Mood in English and Maithili languages: A Comparative Study

Abstract

Maithili belongs to the Eastern sub-group within the Indo-Aryan family. It forms a sub-group with Bhojpuri and Magahi and linguistically closer to Assamese, Bangla and Oriya than to its more contiguous language, namely Hindi and Nepali. It is the second major language of Nepal. English is an international language which is a common lingua-franca as well. It has played a crucial role in international communication of thoughts, ideas and second foreign language all over the world. This work "Mood in English and Maithili Languages" attempts to describe the mood in both languages along with their kinds, forms, systems, syntactic structures, semantic relations and their functions. This thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter gives the introduction of both English and Maithili languages. It also gives an outline of the entire study. The second chapter is the focal point of this dissertation which deals with mood in English and Maithili languages in details. The third chapter deals with the comparison and contrast of mood in English and Maithili languages. The last chapter summarizes the whole thesis and present its a brief conclusion.