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Item Expressions for Seeking Informationan Dconfirmation in English and Nepali(Department of English Education, 2009) Adhikari, Kamal PrasadThis study is to identify and compare the exponents of seeking informationand confirmation used by the native English and Nepali speakers. Theresearcher, for the study, took the data from the sample population. Therewere altogether 80 informants in the sample population out of which 40 wereNepali and other 40 were English native speakers. The study was entirelybased on the responses from the sample population (i.e. primary data) withthe helpof the questionnaire distributed to them. Then the exponents given bythem were listed for the analysis and interpretation on the basis of which theresearcher came up with the conclusion that while seeking information andconfirmation. Nepali speakers used more honorific forms than Englishspeakers in general. To be specific, Nepali speakers used more non-honorificforms than English speakers for seeking information from their friends andpolicemen (by their officers). Similarly, Nepali speakers used non-honorificforms more than English speakers for seeking confirmation from their officeclerks, friends and sons. With other relationship, English speakers were foundto be using more non-honorific forms than Nepali speakers. The study is divided into four chapters.Chapter one, the introductorychapter, includes general background, review of the related literatureobjective of the study, and significance of the study.Chapter twodeals withthe methodology applied to carry out the research under which sources ofdata, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collectionand limitations of the study were presented.Chapter threepresents analysisand interpretation of the data. In this section both statistical as well asdescriptive approach were used.Chapter fourincorporates findings andrecommendations of the research. The concluding part of the thesis isoccupied by the references and appendices. ixItem Reprimanding and expressing annoyance in English and Nepali(Department of English Education, 2012) KhattriThis study aimed to identify and compare the exponents of expressing annoyance and reprimanding used by the native English and Nepali speakers. For this study, the researcher took sample population from British Council, Lazimpat, Kathmandu and International Organization for Migration, Damak consisting of 20 native English speakers and 60 Nepali speakers were taken from the Shiksha Sendesh English School. The study was entirely based on the primary data; i.e. the responses from the native English and Nepali speakers through the questionnaire distributed to them. The responses given by them were recorded for analysis and interpretation. On the basis of analysis and interpretation, the researcher came to the conclusion that the native English speakers were more formal than their Nepali counterparts while reprimanding and expressing annoyance whereas Nepali speakers used more informal forms and swear words than the native English speakers while expressing the undertaken exponents. Both native English and Nepali speakers were found to be using temperate forms. The study is divided into four chapters. Chapter one is an introductory chapter. It includes general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, and significance of the study. Chapter two deals with the methodology applied to carry out the research under which sources of data, sampling procedure tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study have been presented. Chapter three presents analysis and interpretation of the data. In this section both statistical as well as descriptive approach has been used. Chapter four incorporates findings and recommendations of the research. The references and appendices form the concluding part of the thesis.