A Study on English Code Used by Nawalpuriya Tharu Speakers

Abstract

This study entitled "A Study on English code used by Nawalpuriya Tharu speakers" is an attempt to find out the English words mixed in the Tharu language. In order to achieve the objective of the study the researcher used both primary data and secondary data. In this study, Tharu community of Nawalpuriya Tharu speakers were selected from Nawalparasi (east Nawalparasi) district. In sample population there were literate and illiterate Nawalpuriya Tharu speakers. The researcher used purposive sampling procedure to elicit required data. The main tool for data collection was interview with recording. The researcher found mixed English terms in greater numbers. e.g. English, tractor, film, cycle, mobile, phone, boarding school, etc. The major findings of this study were code mixing is the most frequent at the daily or personal life rather than agricultural field and the most frequent at the word level in comparison to other linguistic units (phrase, clause and sentence). And literate Tharu speakers mixed more English terms in the comparison of illiterate ones. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter encompasses introduction of the study. It incorporates the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study an operational definition of the key terms. Similarly, chapter two deals with the review of related theoretical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter presents the design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures. Same way, fourth chapter consists of the analysis and interpretation of the results and fifth chapter deals with the major findings, conclusion and recommendations. The fifth chapter is followed by the references and appendixes that were used in the thesis.