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Pakistani Englishes: Syntactic Variations - Softcover

Iqbal, Asma

 
9780367734763: Pakistani Englishes: Syntactic Variations
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367734761 ISBN 13: 9780367734763
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

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.

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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.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367734761
ISBN 13 
9780367734763
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
116