Language used in News Bulletins of Radio Nepal

Abstract

This research Language Used in the News Bulletins of Radio Nepal aimed to identify the sentence types, phrasal verbs, collocations, and grammatical categories such as, tense and voice in the news bulletins of Radio Nepal. The sample for the study consisted of English news bulletins of Radio Nepal and non-random judgmental sampling method was used to select the sample population. To fulfill the objectives of the study, a survey design was used to collect the data. A observation was used as a tool of survey research to collect the data from the Radio Nepal. The data was analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistical tools. The research findings revealed that the complex sentences more maximally found to be used than the simple and compound sentences in the news bulletins of Radio Nepal. Similarly, inseparable transitive phrasal verbs were used more than other phrasal verbs. Likewise, news bulletins mostly used grammatical collocations in comparison to lexical collections. Regarding the grammatical categories, it was found that non-past tenses and actives voices were used more than the past tenses and passive voices in the news bulletins of Radio Nepal. The first chapter consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational of the key terms. Similarly, the second chapter deals with review of theoretical literature, review of the empirical literature, implications review for the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter sheds light on methods and procedures of the study under which design and methods of the study, population, sample, and sampling strategy, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedure come. The fourth chapter involves analysis of the data and interpretation of the results. Finally, the fifth chapter encompasses findings, conclusions, and recommendations related to policy, practice and further researches.