Request Forms in English and Taplejunge Limbu: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The present study entitled "Request Forms in English and Taplejunge Limbu" mainly explores comparative investigation on request forms between English and Taplejunge Limbu, showing their similarities and differences. In case of writing this thesis, twenty informants were selected from Thechambu, Nangkholyang VDCs and Taplejung municipality of Taplejung district for the primary sources of data. They were randomly selected. Some were Limbu English teachers and others were fluent speakers of the Limbu language. They were contacted and discussed in order to collect primary sources of data. Apart from this, various kinds of articles, journals, magazines, Limbu books ( Aanipan grade I-V), Nepali-Limbu-English dictionary and source books were consulted as secondary sources of data. The selected informants were visited, phone called and they were given the set of questionnaires to answer. According to this study, it is found that in totally sixty-five percent of English and fifty-four percent of Limbu speakers used requests. So English people were found more polite than Limbu people on the basis of four forms (i.e. Asking for help/favor/permission/assurance) of requests. English people used short and overt requests mostly whereas Limbu people used lengthy and indirect requests. The study has been presented in five chapters: the first chapter consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objective 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 and the fifth chapter includes conclusions and recommendations at three different areas (policy related, practice related and further related). At the end of this chapter references and appendices are included.