Apologies in Tharu and English: A Comparative Study

Abstract

This thesis entitled"APOLOGIES IN THARU AND ENGLISH:A COMPARATIVE STUDY”tries to identify and compare the forms of apologies and excuses uses in English and Tharu. In order to carry out this research,30 native speakers of English and 30 native speakers of Tharus were selected as respondents. Purposive non-random sampling procedure was used for selection of respondents. Interview schedule were employed to collect data.On the basis of the collected data, the comparison between English and Tharu was done using descriptive statistical tools.The major findings of the study showed that English native speakers were more apologetic and formal than Tharu native speakers,while apologing and expressing excuses. In English, various number of apologetic and excuses exponents are used than in Tharu. But the Tharu speakers used more apology and excuses exponents followed by repairment than English speakers.Regarding the level of formality both language users were formal with their teachers,strangers and miscellaneous and informal with friends, neighbours and relatives. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first is introduction which contains general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, significance of the study. The second chapter is methodology which includes sources of data, Sample population of the study, sampling procedure,tools for data collection, process of data collection,and limitations of the study. The third chapter contains analysis and interpretation of data and the fourth chapter deals with finding and recommendations of the study. In the final section of the study references and appendices are included.