Subordination in English and Maithili: A Contrastive Study
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Central Department of English Kirtipur, Kathmandu
Abstract
The main objective of this thesis is to present the analysis of English and
Maithili subordination. The analysis of English and Maithili subordination is fully
based on the primary and secondary data. With the help of secondary data collected
from A Reference Grammar of Mathili (1990), University Grammar (1973), and also
by using his own intuition the researcher sets the rules of Maithili Subordination, then
tests those rules by collecting the written data from Maithili speakers of Dhanusha
district. By making the contrastive analysis of English and Maithili subordination, it
also predicts the errors that Maithili speakers are likely to commit while learning
English and Maithili subordination. It also calculates the errors actually committed by
60 Maithili speaking students of grade IX and X of Dhanusha district through Errors
analysis. Finally, it points out the correlation between the predictions of errors and the
actual occurrences of error.
The sample population for this study consists of 60 Maithili speaking students
of Grade IX and X of Dhanusha District from six different schools. In this work, both
primary and secondary sources are used for the collection of the data. The primary
tool for analyzing the errors of Maithili speaking students is a written text which
consists of two items. After collecting the data, the responses of the students are
marked systematically and errors committed by them and tabulated. The tables consist
of total errors and average errors presented item wise, class-wise are erroneous
sentences.
The researcher claims that this study is perfectly satisfactory and complete.
Because of limited time and research, there may be some limitations and
shortcomings in the study.