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01 - Study of Lexical Variation between Dhani and Majhi Punjabi

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).01
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).01      Published : Dec 2021

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    Abstract The present study highlights lexical variation in Dhani and Majhi dialects of Punjabi language spoken in Pakistani Punjab that may lead to a communication gap. It focuses on the description of vocabulary differences of words of daily use. It is partly qualitative and partly quantitative research, which was conducted through a survey. Data were collected from thirty participants (15 speake... Details

    Dhani, Dialect, Lexical Variation, Majhi

    (1) Wasim Hasan
    PhD Scholar, Department of Linguistics and Communications, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Arshad Ali Khan
    Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics and Communications, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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02 - Conversation Analysis and the Negotiation of Gender Identity in Pakistani Multil

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).02
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).02      Published : Dec 2021

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    The current study attempts to address the negotiation of gender identity in the Pakistani multilingual context to explore the gender identity of male and female speakers through conversation features of opening, topic shifting, interruptions, and silence. The recorded and transcribed data of six peers in an academic setting in the University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan, is analyzed in the light ... Details

    Conversation Analysis, Gender, Identity, Peer Discourse

    (1) Rabia Faiz
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Azhar Pervaiz
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Faheem Arshad
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
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03 - Language as Power: Construction of Social Reality on Riffat Abbas Poetry "A Drea

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).03
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).03      Published : Dec 2021

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    The poetic approach to constructing social reality is a significant source of reflection on the lived experience of voiceless ordinary men and women. Poetic expression becomes a source of power and resistance expressed through language. Social reality expressed in poetry constructs a vision of history beyond time. The civilization al heritage of Multan dates back to the time of Rag Ved. The City's... Details

    Power, Poetic Expression, Social Reality, Civilization, Multan

    (1) Rafida Nawaz
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Syed Hussain Murtaza
    PhD Scholar, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muqarab Akbar
    Professor/Chairman, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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04 - The Use of Technological Gadgets by English Language Students: A Study at Univer

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).04
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).04      Published : Dec 2021

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    Using technological gadgets for the learning process is now important. Information technology plays an important role in the study of English as a foreign language. The current study determines the advantages and ease of use of technological devices offered by South Punjab Universities as teaching aids. The study also looked at student fulfillment and emphasized the difficulties met by English-spe... Details

    Technological Gadgets, English Language Students, University, Southern Punjab, Pakistan

    (1) Abdul Khaliq
    Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Allied Sciences, Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Muhammad Raes
    Lecturer in English, Government Associate College Kamoke, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Rasheed Ahmad
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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05 - An Analysis of the Political Slogans in Pakistan from the Perspective of Rhetori

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).05
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).05      Published : Dec 2021

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    The skillful usage of language by politicians in a persuasive manner holds great significance in the politics of democratic states. This paper attempts to study the diplomatic use of catchy and attractive political slogans to convince the voters to vote for them. Political slogans chanted in the processions of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Noon (PML-N) during the 2018 g... Details

    Persuasive Language, Slogans, Political Slogans, Rhetoric

    (1) Aiman Gul Akram
    Lecturer, Department of English, Women University Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Liaqat Iqbal
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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06 - Exploring Spelling Errors in Extemporaneous Essays: A Case Study of Pakistani Un

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).06
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).06      Published : Dec 2021

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    Spelling competence is an integral part of a good written communication in English. EFL learners,nonetheless, face difficulties in spelling correctly. This study explored the spelling errors of EFL university students in Baluchistan - Pakistan. With a qualitative case study research design, the data were obtained through extemporaneously written essays by a sample of 117 participants analyzing spe... Details

    Spelling Errors, Error Analysis, Omission, Substitution, Insertion, Transposition, Cook's Taxonom

    (1) Saeed Ahmed Lehri
    MPhil Scholar, English Language Centre, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
    (2) Niaz Hussain Soomro
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Linguistics, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
    (3) Zahid Hussain Pathan
    Assistant Professor, English Language Centre, University of Balochistan, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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07 - Computational Stylistic Analysis of Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).07
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).07      Published : Dec 2021

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    A language is a communication tool for sharing ideas, emotions, and thoughts in spoken or writtenform. Writers use different linguistic structures to communicate their views for specific meanings.Stylistics aims at exploring such use of language to explore different lexical categories. The linguisticmodel of Leech and Short (2007) reveals the descriptive and interpretive nature of these lexicalcat... Details

    Stylistics, AntConc, Oscar Wilde, The Selfish Gaint, Leech and Short

    (1) Sabahat Tariq Qureshi
    Research Scholar, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Naveed Ahmad Taseer
    MPhil English, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Shabir Ullah
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Qurtuba University of Science and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
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08 - Who I Am: Mapping the Reciprocity between Identity Gaps and Interpersonal Relati

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).08
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).08      Published : Dec 2021

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    This study aims to explore the notion of identity from a post-modernist perspective in the novel,‘Kartography’ by Kamila Shamsie. The concept of identity and its multifarious uptakes in varied fields of study have been revealing to understand the complexity embedded in this notion. The concept of identity and its diverse uptakes in varied study fields reveal the need to know the comple... Details

    Identity, Identity Gaps, Personal-relational Identity, Kartography

    (1) Faheem Arshad
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Nimra Nawaz
    Research Student, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Inayatullah Kakepoto
    Professor, Department of English, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan
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09 - A Comparative Study of L2 Motivation of English and Chinese Languages using Dorn

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).09
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).09      Published : Dec 2021

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    The objective of this study is to find out the contribution of Dörnyei’s L2 motivational self-system framework for English and Chinese language learning motivation. It has been used as a conceptual model to find the motivation level of language learners. The study was conducted using the quantitative research approach. The sample comprised 100 English language learners and 100 Chinese l... Details

    Ideal L2 self, Ought to L2 self and L2 Learning Experience

    (1) Muhammad Faisal
    Faculty English, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Rana Imran Ali
    Faculty English, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Imran
    Schools of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University, China.
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10 - War and Politics on Water: An Eco-Critical Critique of Animation Movie Rango

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).10
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).10      Published : Dec 2021

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    Since its release, critics have evaluated 'Rango' from technical, artistic, thematic, psychological and feminist perspectives. However, the role and purpose of nature in 'Rango' remains unexplored. This study, from an eco critical perspective, aims to discover the aqua politics of the elite to exploit the local community through controlling water resources. This qualitative research is carried out... Details

    Rango, Feminist, Ecofeminism, Semiotics

    (1) Umar Hayat
    Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Graduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Nasir Iqbal
    Lecturer in English, Government Guru Nanak Graduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Asif Nadeem
    Lecturer in English, Superior College Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
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11 - Examining the Functions of Graphological Deviation in Redeeming Love by Francine

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).11
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).11      Published : Dec 2021

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    The way Rivers presents her content in her renowned novel “Redeeming Love” is the motivation behind this research. Francine Rivers has used graphological deviation in this novel in a very innovative way-which not only invokes specific effects but marks her style as well. So, the paper attempts to examine the functions this stylistic technique has performed in this novel. For the analys... Details

    Graphological Deviation, Stylistic Variant, Normative Choice, Inspirational Fiction, Stylistic Value

    (1) Aisha Naseem
    Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mubina Talaat
    Department of English, The Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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12 - The Emergent Self: A Psychosocial Study of Identity, Memory, and Trauma in The K

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).12
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).12      Published : Dec 2021

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    This study aims at examining the impact of trauma from a psycho-social perspective, with a specific focus on the issues of psychological violence leading to social oppression, identity formation, and disenfranchisement of characters in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner. The purpose of the psychosocial approach is to "express the recognition that there is always a close, ongoing circular interactio... Details

    Memory, Trauma, Psychological Violence, Identity

    (1) Rabea Tahir Abbas
    Tutor/Instructor, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Imran Ali
    Head of Department, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Aleena Rasheed
    Tutor/Instructor, Department of English, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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13 - Politeness in the Realization of Requests in a Multilingual Setting: An Interlan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).13
10.31703/glr.2021(VI-IV).13      Published : Dec 2021

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    This paper aims to examine the notions of politeness in the context of the most repeated strategies of request that the Pakistani undergraduate English language learners (ELLs) articulate in multilingual classrooms. Guided by the qualitative research design, sixty ELLs comprising two different ethnic groups (Siraiki-speaking and Pashto-speaking) served as the participants. Selected through purposi... Details

    Request Strategies, Politeness, Speech Acts, Pragmatic Competence

    (1) Muhammad Farooq Alam
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Rooh Ul Amin
    Professor, Department of English, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Umar Razaq
    M.Phil. Scholar, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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