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

     

Additional Files

Published

2022-12-05

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 04 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research PJSR

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“AN EXPLORATION OF DISCOURSE STYLES IN PAKISTANI ENGLISH FICTIONS”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 04, pp. 357–365, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i04.819.