S.M. GUPTA, Ph.D. (Linguistics, University of Hawaii, USA) is Emeritus Professor of English at Sobhasaria Group of Institutions, Sikar, Rajasthan. He has more than 50 years of experience in teaching English to undergraduate and postgraduate students in India and abroad. Professor Gupta has authored/co-authored 10 books, presented 50 research papers at national and international conferences, and published 40 research papers in national, international journals and edited books.