Assamese Poetry

Prominent Marxist historian, revolutionary, poet and a litterateur from Assam - Dr Amalendu Guha - passed away at the age of 91 in the wee hours of 7 May 2015. His passing away is a huge loss for the world of historical scholarship in India. It is not an exaggeration to describe him as a pioneer of modern history of Assam and among the tallest of Indian historians of 20th century. In this article Bonojit Hussain and Mayur Chetia offers their last tribute to this lifelong communist, people's history and life-affirming poet.

This article explores the linguistic productivity in Assamese language. Linguistic productivity is a natural happening in all languages. It happens due to several linguistic performances such as compounding, affixation, conversion, clipping, backformation, blending, etc. Sometimes it is termed as creativity. Hence, the contextual meaning, longevity, and acceptance do matter in literature. Hiren Bhattacharya's poetry contextualises several new productions of words in the Assamese language. This study would focus on a linguistic analysis of those words and their formations. The Assamese language has enormous scope in studying linguistic productivity. This paper limits itself only with the poems of Hiren Bhattacharya and opens up a new dimension in the field of linguistic studies.