Essays about: "Pakistani English"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Pakistani English.

  1. 1. Non-Standard Article Use in Pakistani English : An Attitudinal Study

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Ninni Bergström; [2022]
    Keywords : World Englishes; Pakistani English; non-standard article use; language attitudes;

    Abstract : This essay explores Pakistani English teachers’ attitudes towards non-standard article use in Pakistani English. It uses the theories of Kachru (1985), Modiano (1999a, 1999b, 2020) and Schneider (2003, 2007) on World Englishes as well as previous research on Pakistani English. READ MORE

  3. 2. Female agency in Burnt Shadows and Postcolonial Feminism in the EFL Classroom

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Vanja Floryd; [2019]
    Keywords : Burnt Shadows; Kamila Shamsie; postcolonialism; feminism; literature; women; agency; EFL; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This essay analyses Burnt Shadows (2009) by Kamila Shamsie from a postcolonial feminist perspective, with a focus on agency of women, representation and re-presentation, and cultural stereotypes. The degree of agency in the main characters Hiroko, Elizabeth and Kim is discussed, followed by an analysis of the re-presentation of Indian, Pakistani and Arab Muslim women characters in the text, with a focus on homogenisation and voice. READ MORE

  4. 3. The rise of militancy in the Muslim youth : Discourse analysis of recruitment tactics of militant groups in Pakistan for inciting youth to violence after 9/11

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Abdul Sayed; [2017]
    Keywords : Terrorism; Militant recruitment; Al Qaeda; Pakistan; War on Terror.;

    Abstract : This study is focused on the spreading wave of militancy in the Muslim youth after 9/11 era.  The role Al Qaeda is researched in understanding this problem in the case study of Pakistan. Al Qaeda is considered as the nursery for the rising of militancy in the Muslims while Pakistan is the birthplace of Al Qaeda. READ MORE

  5. 4. From avengers to heroines: muslim*women dismantling hegemonic discourses

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gina Waibel; [2016]
    Keywords : Queer theory; postcolonial theory; Muslim; women; racism; nationalism; gender; Europe; discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Hegemonic European discourses about muslim*women reduce the complex living realities of muslim*women to the singular of the gendered and racialized other. This thesis investigates the hegemonic functioning of these discourses and explores postcolonial and queer theoretical approaches for dismantling it. READ MORE

  6. 5. Exploring the Mental Lexicon of Pakistani L2 Learners : the Role of Culture and L2 Knowledge in Organizing the Mental Lexicon

    University essay from Sektionen för lärande och miljö

    Author : Abdul Qadir; [2011]
    Keywords : word association; mental lexicon; syntagmatic relations; paradigmatic relations; clang relations; connotations;

    Abstract : There are different types of psycholinguistic approaches which attempt to examine the quality and the organization of the human mental lexicon; the word association experiment is one of them. The word association experiment can be used to probe the development of human vocabulary. READ MORE