A Comparative Study on Terms of Greeting and Takingleave Used in Tharu and English

Abstract

This researchwork wasan attempt to list out and compare the termsof greetings and taking leave used by the native speakers of Tharu with theEnglish terms of greeting and taking leave. For this purpose the researcherconsulted the people of different VDCs of Kailali district. He used aquestionnaire to collect current data fromselected people (sample population).For the case of English, the researcher used secondary sources available inbooks and theses.The researcher collected the data from Kailali district’s fiveVDCs ofKailalidistrict.The tool for data collection was the questionnaire. Theresearcher used a verysimple statistical tool,(i.e. table)to analyze and interpretthe collected data. The findings of the study show thatthereareavery few terms ofgreetingand taking leave in English in comparison to theTharuLanguage. In English‘hello’,‘hi’,‘good morning/evening/afternoon’arecommon terms of greeting.'Good-bye',‘bye-bye’, ‘see you’ and ‘love you’arecommon terms of takingleave.TheTharu language hasgot a lot of number of terms for greeting andtaking leave. In Tharu,sewä/dhog,räm-räm, sita-räm, dandawat, pränämarethe terms of greeting for seniors and,kasin bato, majai bato,majai bate, jug-jugjeyo, gyanëbanoare the terms for juniors. In the case of taking leave leu toräm-räm, sewa/dhog,are for seniors and le to baith, mai jaitü, achchhäräm-rämare for juniors. Tharu speakersusedifferent types of address termswhile speaking withthe seniors and juniorsbut English speakers use thesame terms to seniors andjuniors. ix The study has been presented in four chapters:The first chapter deals with general background, language functions, introduction to the terms of greeting and taking leave, languagesof Nepal, theTharu language, objectives of the study, significance of the study and literaturereview. The second chapter includes the methodology which consistsofsource ofdata, sample population and sampling procedure, tool for data collection,process ofdata collection andlimitationsof the study. The third chapter deals with analysis, interpretation and presentation ofdata. The data have been analyzed and interpreted descriptively andcomparatively. The last chapter consists of findings and recommendations.