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Item A Comparative Study of Nachhiring Rai Andenglish Kinship Terms(Faculty of Education, 2014) Rai, DilipThis thesis entitled‘A Comparative Study ofNachhiring Rai and EnglishKinship Terms’has been carried out to compare andcontrast Nachhiring andEnglishkinship terms of both consanguineal and affinal types from theperspectivesof both male and female ego.To accomplish the objectives of thestudy, the researcher collected Nachhiring Rai kinship terms from NachhiringRai native speakersby using purposive sampling procedure but English kinshipterms were taken from secondary sources of data. To fulfill the set objectives ofthe study, both the primaryand secondary sources of data were collected. Themajor findings of the study are: inEnglish, kinsmen are addressed by thecertain terms, so thenumbers of kinship terms aregreater in Nachhiring than inEnglishkinship terms. Similarly, in English, thereis no any distinction betweenelder and younger kinship relations whereas there is distinction between elderand younger in Nachhiring Rai. This thesis comprisesfivechapters. Thefirst chapter includesbackground ofthe study, statement of the problem, rationale of the study, objectives of thestudy,research questions,significance of the study,delimitations of the studyand operational definition of the key terms. Similarly, the second chapter dealswiththeoritical and empirical review of literature, implication of the reviw ofthe study and conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter deals with themethods and procedures of the study which includes the design of the study,population and sample, sampling procedure, data collection tools and datacollection procedures. The fourth chapter consists of the results and discussionof the collected data. Similarly, fifth chapter deals with summary, conclusionsand some implications based on the analysis and interpretation of the the data.Finally, this chapter follows by references and appendices.Item A Study on Kham Magar and English Kinship Terms(Central department of English Education, 2012) Pun, Lok BahadurThis study entitled A Study on Kham Magar and English Kinship Terms is aimed to find out the English and Kham Magar kinship terms used to refer to various kinship relations, to compare and contrast English and Kham Magar kinship terms and to suggest some pedagogical implications on the basis of findings. To accomplish the objectives of the study, 50 Kham Magar native speakers were selected from Khalanga VDC of Rukum district. To generate relevant data, the questionnaire was chosen as the research tool. An interview schedule was used to collect Kham Magar kinship terms following the purposive sampling procedure. It took two week’s time duration. The researcher collected data using unstructured interviews. The majority of respondents were aged, illiterate, both male and female. Similarly, the sources of data for the kinship terms of the English language were based on the previous researches and different related books. Then, the researcher analyzed and interpreted them by using the statistical tools. The researcher has used charts and tables for data presentation. The findings of the study show that the kinship terms of English and Kham Magar languages are remarkably different in the aspects like numbers of kinship terms, inherent correspondence, titles across generations, use of paternal and maternal as well as elder and younger concepts. This thesis is divided into four chapters and other sub chapters. Chapter one deals with general background, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Similarly, chapter two is related to methodology adopted for the study. It encompasses sources of data, population of the study, research tools, and processes of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three presents an analysis and interpretation of the data. In this chapter, data are analyzed and interpreted through statistical tools like tabulation and through descriptive approach. Chapter four presents the findings and recommendations based on analysis and interpretation of the data.