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01 - Approaches to Text Analysis

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).01
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).01      Published : Mar 2019

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    Text Analysis is a broad term that covers many approaches and technologies. Those initially stemming from the academic sphere have come to enter the commercial, and today there is a wide interplay between the two. A further dichotomy is that between natural language and computational approaches. Over time, approaches have come to draw upon each other, although there are still clear dividing lines ... Details

    Text Analysis, Lemmas and Concepts, Text Analysis Technologies, Enterprise Search

    (1) Mark Perkins
    Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Repindex, Cambridge, UK.
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02 - The Echoes of Conscience: Study of Lord of the Flies based on Ghazalian Nafs-e-L

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).02
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).02      Published : Mar 2019

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    The current study aims at exploring the working of Ghazalian nafs e Lawwama and Freudian superego in Lord of the Flies. This study, in the parameters of psychoanalytical interpretation, explicitly describes the profound impact of nafs e lawwama / superego on the major characters of the novel, as they cross the limitations of morality, get tortured by remorse, and finally struggle to compensate for... Details

    Psychoanalysis, Superego, Conscience, Psyche

    (1) Samina Amin Qadir
    Vice Chancelor, Fatima Jinnah University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shumaila Mazhar
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Mehwish Malghani
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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03 - Outcome-Based Assessment and Saudi National Qualifications Framework: An Evaluat

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).03
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).03      Published : Mar 2019

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    Aligning assessment practices with instructional and learning strategies trigger deep learning. However, research confirms that some language teaching contexts do not moderate a positive association between assessment methods and course learning outcomes (CLOs). This research attempted to examine the congruence between assessment task designs and CLOs of an English-major program in a Saudi public ... Details

    Assessment Tasks, Authenticity, Critical Thinking, Learning Outcomes, Quality Assurance

    (1) Muhammad Umer
    Assistnt Professor, Department of English, Islamia College University Peshawar, Kpk, Pakistan.
    (2) Abdul Fattah Soomro
    Associate Professor, English language Centre, Taif University, Taif, Saudi Arabia.
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04 - Doctrine of Fana and Baqa of Sufism in Shafaks The Forty Rules of Love: A Conten

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).04
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).04      Published : Mar 2019

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    The study aims to find aspects of the Doctrine of Fana and Baqa from Sufism in different characters of Shafaks novel The Forty Rules of Love. For this purpose qualitative mode of inquiry is adopted. The technique of content analysis is used for data analysis underpinned with Junayds theoretical framework of Sufism. The study finds that Shafak portrayed Fana as foundation and Baqa as a goal in Sufi... Details

    Sufism, Fana & Baqa, Rumi, Novel

    (1) Nayab Aziz Bugti
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Fouzia Rehman Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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05 - Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax Interfaces in Pakistani Languages

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).05
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).05      Published : Mar 2019

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    This paper is about language variation i.e. lexical variation caused by the interfaces of Phonology, Morphology and Syntax in Pakistani languages. According to Shackle (2014) Urdu, Punjabi and Seraiki languages belong to the Indo-Aryan language family. However, there are found many lexical differences significant enough to make these languages quite different from one another. The study focuses on... Details

    lexical variation, Pakistani languages, IndoAryan, interfaces.

    (1) Umaima Kamran
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Samra Saghir
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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06 - Sherman Alexies Environmental Racism in The Summer of Black Widows

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).06
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).06      Published : Mar 2019

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    Relationship with the environment is rooted in the epistemology of a community. The white worldview favors hierarchy of the chain of being. Environment being at the lowest rung deserves only one response from mankind: subjugation and destruction which entail white dominance for ecocide of the Native American environment. Alexies incorporation of Nature is not an escapist stance; it comes from the ... Details

    Native American Literature, Euroamerican Literature, Anthropomorphism, Speciesism, Nature, Horizontal and Vertical Relationship with

    (1) Ghulam Murtaza
    Associate Professor, Department of English, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Shaheena Ayub Bhatti
    Professor, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
    (3) Shazia Rose
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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07 - Achieving the Validity of Essay Questions in the Subject of English at B. A. Lev

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).07
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).07      Published : Mar 2019

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    The writing skill is one of the important language skills. This skill is especially useful for students of higher classes. In the Pakistani institutes of education, it is a matter of common observation that the writing skill gets more attention than the other language skills. Essay questions form an important and essential part of the assessment of the writing skill at the college level in Pakista... Details

    Assessment, Essay Questions, Validity, Writing Skill

    (1) Muhammad Asif Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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08 - Migrations Impacts on Diminishing Lingual Heritage

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).08
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).08      Published : Mar 2019

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    Socialization in the post-migration phase has a key role in shaping the behavior of the people towards a new place, culture and phenomenon. The socialization of children after the migration has potential impacts on the diminishing lingual heritage. Migration has radically exposed the younger generation to this challenge threatening the lingual heritage. They, most probably, lose their mother tongu... Details

    Communication, Language, Lingual Heritage, Migration, Momentum, Mother Tongue, Multi-lingual.

    (1) Abid Ghafoor Chaudhry
    Associate Professor, Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mahwish Zeeshan
    Lecturer, Anthropology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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09 - The Science of Signs: An Analysis of Mantos Mastery of Semiotics

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).09
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).09      Published : Mar 2019

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    Saadat Hassan Manto is one of the most prominent voices from South-East Asia, who has achieved a legendary status due to his most eloquent and articulate representation of the angst, pain and violence of the Indo-Pak partition. The present research aims at exploring the use and functions of semiotic elements in the works of Saadat Hassan Manto. The sample used for this purpose has been selected fr... Details

    Manto, Semiotics, Saussure, and Partition

    (1) Mehwish Malghani
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, SBK Womens University of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Zartashia Hanif
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, SBK Womens University of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Hina Naz
    Lecturer, Department of English, SBK Womens University of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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10 - Demystifying Ideology: A Socio-Semiotic Analysis of Billboard Advertisements

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).10
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).10      Published : Mar 2019

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    The aim of the present study is to investigate the hidden ideologies in the billboard advertisements in the landscape of Lahore. The following questions have been designed: How do the billboard advertisements represent different ideologies in the landscape of Lahore? What types of ideology are implied in the billboard advertisements in the landscape of Lahore? The nature of the research is descrip... Details

    Ideology, Billboard Advertisement, Social Semiotic, Critical Discourse Analysis

    (1) Amina Khalid
    Lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Arshad Ali Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sadia Ashraf
    Lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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11 - Professional Development of Pakistani EFL Teachers and the Culture of Learner Au

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).11
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).11      Published : Mar 2019

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    The value and impact of professional development of teachers are never-ending phenomena and it continues to develop betterment in the teaching performances. The current study aimed at giving professional development training to Pakistani English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers with reference to bringing, promoting and practicing the culture of learner autonomy in the EFL classrooms. Learner a... Details

    English as a foreign language (EFL), Foreign Language Teaching (FLT), Foreign Language Classrooms,

    (1) Uzma Quraishi
    Professor and Director, Institute of Education, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ayesha Butt
    Lecturer, TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sameera Ayub Bhatti
    Lecturer, Lahore School of Accountacy and Finance, The University of Lahore (UOL), Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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12 - Assimilating Gender Subversion into Counter Hegemony: A Journey from Personal to

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).12
10.31703/glr.2019(IV-I).12      Published : Mar 2019

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    The fairy tales depict dissatisfied characters, whose individual potential and capabilities are limited under specific gender categories and societal hegemony. Thus, the characters, thus, rebel against the conventions, through gender subversion, and countering the hegemony forces. Thus, the paper is built on the theoretical frameworks of gender subversion, by Judith Butler (1990) and counter-hegem... Details

    Gender Subversion, Counter Ehegemony, Fairy Tale, Personal and Social Disruption

    (1) Faria Saeed Khan
    Professor, Department of English, , University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Zainab Akram
    Assistant Professor, Department of English,, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Fouzia Rehman Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Womens University Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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