Pluralization of English and Bantawa

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This research entitled “pluralization in English and Bantawa” has been carried out with the objectives to find out the processes of pluralization in Amchoke dialect of Bantawa language, and also to compare and contrast those with that of English. This study had forty native speakers of Bantawa residing in Chulachuli VDC of Ilam district as the simple. The researcher used the non-random purposive sampling procedure to collect the required data from the literate respondents. The questionnaire was the research tool for data collection. On the basis of the collected data, the analysis and interpretation have been done. The processes of pluralization in Amchoke dialect of the Bantawa language the plural marker suffix ‘-ci’ and other cardinal numbers like ‘hwatak’ and ‘sumkatak’ and quantifier like ‘baddhe’ determiners are added to the stem for the pluralization. Similarly, the processes of personal pronoun pluralization are found in singular, dual and plural numbers. The comparison reveals that the process of pluralization in Amchoke dialect of Bantawa is easier than that of English in terms of nouns but it is more complex in terms of personal pronoun with reference to English. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background of linguistic scenario of Nepal, an introduction of Bantawa language and dialects, importance of CA, an overview of transformational theory, introduction of pluralization and rules in English, classification of nouns, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. Similarly, the second chapter deals to the methodology applied to conduct the research. It entails the sources of data, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, and processes of data collection and limitations of the study. Likewise, the third chapter is related to the analysis and interpretation of the data. The researcher has used descriptive method to present the Bantawa pluralization processes; he has compared and contrasted the Bantawa and English pluralization processes with examples. Finally, the chapter four deals with the findings of the study and some recommendations.