Case in English and Chepang

Abstract

The thesis entitled 'Case in English and Chepang' is an attempt to identify cases in the Chepang language and to compare and contrast them with those of English. The researcher has found out that the Chepang is a tripartite type of language whereas English is a nominative accusative type of language. In tripartite system, all the arguments S, A and P are treated differently. As a result, they are marked with case markers. The cases identified in the Chepang are genitive, instrumental, dative, comitative, ablative/source, goal and locative. Suffixes are found to be used as case markers in the Chepang language. Word order does not play a vital role in meaning change in the Chepang language. The researcher collected data from forty native speakers of Sarikhet VDC from Makwanpur district were the research fields for the researcher to elicit data from the informants. He used both the primary and secondary sources to carry out this research work. The thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with introduction. It consists of general background, importance of the English language, the sociolinguistic situation in Nepal, an introduction to the Chepang language, an introduction to case, CA and its importance on language teaching, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Chapter two deals with methodology. It encompasses sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, research tools, processes of data collection and limitaiton of the study. Chapter three deals with analysis and interpretation of the data. It comprises identification and analysis of cases in the Chepang language and similarities and differences between the Chepang and English cases. Chapter four encompasses findings and recommendations and pedagogical implications.