Thanking and Congratulating in English and Nepali

Abstract

This study aimed to identify and compare the exponents of Expressing thanks and congratulations used by the native English and Nepali speakers. For this study, the researcher took sample population from British Council and British Embassy consisting of 20 native English and 60 native Nepali speakers from the Department of the Nepali Education, Faculty of Education. The study was entirely based on the primary data, i.e. the responses from the native English and Nepali speakers through questionnaire distributed to them. The responses given by them were coded for analysis and interpretation. On the basis of analysis and interpretation, the researcher came to the conclusion that the native English speakers were more formal than their Nepali counterparts while expressing thanks and congratulations whereas Nepali native speakers used temperate forms than the native English speakers while expressing the under taken exponents. Both native English and Nepali speakers were found to be using temperate forms. The study is divided into four chapters. Chapter one is an introductory chapter. It includes general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, and significance of the study. Chapter two deals with the methodology applied to carry out the research under which sources of data, sampling procedure tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study are presented. Chapter three presents the analysis and interpretation of the data, in this section both statistical as well as descriptive approaches are used. Chapter four incorporates findings and recommendations of the research. The references and appendices form the concluding part of the thesis.