Place and Time Deixes in Magar, Nepali And English

Abstract

The present thesis entitled Place and Time Deixis in Magar, Nepali and English was conducted to find out the Magar place and time deixis compared with Nepali and English. For this study I took sample population consisting of 30 Magar speakers from Taklung-9, Gorkha. The sample population were selected by using nonrandom purposive sampling procedure. Questionnaire and interview schedule were used as research tools for data collection. The data were analyzed, interpreted and presented descriptively by using tables and illustrations. The major findings of the research are that time deictic adverbials are used immediately after subject in sentence structures in the Magar language. Time deictic terms found in Magar are: Chhining, Tisyming, Ngasning, Chamcham, Chahi, Melesh, Khanglesh, Namlesh, Aakhunglesh, etc. The study is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is introductory part. It includes background of the study, statement of the problem, rationale of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study are operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter deals with review of the related literature and conceptual framework. The third chapter includes methods and procedures of the study which includes research design, population, sample and sampling strategy, study area, data collection tools and techniques, data collection, procedure and data analysis and interpretation procedures are presented. The fourth chapter includes analysis of data and interpretation of results and summary and findings. In this section, both simple statistical as well as descriptive approach are used. The fifth chapter includes conclusion and recommendations. The references and appendices form the concluding part of this thesis.