AN EXPLORATION OF DISCOURSE STYLES IN PAKISTANI ENGLISH FICTIONS

Authors

  • Fatima Ijaz The University of Chenab Pakistan
  • Fazal Rabi University of Swat Pakistan
  • Uzma Department of English, Northern University Nowshera Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i04.819

Abstract

The current study explores emergent discourse styles in English-language Pakistani fiction using multiple levels of analysis. The modern discourse styles in Pakistani English-language fiction have been explored using the "Corpus Stylistics" methodology and computational tools. In the past, the quantitative research on Pakistani fiction in English as a whole has hardly ever examined the entire collection of fundamental language elements. The current study is ground-breaking in that it has assembled a sizable corpus of Pakistani fiction in English for a specific goal based on a sizable collection of novels and short tales. Applying statistical factor analysis, the whole collection of essential lexico-grammatical elements presents in fictionized writing in Pakistan has been taken into consideration. The current research introduces innovative discourse styles and labels them as: "Expression of Thought vs. Descriptive Discourse Production," "Context-oriented Discourse," "Concrete Action Discourse vs. Abstract Exposition," and "Narrative vs. Dialogic Discourse." it does this by marking information from the large substantial corpus of English-language Pakistani fiction.

Keywords: English and fiction, English language, literacy Pakistan, education system.

Author Biographies

Fatima Ijaz, The University of Chenab Pakistan

Lecturer in English Literature

Fazal Rabi, University of Swat Pakistan

Lecturer in English

Uzma , Department of English, Northern University Nowshera Pakistan

MPhil Scholar

 

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Published

2022-12-05