Passivization in English and Hindi

Abstract

The thesis Entitled Passivization in English and Hindi is an attempt to compare the passivization system between the English and Hindi languages and to suggest some pedagogical implications. The sample population consists of90 Hindi speakers of Siraha district who have Hindi as a mother tongue.They were selected by random sampling procedure and the researcher had used only one type of research tool i.e. questionnaire to collect the data.After collecting data it was analyzed,interpreted and presented descriptively and comparatively with the help of tables,diagrams and illustrations.The overall study shows that the syntactic position of noun and pronoun as subject and object remain intactin Hindi while changing active sentence into passive sentence whereas the syntactic position of noun and pronouns as subject and object are changed in English.This study shows that Hindi and English are similar in a few as pectsbut different in many aspects in the processes of passivization.There are twotypes of voice in the Hindi Language (Kartri Bachya and Aakartri Bachya). Aakirtri Bachya has classified into two types i.e. (KarmaBachya and BhawaBachya). English has only two types of voices i.e. (Active and passive voice). This thesis contains four chapters.Chapter one deals with the introduction which contains general background,the linguistic situation in Nepal,the Hindi language,transformation,passivization,CA and literature review. It also includes the objectives and significance of the study.Chapter two consists of methodology adopted during the study with the tools and process of data.It includes the limitations of the study as well.Chapter three deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected data. The collected data are analyzed and interpreted comparatively in detail and chapter four contains the summary of the findings and recommendations of the study.