Deixis Systems in English and Jhagar languages

Abstract

The research entitled, 'DEIXIS SYSTEMSIN ENGLISH AND JHAGAR LANGUAGES'is the first research work on the Jangar Language which compares and contrasts the deixis system of English and Jhagar languages.The researcher has collected both primary and secondary sources of the data.Native speakers of Jhagar language are the primary sources and the different books, Journals, magazines and theses are the secondary sources of data. This research has been based on the information and responses of 40 informants including literate and illiterate. The informants for this study have been selected from three VDCs of Sunsari. Among the informants, 20 were literate and 20 were illiterate. The researcher used random sampling procedure to sample the population. The interview was the research tool for data collection.The findings are: Jangar language has more number of first person plural pronoun. There are more inclusive and exclusive forms than English language. The researcher found many words referring to proximate and distance inthe third person pronoun of Jhagar language but it is not found in English. This thesis consists of four chapters.They are;introduction,review of related literature and conceptual framework,methodology, analysis and interpretation and findings and recommendation etc. Chapter one mainly includes introduction that comprises general background of the research,objective of the study,delimitation of the study and ends in operational key words.Chapter two consists of review of the related literature and conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with methods and procedures of the study.It describes about data collection and information obtained from different resources.It deals with sources of data, sampling procedures,and research tools, process of data collection and limitation of the study.Chapter four is x the main body of the research. It includes the presentation of data and analysis and interpretation of the data.It presents the data descriptively and in the form of graphs and tables. It also compares and contrast thedeictic terms in English and Jhagar languages.Chapter five presents the findings of the study and recommendations and the list of pedagogical implication of the study.