Person deixis in English and Gurung language
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Abstract
The present study entitled ‘Person deixis in English and Gurung language’ was
a modest attempt made to identify and compare the person Deixis in English
and Gurung languages. For this study, I took sample consisting of 40 Gurung
speakers of Chhoprak VDC of Gorkha district. The study was based on both
primary and secondary data. The interview was conducted to attend required
information which served as primary data. However, the secondary sources
were also used for collecting data for person deixis. On the basis of analysis
and interpretation, I came to the conclusion that Gurung and English languages
do not have separate deictical expression to indicate honorific and non-
honorific style. Both languages have two kinds of number, singular and plural.
Similarly, both languages have separate marker for subjective, objective and
genitive cases. Likewise, Gurung first person deictic pronouns are influenced
by the tense system but the case is different in English. Similarly, English has
separate third person pronouns for male and female whereas Gurung has no
separate pronouns for these genders.
The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one is an introducing one. It
includes background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of the
study, research questions or hypothesis, significance of the study, delimitations
of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Chapter two deals
with review of related theoretical literature, review of the empirical literature,
implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Chapter
three includes methods and procedures of the study. Chapter four presents the
results and discussion. In this section both statistical as well as descriptive
approaches are used. Chapter five incorporates summary, conclusion and
implications of the study. The references and appendices form the concluding
part of thesis.