English Code Mixing in China Harayeko Manchhe

Abstract

The researcher in this thesis has made an effort to find out the English expressions used in the book “China Harayeko Manchhe” and also to analyze the language of English code mixing in terms of different linguistic criteria. Using observation as the main tool for data collection, a descriptive survey was carried out to the book China Harayeko Manchhe in which all the mixed English expressions were used as the sample of population. The non-random purposive sampling procedure was adopted for the study. With the mixing of 569 English expressions in the book, the study depicted that English code mixing is a natural and regular phenomenon in Nepali language and literature. And the noun in word level was found as the most frequently used level of expression in Nepali discourse. This research is mainly composed of five chapters. Every chapter consists of necessary headings and sub-headings. The first chapter is 'Introduction'. It consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study, operational definition of the key terms.Chapter two deals with review of related literature and conceptual framework‟. Under this chapter,reviews of theoretical and empirical research, the implication of the review of the study and conceptual framework have been incorporated.Chapter three reports the methods and procedures of the study. Under this heading, design and method of the study, populationsample and sampling strategy, study area field, data collection tool and technique, data collection procedure and data analysis and interpretation procedure have been described. The fourth chapter analyzes and interprets the results. In this chapter, theanalysis of data and interpretation of results have been described and also the summary of findings have been generalized in the similar other Nepali contexts.Chapter five consists of conclusions and recommendation of the research.Recommendation in this chapter has been further divided into three categories policy related; practice related and further research related recommendations. Besides main chapter, the supportive materials such as references, list of table, list of charts, abbreviation have been incorporated along with the four different chapters of appendix.