Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of Pakistan
English has been considered as one of the most useful spoken language and is referred as Lingua Franca all around the globe. English is the major source for communicating all over the world. In different cultures mostly people speak their native language but use English as an alternate. This paper e...
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| author | Malik Adnan Muhammad Bilal Nawaz Shehla Jabeen Muhammad Shahzad |
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| description | English has been considered as one of the most useful spoken language and is referred as Lingua Franca all around the globe. English is the major source for communicating all over the world. In different cultures mostly people speak their native language but use English as an alternate. This paper explains the lexical borrowing that means the explanation about some words from Urdu that has turned out to be part of the English language in newspapers of Pakistan. In this regard, the most circulated and popular English Newspapers of Pakistan, The Nation and The News were selected to analyze the words from Urdu being normally used in the English language. One year period from 1st January to 31st December 2019 has been selected for this research. The researchers draw from the categories of hard and soft news, formed by Tuchman in 1973, in the selected newspapers. The basic theme of this study is that finding the Urdu words that have become part of English language in Pakistani circumstances. This is a study of Urdu borrow words that got their way in English in daily communication and concludes that there are a variety of Urdu terms that have been used in the English language for communication in English newspapers of Pakistan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-502cfa357ff0407b887726e6300470b02022-12-21T20:40:06ZengCSRC PublishingJournal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies2519-089X2519-03262020-06-016210.26710/jbsee.v6i2.1189Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of PakistanMalik Adnan0Muhammad Bilal Nawaz1Shehla Jabeen2Muhammad Shahzad3Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of BahawalpurDepartment of Mass Communication Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Jhang Campus Department of Mass Communication, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore Jhang Campus Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of BahawalpurEnglish has been considered as one of the most useful spoken language and is referred as Lingua Franca all around the globe. English is the major source for communicating all over the world. In different cultures mostly people speak their native language but use English as an alternate. This paper explains the lexical borrowing that means the explanation about some words from Urdu that has turned out to be part of the English language in newspapers of Pakistan. In this regard, the most circulated and popular English Newspapers of Pakistan, The Nation and The News were selected to analyze the words from Urdu being normally used in the English language. One year period from 1st January to 31st December 2019 has been selected for this research. The researchers draw from the categories of hard and soft news, formed by Tuchman in 1973, in the selected newspapers. The basic theme of this study is that finding the Urdu words that have become part of English language in Pakistani circumstances. This is a study of Urdu borrow words that got their way in English in daily communication and concludes that there are a variety of Urdu terms that have been used in the English language for communication in English newspapers of Pakistan.http://publishing.globalcsrc.org/ojs/index.php/jbsee/article/view/1189Lexical Borrowing, Loan words, Urdu, Language, English, Newspaper, Pakistan |
| spellingShingle | Malik Adnan Muhammad Bilal Nawaz Shehla Jabeen Muhammad Shahzad Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of Pakistan Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies Lexical Borrowing, Loan words, Urdu, Language, English, Newspaper, Pakistan |
| title | Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of Pakistan |
| title_full | Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of Pakistan |
| title_fullStr | Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of Pakistan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of Pakistan |
| title_short | Lexical Borrowing in Print Media: Bilingualism in English Newspapers of Pakistan |
| title_sort | lexical borrowing in print media bilingualism in english newspapers of pakistan |
| topic | Lexical Borrowing, Loan words, Urdu, Language, English, Newspaper, Pakistan |
| url | http://publishing.globalcsrc.org/ojs/index.php/jbsee/article/view/1189 |
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