A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles
This study aims to identify the Lexi-co-Syntactic patterns along with their functions in Urdu riddles in the framework of Alabi (2007) for stylistic analysis. In order to achieve this aim, a qualitative and descriptive method was adopted for the study. The data were randomly selected from the weekly magazine 'Jagmag moti', the Urdu riddles book 'Paheliyon ki dunia' and the internet.Forty-five Urdu riddles were analyzed under stylistic levels mentioned by Alabi (2007). In lexicon-Syntactic analysis of Urdu riddles, findings showed that language in Urdu riddles is skillfully manipulated through several lexicon-syntactic devices, including anastrophe, ellipsis, asyndeton,anaphora, epizeuxis, hyperbole, personification,synecdoche, simile, metaphor and archaic. It was found that Urdu riddles use these Lexi-co-Syntactic devices in order to confuse the listeners and to create an impact on them.
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Urdu Riddles, Lexico-Syntactic Patterns, Morphological Patterns, Phonological Patterns, Culture
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(1) Syeda Sarah Ali Kazmi
Lecturer Department of English, The University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan
(2) Shahida Khalique
Assistant Professor Department of English, The University of Azad, Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
(3) Syeda Afifa Hassan Kazmi
Elementary Teacher Department of Education Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan
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APA : Kazmi, S. S. A., Khalique, S., & Kazmi, S. A. H. (2022). A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles. Global Language Review, VII(II), 324-338. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).27
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CHICAGO : Kazmi, Syeda Sarah Ali, Shahida Khalique, and Syeda Afifa Hassan Kazmi. 2022. "A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles." Global Language Review, VII (II): 324-338 doi: 10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).27
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HARVARD : KAZMI, S. S. A., KHALIQUE, S. & KAZMI, S. A. H. 2022. A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles. Global Language Review, VII, 324-338.
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MHRA : Kazmi, Syeda Sarah Ali, Shahida Khalique, and Syeda Afifa Hassan Kazmi. 2022. "A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles." Global Language Review, VII: 324-338
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MLA : Kazmi, Syeda Sarah Ali, Shahida Khalique, and Syeda Afifa Hassan Kazmi. "A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles." Global Language Review, VII.II (2022): 324-338 Print.
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OXFORD : Kazmi, Syeda Sarah Ali, Khalique, Shahida, and Kazmi, Syeda Afifa Hassan (2022), "A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles", Global Language Review, VII (II), 324-338
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TURABIAN : Kazmi, Syeda Sarah Ali, Shahida Khalique, and Syeda Afifa Hassan Kazmi. "A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles." Global Language Review VII, no. II (2022): 324-338. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).27