English Code-mixing in Magar Language in Day to Day Communication

Abstract

The thesis entitled "English Code-mixing in Magar Language in Day to Day Communication "is an attempt of the researcher to find out the English Mixed words in the Magar language. To achieve the objective of the study only the primary data were not sufficient, so I utilized secondary data too. In this study sixty native speakers of the Magar language were selected from Pawan Nagar VDC in Dang district. In sample population there were three types of native speakers, i.e., illiterate, literate and educated. To meet the objectives of my research I used stratified random sampling procedure to elicit required data. The interview schedule in the form of questionnaire was developed as a research tool for both literate and illiterate informants. The main tools for data collection were structured interview schedule and questionnaires in this survey research. Pawan Nagar VDC of Dang district was selected to collect data and collected data were analyzed, interpreted and presented descriptively and comparatively with the help of Tables and illustration. In this research, I found mixed English words in greater numbers, e.g. radio, mobile, computer, school, boarding help, bus etc. On the other hand, educated people mixed English words greater than illiterate and literate. Through the help of interview and questionnaires informants I found some reasons to mix English words in the Magar language in day to day communication. Some major reasons were less number of speakers, lack of language transmission to young generation, migration to urban areas, going to foreign countries for job and education, choice of topics and fashion of using English words. This thesis comprises five chapters: Introduction, Review of Related Literature and Conceptual framework, Methods and Procedures of the Study, Results and Discussion and Findings conclusions and Implications. The first chapter deals with the general background, statement of the problems, rationale of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of the related literature, implications of the review for the study, theoretical framework and conceptual framework. The third chapter includes the design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedure, data collection tools, data collection procedures and data analysis interpretation procedures. The fourth chapter contains the results and discussion/interpretation and the last chapter includes the summary, conclusions and pedagogical implications in policy level and practice level and suggests some further research.