The Forms of Address in Khawas and English

Abstract

The present research entitled “The Forms of Address in Khawas and English” made a comparison of the address forms used in the Khawas and English languages. The main objective of the research was to identify how the native speakers of the two languages made a choice of the forms of address, keeping in mind various factors like age, sex, relation, social setting, culture, etc. related to addressor and addressee. The study made a comparison of the forms of address used for consanguineal relations, affinal relations and social relations including strangers, friends, teachers and students, people holding professional position like doctor, nurse, officer and other persons in the Khawas community. The data was collected from 80 native speakers of Khawas in Morang district using purposive sampling procedure. The sources of data for the forms of address in English were based on the previous research carried out in the Department of English Education, different related books and encyclopedias. It is found that the Khawas language is far richer in the forms of address compared to English. This thesis consists four chapters. The first chapter contains general background, review of related literature and objectives of the study. The second chapter includes sources of data, population of the study, sample population, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Similarly, the third chapter comprised analysis and interpretation of the data obtained. Finally, the fourth chapter contains the findings, recommendations and pedagogical implementations of the study.