English and Kisan Kinship Terms
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Faculty of English Education
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The research entitled “English and Kisan Kinship Terms” presents a clear
picture of a comparative study between English and Kisan kinship terms. The
main objective of this study was to find out the Kisan kinship terms and to
compare and contrast them with those of English. The present study was carried
out on Kinship terms of English and Kisan languages presented through both
consanguineal and affinal relations from both sides Viz. male and female ego in
English and Kisan. The kinship relationships of English and Kisan were also
studied by both addressive and appellative uses from the prospective of both male
and female ego. The data of Kisan kinship terms were collected from forty native
speakers of the Kisan language who were randomly selected from two wards of
Mechi Nagar Municipality. Respondents were divided into different strata, using
the stratified random sampling procedure. Set of questionnaires and mobile phone
recorder were used as research tools to collect data. It was found that there are
more kinship terms in the Kisan language than that of English. Sixty nine kinship
terms were found in the study. Among them, twenty seven are consanguineal and
forty two are affinal relations. It was also found that English language has some
cover terms such as ‛grand parents’, ‛sibling’, ‛parents’, ‛cousin’, ‛offspring’ and
‛grandchild’ but they lack in the Kisan language.
This thesis has four chapters: The first chapter contains general background,
literature review, objectives of the study, significance of the study and definitions
of relations. The second chapter consists of source of data, sampling population,
sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and the
limitations of the study. The third chapter consists of analysis and interpretation of
the data obtained. Lastly, the fourth chapter comprises findings and
recommendations.