English Codes Used by Farmers

Abstract

This study entitled "English Codes Used by Farmers "is an attempt to find out the Mixed English words in the Nepali language and to find out the context of mixed English words in the Nepali language. In order to achieve the objective of the study the researcher used both primary data and secondary data. In this study thirty farmers of the Nepali language were selected from Nawalparasi district. In sample population there were illiterate and literate farmers. The researcher used non random sampling procedure to elicit required data. The main tool for data collection was semi structured interview schedule. The researcher found mixed English terms in greater numbers, e.g. English, math, tractor, mobile, computer, school, boarding, etc. The major findings of this study were Code mixing is the most frequent at the word level in comparison to other linguistic units (Phrase, clause and sentence) and lots of English words used in daily life/ family related, agriculture related, community meeting related and schooling their children questions related but more English terms were found in schooling their children and daily life/family related question respectively. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter encompasses introduction of the study. It incorporates the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Similarly, chapter two deals with the review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter presents the design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, data collection procedures, and data analysis and interpretation procedures. Similarly, chapter four consists of the analysis and interpretation of the results and fifth chapter deals with the findings, conclusion and recommendations. The concluding chapter is followed by the references and appendixes that were used in the thesis.