Scolding and Expressing Anger in English and Bajhangi

Abstract

The present research study entitled “Scolding and Expressing Anger in English and Bajhangi” aimed to identify and compare the exponents of Scolding and Expressing Anger used by the native English and Bajhangi speakers. This research was based on secondary and primary data. The data were collected from the 50 native speakers of Bajhangi dialect. The informants were selected using judgmental non-random sampling and snow ball sampling procedure from Byansi and Kadel VDCs in Bajhang district. The researcher had taken 25 literate and 25 illiterate speakers and the participants of males and females were the equal from each VDC. The data were collected with the help of interviews and questionnaires. The sources of data for English were based on Matreyek (1983), Blundell, Higgen and Middlemiss (1997), Tillitt and Bruder (2000), Lyons (1970), Jones (1981), different books, theses, dictionaries and articles. The responses were listed, tabulated and compared for analysis and interpretation. On the basis of analysis and interpretation the researcher came to the conclusion that the native English speakers were more polite while scolding others than Bajhagi speakers on the other hand, Bajhangi speakers tend to use more impolite expressions and swear words in comparison to the native English speakers while scolding. Likewise, native English speakers tend to express their anger in indirect way using the formal forms to a greater extent in comparison to Bajhangi speakers.

This thesis is organized into five chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the topic, 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. The second chapter includes review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implication of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter covers all the areas of methodology. Likewise, the fourth chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of results, summary/discussion of the findings, similarities and differences and the fifth chapter includes conclusions and recommendations at three different areas (policy related, practice related and further related). Finally, the references and appendices are included.