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Pragmatic Analysis of Academic Discourse: Insights into Code-Switching

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Zahra, Tehseen

Supervisor

Shehzad, Wasima

Program

PhD

Institute

National University of Modern Languages

Institute Type

Public

Campus Location

Islamabad

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2018

Thesis Completion Status

Completed

Subject

English Language & Literature

Language

English

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http://prr.hec.gov.pk/jspui/bitstream/123456789/11027/1/Syeda%20Tehseen%20Zahra_Eng%20Linguistics_2018_NUML_PRR.pdf

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2021-02-17 19:49:13

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2024-03-24 20:25:49

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1676724940246

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Language use in academic discourse i.e. in classroom sessions and conference presentations is a controversial issue among linguists and academicians as they carry contrasting perspectives regarding use of language in academia. Some linguists believe that code-switching is an essential part of academic discourse while some other suggests that mutual intelligibility may not be possible if the learners switch their language during communication. The variation of the viewpoints creates a niche to explore the use of language in Pakistani classroom sessions and conference presentations. This study explores various purposes of code-switching in academic discourse including elucidation, giving instruction, translation, change/introduce the topic, asking question and building argument. Pakistan is a multi-lingual country and it has rich linguistic diversity where people use provincial and regional languages and medium of instruction in classrooms is a serious concern for academicians. Moreover, the study portrays present situation and describes future implications from students’ perspective.The second main objective of the study is to explore the contextual relevance, quantity of information and perspicuousness in academic discourse (classroom session and conference presentation). To conduct this study thirty classroom sessions and forty conference presentations were recorded and transcribed. Furthermore, this research highlights the issues related to contextual use of language, quantity of information and clarity of expression in academic discourse by giving examples of transcribed data. The findings reveal the purposes of code-switching and contextual uses of language in academic discourse with specific reference to pragmatic ideology. In the light of the findings of the current study I propose Relative Relevance Model of Communication which has potential to explore relevance and relative relevance in classroom sessions and conference presentations especially. Moreover, this model may also be employed on other genres in order to address pragmatic manifestations with special focus on relevance.
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الحاج عبدالقیوم

الحاج عبدالقیوم
۱۵؍ نومبر ۲۰۰۱؁ء کو الحاج عبدالقیوم صاحب کا انتقال ہوگیا، وہ کلکتہ کے ایک مشہور ہوٹل کے مالک تھے، اﷲ تعالیٰ نے انہیں دولت کے ساتھ، قوم و ملت کا درد، دین داری اور ہر طبقے میں مقبولیت عطا کی تھی، کلکتہ ہی نہیں ملک کے بھی علمی و تعلیمی اداروں کو ان سے بڑا فیض پہنچتا تھا۔
یتیم خانہ اسلامیہ کلکتہ کے عرصے تک صدر رہے، اس زمانے میں یتیموں کی پرورش اور کفالت میں کوئی دقیقہ باقی نہیں رکھا، اسلامیہ ہسپتال کے بھی برسوں صدر رہے کلکتہ کے مسلمانوں کے سب سے قدیم ادارہ انجمن مفید السلام کے اصل کرتا دھرتا جناب سید محمد صلاح الدین صاحب تھے جو جناب سید صباح الدین عبدالرحمان صاحب کے حقیقی چچا تھے، ان کے کلکتہ چھوڑنے کے بعد انجمن کے حالات درہم برہم ہوئے تو الحاج عبدالقیوم صاحب نے اس کو اپنے ہاتھ میں لے لیا اور اپنے رفیق الحاج غلام رسول صاحب کی معاونت سے اس کے حالات درست کئے، وہ ۱۹۹۲؁ء تک انجمن کے صدر رہے، اور اپنے بعد کلکتہ کے ایک مقبول اور ہر دل عزیز شخص جسٹس خواجہ محمد یوسف کو انجمن کا صدر بنوایا۔
ہندوستان کے جن علمی و تعلیمی اداروں سے ان کا زیادہ تعلق تھا ان میں دارالمصنفین، ندوۃ المصنفین اور دارالعلوم ندوۃ العلما خاص طور سے قابل ذکر ہیں، مولانا مفتی عتیق الرحمان صاحب کے وہ بڑے قدرداں تھے اور ندوۃالمصنفین کی اعانت اور سرپرستی فرماتے تھے، دارلعلوم ندوۃ العلما کی بھی امداد فرماتے، دارالمصنفین کے سابق ناظم جناب سید صباح الدین عبدالرحمان مرحوم بھی الحاج عبدالقیوم صاحب کے بڑے مداح تھے اور کلکتہ تشریف لے جاتے تو جن لوگوں سے التزاماً ملاقات کرتے ان میں یہ اور حاجی غلام رسول مرحوم بھی تھے۔
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