A Semantic Analysis of English and Tharu Verbs
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2010
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Department of English Education
Abstract
This study deals with the semantic analysis of English and Tharu verbs.
The main objective of this study was to carry out semantic analysis of
English and Tharu verbs on the basis of: a) one to one correlation of
meaning, b) divergence and convergence of meaning and c) semantic
overlapping and semantic inclusion. The verbs were collected through the
structured interview with eighty Tharu native speakers from Agyauli
VDC – 8, Nawalparasi. The respondents were selected by using nonrandom judgmental sampling procedure. Similarly, the researcher
adopted purposive random sampling procedure to select respondents from
literate and illiterate category as well as respondents from different
occupational background like: farmers, teachers, social workers and
housewives. The main finding of this study is that there are inherent
differences in semantic systems of English and Tharu verbs. It has also
found that there are more instances of divergence and convergence of
meaning and one to one correlation of meaning than semantic
overlapping and semantic inclusion of meaning.
This thesis has been divided into four chapters. Chapter one comprises
introduction, background, review of the related literature, objectives,
significance of study. Chapter two comprises methodology in which
sources of data, tools and procedures of data collection and limitations of
the study are included. Similarly, chapter three includes the analysis and
interpretation of the English and Tharu verbs. Finally, chapter four
comprises the findings and recommendations of the study.
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English language, semantics