Pluralization of Nouns in Tamang and English: A Comparative Study

Abstract

This thesis entitled Pluralization of Nouns in Tamang and English: A Comparative Study aimed at finding out the rules for pluralization of nouns in Tamang and English language and to discover the similarities and differences in the processes of Pluralization in Western Tamang language those with English language. The researcher used both the primary and the secondary sources of the data. The primary sources were the forty Western Tamang native speakers of Kaule, Semjong, Dhuwankot, Darkha and Satya Devi VDC's of Dhading and Nuwakot districts and the secondary sources were the different books, journals and tresses. The respondents were selected through purpossive non-random sampling procedure. Questionnaire was the major tool while collecting data. The findings showed that singular nouns in Tamang are pluralized by adding the suffixes like -mha, -dugu, -kaate/-gaade, -ngi mha and -bagaal to them. Likewise, singular personal pronouns are pluralized using the suffixes like -nga/-ni, -ngi, -mha, -kaate/- gaade. Similarly, plural suffixes are written separately in Tamang but these are written together in English e.g. Lopen-mha/ -kaate (teachers), chhoyi-mha/-kaate (books). This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the topic in which background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study, operational definitions of the key terms are included. The second chapter incorporates the review of the related theoretical literature, review of the related empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and the conceptual framework. The third chapter comprehends design of the study, population sample and sampling procedures, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. Similarly, in the fourth chapter analysis and interpretations of result have been presented. The fifth chapter consists of the findings, conclusion and recommendations of the study followed by references and appendices.