AN EXPLORATION TO THE GENRE BASED STUDY OF OCCURRENCE(S) IN SUB-COMMUNICATIVE UNITS OF MOVE 2 IN THE NEWS BULLETINS OF GOMBE STATE FM RADIO STATIONS
Authors
Saleh Ahmad Abdullahi
Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State
Author
Vivien Bello-Osagie
Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State
Author
Lawan Garba
Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State
Author
Keywords:
Genre Analysis,
News Bulletins,
Gombe State,
FM Radio,
Move Analysis
Abstract
The study explores occurrences in sub-communicative units of Move 2 in selected news bulletins from Gombe State FM radio stations, with the aim of identifying their unique features, common conventions and rhetorical structures. Swales’ model was adopted as the framework. The study used qualitative techniques and focused on news bulletins from selected FM stations in Gombe State. Findings revealed theoretical implications suggesting that the presentation of radio news bulletins can be considered a contextual-bound and goal-oriented genre, based on categories such as establishing a territory, establishing a niche and occupying a niche.
