Tense and Aspect in English and Danuwar Languages: A Comparative Study

Abstract

This research entitled“Tense and Aspect System in English and Danuwar” is an attempt to identify the processes of Tense-aspect system in Danuwar, to compare and contrast them with those of English and suggest pedagogical implication based on the findings. In order to accomplish the objectives of the study, both primary and secondary sources of data have been used.The sample population of the study consists of forty Danuwar native speakers selected through purposive sampling procedure to carry out the research work using the set of Interview schedule and questionnaire. The study is plotted into five chapters. Chapter one of this thesis comprises general background,statement of the problem, rationale of the study,objectives of the study, limitation of the study and definitions of the important terms.Chapter two deals with review of the related theoretical literature and empirical literature,implication of literature review and conceptual frame work. Chapter three is devoted to design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedure,data collection tools, data collection procedure and data analysis and interpretation. Chapter four is related to result and discussion and chapter five present the summary, conclusion and implication. In the final section references and appendixes are included. ix