Adposition in Bhojpuri and English

Abstract

This thesis entitled 'Adposition in Bhojpuri and English: A Comparative Study is an attempt to identify postpositions in the Bhojpuri language and to compare and contrast them with those of English. The researcher has found that English employs prepositions before noun and pronouns whereas the Bhojpuri language employs postposition after nouns and pronouns. The Bhojpuri language has the same postposition to represent different preposition in English. The researcher collected data from eighty native speakers of Bhojpuri language of two different VDCs of Bara district. Forty informants from each VDC were interviewed to provide necessary information. Both primary and secondary sources were consulted to carry out this research work. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background which includes linguistic situation in Nepal, an introduction to Bhojpuri Language and introduction to preposition, CA and its importance on language teaching, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Similarly, chapter two deals with methodology. It involves sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, research tools and process of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three presents analysis and interpretation of data. It has the identification of postpositions in Bhojpuri and similarities and differences between Bhojpuri postpositions and English prepositions. Eventually, the chapter four presents findings and recommendations and pedagogical implications.