian Institute of Technology Madras
ORCID0000-0001-6952-4476
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Assessing language vitality: A case of Indigenous Kuwi

    Open AccessGunti Prem Sagar, Ajaya Sahoo et al.ARTICLEAustralian Review of Applied…2026

    Assessment of a language is about the evaluation of its vitality. To understand the vitality of a language, a language community should be assessed every few decades, so that the success of any revitalization program can be evaluated according to its vitality index. Based on language vitality, we can formulate specific revitalization methods/programs to help nurture individual languages. In this paper, we critically examine two assessment tools, …

  • Variations in Language and Its Equation With Linguistic Identity

    Open AccessAjaya Sahoo, Anindita SahooARTICLEDialectologia2025

    In this paper, we investigate the linguistic identity of the diasporic population in East Midnapur also known as (Purba Medinipur), which is a border district under the administration of the Indian state of West Bengal.This region of West Bengal has a long history of cultural and linguistic contact with the neighbouring state-Odisha, and a significant number of the Odia diasporic population has been residing here for many generations.Our study fo…

  • Sociolinguistic Variation and Codeswitching between Parsi Gujarati and English

    Ajaya Sahoo, Scherezade DasturARTICLEJournal of Asian Linguistic…2025References: 22

    In this study, we investigate the sociolinguistic variation in the code-switching patterns of Parsi Gujarati speakers, a distinct variety of Gujarati spoken by the Parsi (Indian Zoroastrian) community, with an emphasis on regional and intergenerational differences. The study aims to fill that gap by quantitatively analyzing code-switched linguistic data from a representative sample of speakers across two Indian states, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Th…

  • Evoking Emotions and Eliciting Heart-Felt Responses Through Exclamatives: Unravelling the Potential of aiyyoo in the English Language

    Open AccessRuby George, Ajaya Sahoo et al.ARTICLEEnglish Linguistics Research2024

    The English language is replete with exclamative utterances which convey an array of emotions and evoke strong sentiments that create a lasting impact in the hearts and minds of the users and listeners alike. However, they are not considered as conforming to the regular speech acts of the English language. The entry of aiyyoo, an expression of South Indian origin into the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), propels us to re-visit the Standard and Mo…

  • Individuality in Language Change Lynn Anthonissen (2021)

    Ajaya Sahoo, Anindita Sahoo et al.ARTICLESociolinguistic Studies2024

  • Versatile copulas and their stance-marking uses in conversational Odia, an Indo-Aryan language

    Open AccessFoong Ha Yap, Ajaya SahooARTICLELingua2023References: 1

  • Transnational Migrations: The Indian Diaspora

    Ajaya Kumar Sahoo, William Safran et al.BOOKTransnational Migrations2013

    This book studies Indian diaspora, currenlty 20 million across the world, from various perspectives. It looks at the 'transnational' nature of the middle class worker. Other aspects include: post 9/11 challenges; ethnicity in USA; cultural identity versus national identity; gender issues amongst the diaspora communities. It argues that Indian middle classes have the unique advantages of skills, mobility, cultural rootedness and ethics of hard-wor…