Text Formation in the Poetry of Robin S. Ngangom and Mamang Dai: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Comparative Study

Being an active field for the interplay of diverse linguistic processes such as condensation, displacement, substitution and ellipsis manifested through a wide variety literary devices in pursuit to expand semantic possibilities language communicate experiential interpersonal meanings aesthetically, poetry unique ways by which different elements it are structured sequenced has always been matter curiosity among linguists (Levin 1963a, Baker 1967, Landon 1968, Jakobson Cable 1970, Cureton 1981, Muller 1981). Expanding scope this enquiry North-East India, present paper use SFL model taxis explores text construction strategies poems two hitherto linguistically unexplored Indian poets Robin S. Ngangom Mamang Dai endeavor ascertain most frequently used structures these poets, tactic relations clause complexes their poems, embedding similarities or variations on account usage embedding.