Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tense Used in Tharu and English Language
Date
2020
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Faculty of English Education
Abstract
The Thesis entitled “Present Perfect and Past Perfect Tense Used in English
and Tharu Language” has been prepared to fulfill the requirements of the
Master’s Degree in English Education. The specific objective of the research is
to identify, compare and contrast the present perfect and past perfect tenses in
Tharu and English language. .The researcher has used the stratified random
sampling procedures and 50 native speakers of Tharu language were selected
as informants from Shivasatakshi and Buddhasanti Municipality of Jhapa
district. A set of structured questionnaire was used as the tool for the research.
The result of the research from the collected data found out that there are equal
numbers of Tense in both languages. But tense markers are different in both
languages. The present and past tense marker in English are the auxiliary verbs:
has/ have and had respectively. But in Tharu language “ne” is used in both
present and past tense and the tense markers are /e/ and /lie/ respectively. They
come with copula /chi/ and /chhe/. The sentence structures of both languages
are also different. In English language the structure of the sentences are SVO
form but in Tharu language the structure of the sentences are SOV form. The
similar thing is that like English language past, present and future tenses found
in Tharu language. In present tense /e/, /hi/ and /ai/ is use for first, second and
third person respectively. Likewise/bai/, /bihi/ and/tai/ mark future tense.
Accordingly /lie/, /lihi/and/kai/is used as past marker.
This research consists of five chapters. The first chapter- Introduction deals
with general background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of
the study, research question, significance of the study, delimitation of the study
and operation definition of the key terms. The second chapter- Review of the
related literature and theoretical framework deals with the review of the
theoretical literature, Review of Empirical literature, Implication of the review
for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter includes-Methods
and the procedures of the study, the design of the study, population and sample,
Sampling procedures, Data collection tools, Data collection procedures and
Data analysis and Interpretation procedures. The fourth chapter – Analysis and
Interpretation of results- presents the result of the study and Discussion of the
various issues of the Tharu and English language. The fifth chapter-
Conclusion and Recommendation- presents Summary and Conclusion that
suggests some Implications which is followed by some reference and
appendices.
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Tharu language, English grammar