A Study on Kham Magar and English Kinship Terms
Date
2012
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Central department of English Education
Abstract
This 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.
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Linguistic, kinship terms, Kham Magar, English Language