An analysis of language used in the editorials of the good governance magazine
| dc.contributor.advisor | Chandreshwar Mishra | |
| dc.contributor.author | Trital, Nodanath | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-15T03:55:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-15T03:55:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.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 vii 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. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/23171 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject | English magazine | |
| dc.subject | Radio programme | |
| dc.title | An analysis of language used in the editorials of the good governance magazine | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| local.academic.level | Masters | |
| local.institute.title | Central Department of Education |