Case System in English, Nepali and Doteli

Abstract

The present thesis entitled "Case Stystem in English. Nepali and Doteli" hasbeen conducted in order to find out the cases in Doteli and to find outsimilaritiesand differences between Doteli, Nepali and English cases. I usedboth primary and secondary sources of data in orderto conduct the research.The sampled population for the primary data were eighty native speakers of theDoteli dialect who were selected using judgemental sampling procedure. Aquestionnaire was prepared as a tool of data collection. English and Nepali casesystemswere taken from secondary sources. The data were taken fromsecondary sources. The data were analyzed, interpreted and presenteddescriptively and statistically by using by tables and illustrations. The majorfindings of this research clarify that common cases with English and Nepaliwere found in Doteli dialect as agentive, dativefactitive, instrumental, locative,objective, generative commutative ablative and goal, the main case markers inDoteli dialect are the post positions. Natural force is also taken as aninstrumental in the Doteli dialect. Both animate beings and inanimate things aretreated as source in the Doteli dialects. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with theintroduction of the study. It consists ofdefinitions of language, multilingualsetting of Nepal, introduction to theDotelidialect,cases in the NepaliLanguage,contrastive analysis, introduction tocases, literature review,objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter dealswith the methodology that consists of sources of data, sampling procedure,research tool, process of data collection and limitations of the study. The thirdchapter is the body of the thesis. It is concerned with analysis, interpretationand presentation of the collected data along with comparison of English,NepaliandDotelicasessystems. The fourth chapter includes the findings andrecommendations of the research work.