Place and Time Deixis in Doteli Language

Abstract

This study entitled “Place and Time Deixis in Doteli Language” aimed to find out the place and time deixis used in Doteli language and compare and contrast the place and time deictic expression of Doteli with those of English. This study also focused on the different aspects of place and time deixis of Doteli language. For this study, I selected a sample of forty Doteli native speakers from Jorayal Rural Municipality of Doti district. The sample was selected by using simple random sampling procedure. A set of questionnaire was used as the tool for data collection. English deictic expressions were taken from secondary sources. The data were analyzed and interpreted descriptively and statistically by using tables and illustrations. The major findings of this study showed that Doteli has a complex deixis system due to the existence of honorific distinction, proximal and distal distinction, gestural and non-gestural distinction. There have been found proximal and distal distinction, gestural and non- gestural distinction and pure and impure distinction regarding Doteli place and time deictic expressions. The next major findings of the study showed that English is richer than Doteli because different English place deictic expressions have the same equivalent term in Doteli language in place deixis system and Doteli is richer than English because same terms in English can be represented by different terms in Doteli language in time deixis system. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introduction which includes the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Likewise, the second chapter deals with the review of related theoretical and empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter incorporates with design and methods of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, data collection tools and techniques, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter deals with the