Pluralization in English and Phedappe Limbu

Abstract

This research work entitled Pluralization in English and Phedappe Limbuis anattempt to identify the processes of pluralization in the Limbu language and to find out the similarities and differences between pluralization processes of Limbu and English. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary sources of data were forty Limbu native speakers of Kerabari Rural Municipality and Sundarharaincha Municipality of Morang district. The secondary sources of data were different books, journals and theses. The sample population was selected by using stratified random sampling procedure. The researcher used interview schedule and questionnaire as the major tools to collect data. The collected data were analyzed, interpreted and presented descriptively and comparatively. The researcher came up with the finding that suffixes '-si' and '-hā'are used to change singular nouns into plural forms in the Limbu language whereas the suffixes '-s' and '-es' are used to pluralize noun in English. This thesis has been divided in to five chapters: introduction, review of the related literature and conceptual framework, methodology, analysis and interpretation and findings and recommendations. The first chapter deals with the general background, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions,significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of key terms. The second chapter contains review of related theoretical literature,review of empirical literature, implication of the review for the study and conceptual framework of the study. The third chapter includes all the areas of methodology. Likewise, the fourth chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of results and the fifth chapter includes findings and recommendations. At the end of this chapter references and appendices are included.