Pakistani Englishes - Syntactic Variations

This book explores how non-native speakers, especially in postcolonial states, use English to communicate. Focusing on Pakistan, the monograph analyzes word categories, phrase and sentence structures used in the region and compares them to British English. It draws extensively from language used in the media and uses Lexical Functional Grammar (LFG) parsers to develop the phrase structures for qualitative analysis and a manual approach to quantify the frequency of various types of phrases. The volume also highlights the possible reasons for the differences and locates language use in context.

The volume will be of great interest to researchers, scholars, and teachers interested in linguistics, especially sociolinguistics, postcolonial studies, critical theory, media studies and World Englishes.

List of contents

Acknowledgements. List of abbreviations. 1. Introduction 2. Background and Historical Perspective 3. Research Methodology 4. Results and Analysis 5. Conclusion. Index

About the author

Asma Iqbal is Lecturer at Divisional Public School and College, Faisalabad, Pakistan. She has completed her MPhil from Riphah University, Faisalabad, Pakistan and has worked in several disciplines including CDA, Semiotics, Sociolinguistics and Syntax.

Summary

This book explores how non-native speakers use English to communicate. It compares word categories, phrase and sentence structures used in Pakistan to British English. The book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers interested in linguistics, especially sociolinguistics, critical theory, media studies, and

Product details

• Authors: Asma Iqbal, Asma (Divisional Public School and College Iqbal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367734763
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73476-3
• No. of pages: 104
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Pakistan, Media Studies, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Literature: history & criticism, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Literature: history and criticism