English Code-Mixing in The Nepal Samacharpatra Daily

Abstract

This thesis entitled English Code-mixing in the Nepal Samacharpatra Daily attempted to present the study to find out English word classes, phrases, sentences and language functions which are used in the Nepal Samacharpatra Daily. I used non-random judgmental sampling procedure to collect the needed data. Ten issues of the NSP Daily were purposively selected for the study. The overall conclusion of the research is that English code mixing is regular phenomenon in the Nepali newspapers. I found that code mixing in word level was the highest than others. Nouns and noun phrases were mixed highly. The English words and phrases mixed in the newspapers were common. Simple sentences and the language functions as greeting, expressing love, etc. were frequently mixed in the NSP Daily. This thesis consists of four chapters viz. Introduction, Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation of Data and Findings and Recommendations. The first chapter contains introduction, literature review, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Sources of data, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study have been dealt with in the second chapter. The third chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of the data elicited. English code mixing in the issues of the NSP Daily is analyzed and interpreted in terms of word classes, phrases, sentence types, and language functions. The fourth chapter includes findings and recommendations on the basis of the study, analysis and interpretation of the da