قول ِمحال:(Paradox)
"ایسا تضادی بیان جو مسلمہ تصور کے برعکس ہو، پیراڈاکس کہلاتا ہے۔"
لیکن قولِ محال محض تضاد نہیں بلکہ قولِ محال جہاں شروع ہوا ہے، وہاں تضاد ختم ہونے لگتا ہے۔ تضاد تو ایک عمومی حقیقت ہے جس کے فنی بیان میں دلکشی تو ہے، صنعت کاری کا جمالِ فریب نہیں۔ اسے اتحادِ ضدین بھی کہہ سکتے ہیں۔
"پیراڈاکس’’ انیسویں صدی کی جدید صنعتِ بیان ہے جو ایک نوع کی ذہنی ورزش ہے۔نثر و نظم میں قولِ محال پیدا کرنا اور اس سے حِظ یاب ہونا، ترقی یافتہ ذہن کا کام ہے۔یہ انگریزی ادب سے ہمارے ہاں آیا۔انگریزی ادب میں آسکر وائلڈ، چسٹرٹن اور برنارڈ شا اس کے نقیب ہیں۔اردو شاعری میں قولِ محال کی مثالیں دیکھیے:
ہم نے جس شخص کو توقیرِ شناسائی دی
اس نے خوش ہوکے ہمیں عزتِ رسوائی دی
(دوسرے مصرعہ میں قولِ محال "عزتِ رسوائی"ہے)
جہلِ خرد نے دن یہ دکھائے!
گھٹ گئے انساں، بڑھ گئے سائے
(پہلے مصرعہ میں قولِ محال "جہلِ خرد’’ ہے)
(پروفیسر انور جمال کی تصنیف "ادبی اصطلاحات’’ مطبوعہ نیشنل بْک فاؤنڈیشن، اشاعتِ چہارم، مارچ 2017ئ ، صفحہ نمبر 144 سے انتخاب)
ابہام:(Ambiguity)
ابہام ایک انگریزی اصطلاح ہے جسے اردو ادب میں بھی استعمال کیا جاتا ہے۔ابہام کی صورت حال اس وقت رونما ہوتی ہے جب کسی لفظ، محاورے، جملے، اشارے وغیرہ کی ایسی ترسیل کی جائے کہ اس سے ایک کی بجائے کئی معانی اور مطالب ممکن ہوں۔ ابہام کا ایک عام پہلو عدم تعین ہے۔ یہ ہر خیال یا بیان کا خاصہ ہے جس کے ارادی معانی قطعی طور کسی اصول یا طریق? کار کی روشنی میں سلجھائے نہیں جا سکتے جس میں مقررہ اقدامات شامل ہوں۔
ابہام کی مثالیں:
کئی الفاظ جن کا عام طور سے استعمال کیا جاتا ہے، مختلف لوگوں کے لیے مختلف معانی کے حامل ہوتے ہیں۔ مثلًا لمبا یا...
Horoscopes are considered as one of the important content items in the mass media. Many people perceive and believe that these Zodiac signs have an impact on their lives. That is why they check these signs on different media regularly. The purpose of this study was to determine the perception of Sindh University students about horoscope. A cross-sectional survey was conducted from 100 students of Sindh University through a close-ended questionnaire. The results concluded that girls are more interested in horoscope than boys. The sources for horoscope prediction were mainly newspapers among the Sindh University students. The students reported that they read horoscope daily to skip the pressure and try to satisfy their minds. This research is limited to the University of Sindh students. In the future, the researchers should conduct a large-scale study with a more significant population to determine the perception of the public about horoscopes.
The current research was conducted to investigate relationship between workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms among Pakistani female healthcare professionals. Survey research design was used. The purposive sample was composed of 300 female healthcare professionals within age range from 20 to 59 years (100 doctors, 100 house-job doctors and 100 certified nurses). The sample was drawn from five different public hospitals (Mayo Hospital, Ganga Ram Hospital, Jinnah Hospital, Lady Willington Hospital and Sheikh Zayed Hospital) of Lahore city. Written consent was individually obtained from all the participants. Björkquist, Osterman and Hjelt- Beck‘s (1992) Work Harassement Scale (WHS), Kamal and Tariq ̳s (1997) Sexual Harassment Experience Questionnaire (SHEQ) and Weathers, Litz, Herman, Huska and Keane‘s (1993) PTSD Civilian Checklist (PCL-C) were individually administered to the participants to determine their reported workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms. Written permission was granted by the authors to the researcher for use of WHS (1992); SHEQ (1997); and PCL-C (1993) in the current research project. The SPSS (version 14.0) was used. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was performed to determine the relationship between workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms reported by the female healthcare professionals. The findings suggested significant positive relationship between general workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms (r = .52, **p < .01); and sexual harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms (r = .65, **p < .01). Hierarchical Multiple Regression analysis was performed to determine the impact of demographic variables (age, education, job status, job experience, monthly income, marital status) and workplace harassment on posttraumatic stress symptoms. The results indicated that workplace harassment and sexual harassment were thestrongest predictors for posttraumatic stress symptoms, whereas, none of the demographic variables accounted for variance. Furthermore, the results suggest statistically significant differences in posttraumatic stress symptoms reported by all the participants who were exposed to serious general and sexual workplace harassment, moderate workplace harassment and minimal workplace harassment. The findings of this research would promote our understanding of the relationship among workplace harassment, posttraumatic stress symptoms and the demographic variables; such as age, job status, education and marital status of the female doctors, house-job doctors and nurses in the Pakistani healthcare system. Furthermore, these findings have implications for the prevention of workplace harassment and posttraumatic stress symptoms as well as introduction of timely interventions for the promotion of mental health of the victims of workplace harassment in the Pakistani healthcare system.