Forms of Ordering and Advising in Enlgish and Limbu

Abstract

This research entitled ‘Forms of Ordering and Advising in English and Limbu’ has tried to find out the forms of ordering and advising used in the Limbu language and to compare and contrast them with those of the English language. It compared and contrasted the forms on the basis of the relationship in family, in office, with neighbors, guests, friends, strangers. The data were collected from the 80 Limbu native speakers selected using judgmental and snowball sampling procedures from Mouna Budhuk and Rajarani VDCs in Dhankuta district. The researcher selected the informants at her convenience and asked them to select others who could give her more information then she contacted them. The data were collected with the help of interviews and questionnaires. The sources of data for English were based on different books, theses, dictionaries, and articles. The researcher found that both English and Limbu speakers use the formal and polite forms with strangers and guests and use informal language with junior family members, students, and staff, intimate friends while ordering and advising. Limbu speakers order the neighbours, guest, strangers and general friends but English speakers request them. Likewise, forms of ordering and advising are reflected in affixation in Limbu whereas they are reflected in lexical items in English. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background, review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter contains the methodology in which the sources of data, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study are included. Similarly, the chapter three deals with the analysis and interpretations of the data and the chapter four comprises the findings and recommendations of the study. Finally, the references and appendices are included.