การศึกษาวิเคราะห์ลักษณะข้อผิดพลาดด้านภาษาในวิทยุสารประจำวัน ปี พ.ศ.2520 / วารุณี เศวตาลัย = An analytical study of language errors in the Thailand news bulletin in 1977 / Warunee Sewatasai
The purpose of this thesis is to study language errors in the Thailand News Bulletin in 1977. The data were taken from 245 issues of domestic news reports collected from the Thailand News Bulletin in 1977. The thesis is organized into 7 chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction stating the scope and purpose of this thesis. Chapters 2 to 6 contain the findings. The last chapter is a conclusion and suggestion. The writer also suggests that a study should be made, of language errors in foreign news. It has been found that language errors in the Thailand News Bulletin in 1977 are of three types. The first type relates to grammatical errors the use of various classes of words or groups of words in wrong position in sentences misuse of either word-classes or word forms, or a combination of these, wrong choice of an item in a class, wrong composition of idioms, and wrong word order. The second type relates to semantic errors: correlation of meaing of words or groups of words, as used in different functions in sentences; inappropriateness of word-choice for the context; superfluous use of words of the same meaning, and the, lack of words resulting in incomplete meanings of sentences. The third type relates to carelessness of word usage: inconsistent use of words; unnecessary use of certain prepositions and relative linkers.