An analysis of language used in the editorials of the good governance magazine
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2011
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Abstract
The present research makes an effort to analyze the language used in the
editorials of Good Governance Magazine in terms of register variety, coherence
and cohesion. This research is descriptive one, based on only the secondary
sources of data. The data for the study were randomly collected from the Good
Governance Magazines since the year 1998 to 2008. The total sample
population of the study consisted of 33 editorials of the magazine during eleven
years of publication. The required data were collected using observation as the
data collection tool. The outcomes derived from the texts of editorials were
listed, tallied and tabulated on the basis of data and linguistic characteristics.
An effort has been made firstly to analyze the register variety of the language
of editorials on the basis of subject matter and secondly, the coherence and
cohesion ties used in the editorials and their frequency have been tabulated to
observe the usual tendency of writing within the editorials of the magazine. The
main findings of this study are: the language of the editorial in the Good
Governance Magazine is used from different register variety; different fields
and areas are covered to advocate public related issues via editorial of
magazine. The issue of 'Corruption' is maximally frequent; then the issue of
'Politics' has been given emphasis for advocating. Similarly, the editorials of
the magazines are full of cohesive ties and become coherent. The cohesive ties
through conjunctions are maximally frequent followed by the cohesive ties
through references. In case of position of cohesive devices in the sentences,
anaphoric position is mostly frequent than cataphoric one. Regarding the level
of cohesive ties, inter- sentential use of cohesive devices is highly used than the
intra-sentential one.
This thesis is composed of four chapters and each chapter is divided into
necessary headings and sub-headings. Chapter one deals with general
background, importance of the English language, linguistics, sociolinguistics,
varieties of linguistic codes, coherence and cohesion, mass media and its
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importance, introduction to Pro Public and Project design, definition of the
important vocabularies, literature review, objectives and significance of the
study. Chapter two presents the methodology of the study, sources of data,
sampling procedure and tools for data collection, process of data collection and
the limitations of the study. Chapter three consists of the analysis and
interpretation of the collected data. In this section both statistical tools like
percentage and comparative and descriptive approaches have been used to
derive the conclusion. The comparison has been done among eleven years of
publication of the magazine. Chapter four discusses the findings and
recommendations based on the analysis and interpretation of this study. The
references, appendices and some samples of editorials are included at the end.
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English magazine, Radio programme