Negative and Interrogative Transformations in Raskoti Dialect and English Language

Abstract

This thesis entitled Negative and Interrogative Transformations in Raskoti Dialect and English language is an attempt to identify the process of negative and interrogative transformations in Raskoti Dialect of Nepali language and compare and contrast on the basis of their common and uncommon features in both Raskoti dialect of Nepali language and the English language. The sample of the study consists of fifty Raskoti native speakers who were selected using stratified random sampling procedure to elicit the required data of negative and interrogative transformation of Raskoti dialect. A set of interview schedule was prepared for illiterate and literate informants but a set of questionnaire was used for the educated one. After collecting the data it was analyzed interpreted and then presented descriptively and comparatively with the help of example and illustrations. The major findings of the study are:The negative marker in English is ‘not’ or ‘n’t’ which is placed after an auxiliary verb in an assertive sentence whereas the negative markers in Raskoti dialect are /na,na:i,nan/which are added immediately after main verb.If there is no auxiliary verb in a positive assertive sentence we need to use 'do' support rule where as there is noneed to introduce 'do' support in Raskoti dialect. In assertive sentence yes-noquestion marker morpheme /ki:ta or kya:/ is introduce and place at the end.Wh-word occurs before the main verb in English and 'k' word occurs just after the subject pronoun in Raskoti dialect. The thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction. It consists of general background, language, language family, The English language in Nepal, language and dialect, criteria for determining dialect,classification of dialect, some variation in the English dialect, Nepal and its dialects, Jumli dialect at a glance, Raskoti dialect, Differences between Raskoti dialect and standard Nepali, transformation theory, a brief sketch of negative and interrogative transformation in English and contrastive analysis. It also includes literature review, objectives of the study and significance of the study. vii The second chapter tries to present the methodology adopted for the study. This chapter is basically encompasses design and method of the study, population,sample and sampling strategy, study area/field, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the results. It comprises rules of negative and interrogative transformations in English and Raskoti dialect, and the process of negative and interrogative transformations between English and Raskoti. Chapter five presents the summary of the finding and recommendations and references and appendices are mentioned at the end.