Pluralization in Bhojpuri and English

Abstract

The thesis entitled 'Plualization in Bhojpuri and English' aimed to identify the pluralization system in Bhojpuri and to compare and contrast it with that of English. From the Primary and secondary sources the data were collected. Eighty native speakers of the Bhojpuri language were the primary sources from Birgunj sub-metropolitan city of Parsa district and different books, journals and theses were the secondary sources. The respondents were selected through stratified random sampling procedure. Interview schedule and questionnaire were the major tools for the collection of data. Being based on the findings, singular nouns in Bhojpuri are pluralized by adding the suffixes like an/-sa, -log -sabhan, -sab to them. Likewise, plural marker suffixes ani/ni/ka are added to first person, singular, personal pronouns to make them plural.Similarly, both languages use suffixes as plural marker e.g. bailan/-sa ( oxen ), seran/-sa ( lions ). Likewise, plural suffixes are written separately in Bhojpuri but these are written together in English e.g. sikshak-log/-sabhan ( teachers ), kitab-sa ( books ). This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the topic in which background/context of the study, statement of the problems, objectives of the study, research questions, signification of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms are included. The second chapter incorporates the review of the related empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and the third chapter encompasses design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, study area/field, data collection tools, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures. Similarly, in the fourth chapter analysis and interpretation of the data and summary of findings have been presented. The fifth chapter consists of the conclusions and recommendations of the study followed by references and appendices.