Passivisation in Tamang and English Languages

Abstract

The research study entitled “Passivisation in Tamang and English Languages” was carried out to find out passivisation in the Tamang language and to compare and contrast it with the Tamang and English languages. The researcher collected data from 45 literate Tamang native speakers of the Tamang community in Rural Municipality Aiselukharka of Khotang District. The data required were gathered by purposive sampling procedure, the questionnaire was used as primary source and related journal, articles, and books were used as secondary sources. This research shows that passivisation in Tamang are active and passivisation rules. The comparison shows that English and Tamang languages do not have verb inflected in furture tense. Morphologically, Tamang present and future verbs are same, but the concept of future verb can be mainly expressed with the help of time adverbials. This thesis includes five chapters. Chapter 1 deals with Background of the Study, Statement of the Problem, Rationale of the Study, Objectives of the Study, Research Questions, Delimitations of the Study, Operational Definition of the Key Terms. Chapter 2 includes the Sociolinguistic Situation of Nepal: The Language Family, the Tibeto-Burman Family, the Austro-Asiatic Family, the Indo-Aryan Family, the Dravidian Family, English Language, Tamang Language, Contrastive Analysis, Contrastive Analysis and its Importance, the Use of Contrastive Analysis, Declarative Sentence in the English Language, Simple Declarative Sentence in the English Language, Compound Declarative Sentence in the English Language, Declarative Sentences in the Tamang Language, Simple Declarative Sentence in the Tamang Language, Compound Declarative Sentence in the Tamang Language, Verbs, Tense Verb System, Voice, Active Voice, Passive Voice, Rules of the Active Voice to Passive voice in English Language, Review of Empirical Literature, Implications of Review for the Study and Conceptual Framework. Chapter 3 is related to design and method of the Study, population, sample and sampling strategy, sources of data, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation Procedures, Ethical Consideration.

Similarly, Chapter 4 covers Passivisation in the Tamang Language, The Simple Present Voice Rules in the Tamang Language, The Simple Past Voice Rules in the Tamang Language, The Simple Future Voice Rules in the Tamang Language, Comparison between Tamang and English Voice Rules, The Comparison between English and Tamang in Present Voice Rules, The Comparison between English and Tamang Past Voice Rules, The Comparison between English and Tamang Future Voice Rules. Chapter 5 includes The Analysis and Interpretation of the data and it incorporates findings of the study, Recommendations and Implications at three-level: policy, practice and further research. The final section of the study is related to references and appendices.