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01 - Conversation Analysis: A Methodology for Diagnosing Autism

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).01
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).01      Published : Jun 2022

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    The present study examines the conversational turn-taking patterns in autist-neurotypical talk. The objective of the study is to find out the distinctive features of autist-normal conversations. This study is cross-sectional, descriptive and qualitative in its nature. Recordings are done in anautism center in Lahore for a period of ten days. It is mainly a qualitative study in its nature. Five aut... Details

    Autism, Conversation, Conversation Analysis, Diagnosis, Turn, Overlap

    (1) Irfan Abbas
    Assistant Professor, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Khalid Ahmed
    Associate Professor, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Asad Habib
    Principal Lecturer, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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02 - Masks of National Liberation: A Study of The Weary Generations and Basti

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).02
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).02      Published : Jun 2022

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    The present paper analyses issue of the power relationship between the privileged class and the mass who struggled for liberation from British Raj. This power relationship manifests itself first during partition of United India which resulted in emergence of imagined communities. The imagined communities could not remain homogeneous due to a lack of harmony in their priorities and different social... Details

    Colonisation, Decolonisation, Imagined Communities, The Colonised Bourgeoisie

    (1) Waheed Ahmad Khan
    Assistant Professor and Head of Department (Linguistics) University of Haripur, Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Imran Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department (Linguistics) University of Haripur, Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Imdad Ali
    Lecturer, Department (Linguistics) University of Haripur, Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
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03 - Extension and Continuation of the Colonized Misrepresentation of the Pakhtun Soc

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).03
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).03      Published : Jun 2022

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    There has always been a huge debate about the misrepresentation of Pakhtuns. Pakhtuns have always been depicted as barbaric, exotic and uncivilized. Such kind of depiction disenfranchised their actual image throughout the world. Such misrepresentation basically paralyzed the identity and image of the said community. The present study explores Saidian' Co-Optation'' (self-orientalism) as a concept,... Details

    Co-Optation, Pakhtuns, The Wandering Falcon, Misrepresentation, Jamil Ahmad

    (1) Muhammad Zahid
    Research Scholar
    (2) Muhammad Arif
    Lecturer, Department of English, NUML, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Humaira Riaz
    City University of Science and IT, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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04 - Subject-Verb Agreement in Lasi and English: A Morphosyntactic Analysis

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).04
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).04      Published : Jun 2022

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    This study investigates the phenomenon of verb agreement (subject-verb agreement) in Lasi and English. This study focuses only on transitive and intransitive verbs of simple tenses to analyze the subject-verb agreement in Lasi. The data have been collected through unstructured interviews with the Lasinatives. The X-bar theory of Haegeman (1994) has been applied as a theoretical framework. Descript... Details

    Lasi, English, Subject-Verb Agreement, Inflections, X' Theory

    (1) Muhammad Azam
    Faculty of Languages and Literature, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Zahid Ali
    Faculty of Languages and Literature, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan
    (3) Shahida
    Faculty of Languages and Literature, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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05 - Juxtaposing Urdu to English Captions of Facebook/ Metaverse: A Neural Machine Tr

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).05
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).05      Published : Jun 2022

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    Facebook/ Metaverse is a world-leading social networking platform that is equally popular in the world that is equally popular globally Due to the diversity of its users, Facebook is dedicated to improving its Machine Translation (MT) to refine the communication process and remove linguistic hurdles for efficient communication. Recently, Metaverse has started Neural Machine Translation (NMT) for t... Details

    Facebook/ Metaverse, Machine Translation (MT), Neural Machine Translation (NMT), Artificial Neural Networks

    (1) Zafar Ullah
    Instructor, Virtual University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Farooq Alam
    Assistant Professor, University of NUML, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Wishma Ihsan
    MPhil English Scholar, University of NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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06 - Resistance or Complicity: An Analysis of Ondaatje's Running in the Family as a P

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).06
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).06      Published : Jun 2022

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    According to Homi K. Bhahba, mimicry and hybridity are subversive strategies applied by colonized subjects to resist colonial domination that emerged as an ambivalent entity in its Janus faced mission of civilization and subjugation. This paper aims to explore the said postcolonial subversive strategies with reference to Micheal Ondaatje's memoir Running in the Family. Although Ondaatje's memoir i... Details

    Resistance, Hybridity, Mimicry, Complicity, Ambivalence, Postcolonial

    (1) Firdous Khan
    Lecturer, National University Of Modern Languages, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ejaz Mirza
    Assistant Professor, National University Of Modern Languages, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Memona Fida
    Lecturer, National University Of Modern Languages, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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07 - Code-Switching in English Language Classroom: A Socio-Pragmatic Study at Undergr

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).07
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).07      Published : Jun 2022

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    The present study is concerned with the significance of code-switching as an inevitable pedagogical tool for language learning at the undergraduate level. This research deals with the understanding of language, particularly in the classroom, keeping in view, the context of language learning, using code-switching as a language learning technique to fulfil the socio-pragmatic needs of students. Code... Details

    Code Switching, Undergraduate Students, Socio-Pragmatics, Bilingualism, English Language Learning

    (1) Maria Sundas
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English (Applied Linguistics), University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Punjab Pakistan.
    (2) Anser Mahmood
    Head of Department of English Language and Literature, University of Lahore, Sargodha Campus, Punjab Pakistan.
    (3) Shoaib Mehmood
    Head of Department of English, Government Associate College Lalian, Chiniot, Punjab, Pakistan.
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08 - Reflections on English Speaking Anxiety of Engineering Students: Pilot Project

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).08
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).08      Published : Jun 2022

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    Human beings scream for effective communication skills in this modern age of space technology. The 21st-century demands the engineering universities to address the speaking skill deficiencies of engineering students. This research discovers factors responsible for English speaking anxiety of engineering students. A qualitative research design was implemented and semi-structured interviews were pil... Details

    Reflections, English-speaking Anxiety, Engineering Students

    (1) Inayatullah Kakepoto
    Department of English, Quaid-e- Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Saeed Akhter
    Department of English, Riphah International University, Faisalabad Campus, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Quratulain Talpur
    Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Campus Khairpur Mir's, Sindh, Pakistan.
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09 - University Students' Orientations of Motivation for Learning English Language: A

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).09
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).09      Published : Jun 2022

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    This study aims to identify and compare students orientations of motivation for learning English language at tertiary level. The quantitative techniques were used to collect and analyze data. The sample of the study was randomly selected from twelve undergraduate programs four universities. The sample was comprised of 500 students, twenty (20) students,from each program of the above three universi... Details

    Autism, Conversation, Conversation Analysis, Diagnosis, Turn, Overlap

    (1) Shaista Irshad Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Saeed Khan
    Associate Professor, Department of Education, The University of Haripur, Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Saddaf Ayub
    Associate Professor, Department of Education, The University of Haripur, Haripur, KP, Pakistan
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10 - Analysing Meaning Potential in Verbal Art: A Discourse-functional Perspective on

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).10
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).10      Published : Jun 2022

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    This paper aims to explore the construal of socio-political meanings in Faiz Ahmad Faiz with a focus on his artistry work titled 'mujh se pahli si Mohabbat' to help unfold higher patterns of organization at the level of transitivity choices to reflect the underlying perspective.Drawing on the Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) for the transitivity analysis (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2014) the study... Details

    Systemic Functional Grammar, Verbal Art, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Transitivity Analysis, and Ideology

    (1) Tazanfal Tehseem
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Rabia Faiz
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sana Nawaz
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
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11 - Islamic Mysticism and it's Elements in the Poetry of Abdur Rahman Baba

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).11
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).11      Published : Jun 2022

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    Abdur Rahman Baba, a Pashto Poet, has not been discussed in international literature, very little. The aim of this study is to look deep into the poetry of Abdur Rahman Baba, to find out Islamic Mystical elements like love and subjugation towards Allah, devotion towards Prophet Muhammad, the last messenger, then love, care and concern for humanity. Few characteristics and thoughts from the philoso... Details

    Islamic Mysticism, Love of Allah, Belief in Allah, Love of Prophet Muhammad, Morality, Tasawwuf, Sharia, Renunciation of world, Love for fellow human beings.

    (1) Shahab Ahmad Paracha
    Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Arif
    Lecturer in English, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
    (3) Ibad Ullah
    Lecturer in English, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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12 - Reconstructing Identity: Self-fashioning in City of Spies by Sorayya Khan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).12
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).12      Published : Jun 2022

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    Current Study analyzes the reconstruction strategies of identity adopted by the protagonist in City of spies by keeping the idea of self-fashioning by Greenblatt. The qualitative methodology has been used for analysis in the present research. The primary source of data is Sorayya Khan's novel City of Spies. Data analysis includes the self-fashioning of the protagonist according to the dominant cul... Details

    Self-Fashioning, Self-Identity, Cultural Identity, Postmodernism

    (1) Sajid Hussain
    Lecturer in English, Government Graduate College, Chowk Azam Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Ali
    Lecturer in English, Government Graduate College, Chowk Azam Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Ahmad Javed
    Lecturer in English, Kaims International Law College Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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13 - Opinion Mining of Online Reviews about Certain Islamabad Hotels: A Business Inte

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).13
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).13      Published : Jun 2022

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    Online reviews exert significant influence on the sale and purchase of any product. They not only play a prominent role in the selection of hotels but are also eye openers for the hotel managers because they expose problem areas which need dire attention for the upgradation of quality. Browsing big data from multiple online platforms to find reviews is a time-consuming task. Consequently, Business... Details

    Business Intelligence, Social Mention Tool, Hotel Reviews, Sentiment Analysis, Opinion Mining

    (1) Zafar Ullah
    Virtual University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Uzair
    Dean Faculty of Arts and Humanities, NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Aiman Tahir
    BS English, NUML Islamabad, Pakistan
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14 - Social Injustice causes Frustration in a postmodern era in the Context of John O

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).14
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).14      Published : Jun 2022

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    The current study explores social injustice reflected in John Osborne’s play, Look Back in Anger(1956). John Osborn (1929-1994) is considered to be one of the striking postmodern playwrights. Osborn shrewdly reflects contemporary society in his literary works. His play, Look Back in Anger, is an exact depiction of postwar English society, with all its anxiety and uneasiness. The framework fo... Details

    Alienation, Anger, Anxiety, Social Injustice, Identity

    (1) Raees Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Buner, Buner, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Kamran Zeb
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Buner, Buner, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Farman Ali
    Lecturer, Department of English, Government Degree College No.2 Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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15 - A Contrastive Analysis of Ideational, Interpersonal and Textual Themes in Englis

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).15
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).15      Published : Jun 2022

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    The present study deals with metafunctional diversity of thematic relations i.e. ideational, interpersonal and textual in English and Urdu. The objectives are: (1) to describe the functional significance particular to thematic progression (McCabe, 1999) of thematic structures in the English and the Urdu texts, and (2) to discuss how effectively the English thematic structures have been translated ... Details

    Thematic structures, Thematic Progression, Corpus, English, Urdu

    (1) Humaira Yaqub
    PhD Candidate, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ansa Ahsan
    Lecturer, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Mubashir Iqbal
    Lecturer, University of Narowal, Narowal, Punjab, Pakistan.
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16 - Comparative Analysis of Twilight in Delhi and A Passage to India through the Len

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).16
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).16      Published : Jun 2022

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    While focusing on the postcolonial discourse, a comparative analysis of A Passage to India(1924) and Twilight in Delhi (1940) has been carried out.The former writing was composed by western author E.M. Forster while the latter was written by South Asian author Ahmed Ali. In both writings, the center of focus is the effects left by colonizers on colonized land,specifically in terms of culture, norm... Details

    Ahmed Ali, E.M. Forster, Postcolonial Discourse, Subcontinent, Orientalism, Stylistics, Language

    (1) Aseem Majid Rizvi
    Assistant Professor, English Department, Iqra University, Karachi, Sindh
    (2) Aisha Khan
    Instructor, English Department, FAST- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (3) Javeriya Hussain
    Instructor, English Department, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
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17 - The Portrayal of Violence in the Re-enactment-based Crime Shows: A Case Study of

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).17
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).17      Published : Jun 2022

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    This research study examines the content of re-enactment-based crime shows to understand how violence-based crime events are portrayed to the viewers. Quantitative Content Analysis has been executed by the researchers on the two leading T.V.shows of Pakistan and India - Jurm Bolta Hai and Crime Patrol. All the episodes of the selected shows on-aired from the 1st of November 2016 to the 31st of Dec... Details

    Portrayal, Violence, Re-enactment, Crime Shows, Crime Patrol, Jurm Bolta Hai

    (1) Syeda Mahnoor Shah
    MA, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Amir Hamza Marwan
    Lecturer, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Ayesha Anwar
    Lecturer, College of Home Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
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18 - Impact of Oral Participation on Learning English as a Second Language According

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).18
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).18      Published : Jun 2022

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    The present research study aims to analyze the impact of oral participation in learning English as second language according to the perception of learner sat the university level. The theoretical framework used to substantiate the analytical grounds of the present study is based on the contribution made by Seed house's(2004) The International Architecture of the Language Classroom: A Conversation ... Details

    Oral Participation, English as a Second Language, Learner's Perception, Higher Education Institutions

    (1) Bakht Bibi
    Lecturer, Department of English, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
    (2) Naz Khatoon
    Lecturer, Department of English, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Nagina Gul
    Public Administration, Department of English, Balochistan University of Information Technology Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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19 - Discovery of Existential Paralysis, Death, and Resolve in Autoethnographic Poetr

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).19
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).19      Published : Jun 2022

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    Poetry therapy is a very useful technique tocope with extremely unbearable emotional experiencesin the lives of poets by manoeuvring autoethnographicpoems as a form of self-therapy. It engages a process ofself-disclosure to transform the developmental changestaking place in the affective domain of humans to bringemotional equilibrium. The poetic techniques ofconjuring subjective images in superpos... Details

    Autoethnographic Poetry, Poundian Image, Existential Themes, Poetry Therapy

    (1) Saba Rasheed
    Teaching Assistant, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Sahar Javaid
    Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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20 - Style In Literature: A Stylistics Analysis of the Poem "The Sari" by Moniza Alvi

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).20
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).20      Published : Jun 2022

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    This paper probes a stylistic analysis of poem of eminent Pakistani English Poetess Moniza Alvi. The well-known poem by Moniza Alvi is titled"The Sari." Alvi received a Cholmondeley Award for Poetry in 2002, and Bloodaxe released Alvi'sretrospective collection, Split World: Poems 1990-2005,in 2008. Her voice is restrained, indirect, fantastical,kind, and unique. She possesses a special understandi... Details

    Stylistic Analysis, Language Features, The Sari

    (1) Marina Khan
    Lecturer in English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Saddam Ul Islam
    MPhil. Scholar, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Sanaa Malaikah Noor
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
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21 - Students' Attitude and English Online Teaching during COVID-19 at Secondary Scho

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).21
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).21      Published : Jun 2022

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    Student learning attitude is a crucial element in modern education. Studying attitudes helps students' learning process. The objective of the study is to find out students' attitudes about online English teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. The researchers used a quantitative research design for the study, and that was a descriptive study in nature, and all the female public secondary schools an... Details

    Students' Attitude, Online Teaching, English

    (1) Muhammad Asif Shahzad .
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Education, Lahore - Vehari Campus, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Namra Munir
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Education, Lahore - Vehari Campus, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Navid Jamil Malik
    Chairman, Department of Education, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan.
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22 - Educators' Perceptions Towards Mobile Assisted Language Learning (MALL)

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).22
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).22      Published : Jun 2022

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    This paper presents the findings of a case study about university teachers' perceptions regarding Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) and the fences associated with it. Five English language teachers from public sector universities were surveyed respondents for this study project. Researchers used the purposive technique for data collection. This technique is the fittest research method since... Details

    Educators, Perceptions, Mobile, Assisted, Language, Learning

    (1) Aqsa Halepoto
    Scholar, English Language Development Centre, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Niaz Ahmed Bhutto
    Department of Sociology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
    (3) Inayatullah Kakepoto
    Department of English, Quaid-e- Awam University of Engineering Science and Technology, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan
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23 - Challenges Faced by English Language Teachers During Covid-19 Pandemic

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).23
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).23      Published : Jun 2022

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    COVID-19 pandemic interrupted all the activities of normal life. In order to avoid the risk of awidespread pandemic, the whole world moved towards lock down. Pakistan was one of the first countries that announce school closure during the pandemic. It became stressful for institutions, teachers and parents to meet the educational needs of learners during the pandemic. Online teaching-learning was t... Details

    COVID-19 Pandemic, Primary Level English Teaching, Challenges, Online Teaching, Blended Approach

    (1) Ayesha Saman
    Research Scholar, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Ayesha Butt
    Assistant Professor, Chairperson TESOL, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Shaista Irshad Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
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24 - English to Urdu Transliteration AS A Major Cause of Pronunciation Error in L1 an

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).24
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).24      Published : Jun 2022

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    This study aims to investigate the internalization of the transliterated English words in Urdu by Urdu speakers. In Urdu, words are spelt the same as they are pronounced. Consequently,everyday Urdu speakers presume the same as holding true also for English pronunciation and its orthography. Hence, the study explores the ways and processes influencing the pronunciation of certain English words by f... Details

    English-to-Urdu Transliteration, Pronunciation, Standard English, L1

    (1) Muhammad Ishtiaq
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Degree College Takht-e- Nasrati Karak, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Nasim Gul
    Lecturer, Department of English, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST) Kohat, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Yasir Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English, FATA University, Kohat, KP, Pakistan
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25 - The Portrayal of Spatial Experiences in Selected Native American Women's Writing

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).25
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).25      Published : Jun 2022

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    The theme of space and place is pivotal to Native American women’s writing. The present study aims to explore the representation of spatial experiences in selected Native American writers’ works. The present study occurs at the crossroad of diverse fields such as literature, gender, geography,space, and place. Hence, the consequent theoretical framework is a juxtaposition of interdisci... Details

    Native American Woman, Spatiality, Identity, Experience of In-Placeness, Experience of Out-of-Placeness

    (1) Fasih ur Rehman
    Lecturer, Department of English, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Asma Iqbal
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Hazrat Bilal
    Lecturer, Department of English, Gandahara University, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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26 - The Impact of the Rotation Model of Blended Learning on Creative Writing Skills

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).26
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).26      Published : Jun 2022

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    The study was conducted to investigate the impact of the rotation model of BL on the creative writing skills of EFL learners in the Pakistani context.The main purpose of this experimental research is to enhance the English writing skill of the learners and the instructional approaches used by the teaching faculty members. The paper offers experimental research on EFL learners of four Federal Gover... Details

    Blended Learning, Rotation Model, Creative Writing Skills, EFL Learners

    (1) Ahsan-ul-Haq Farooqi
    PhD Scholar, Department of Educational Training, Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Masood Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Training, Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Ijaz Hussain
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
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27 - A Lexico-Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Riddles

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).27
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).27      Published : Jun 2022

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    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... Details

    Urdu Riddles, Lexico-Syntactic Patterns, Morphological Patterns, Phonological Patterns, Culture

    (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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28 - Caught in Transition: Ama Ata Aidoo's Search for a New Ghanaian Woman

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).28
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).28      Published : Jun 2022

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    This paper brings out the Womanist perspective in Aidoo's No Sweetness Here and Other Stories. The term 'Womanism' encapsulates the varied dynamics of the black woman's literary experience as it distinguishes itself from the feminism of the White Woman. The predicament of women in postcolonial Ghana is the focus of Aidoo's attention. Aidoo's vision is historical, also. In her short stories, she ex... Details

    Womanism, Colonization, Commodification, Motherhood, Liberation

    (1) Sohail Ahmad Saeed
    Assistant Professor, Department of English Literature, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Ahmad Naeem
    Lecturer, Department of English Language and Literature, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Muhammad Mahmood Ahmad Shaheen
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Sadiq Egerton Graduate College, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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29 - The Exploration of Women's Suffering Under Patriarchy in the Work of Waris Dirie

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).29
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).29      Published : Jun 2022

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    The history of the sufferings of a woman is tricky, turbulent but therapeutic as well. Women through the ages has suffered either at the hand of religion or culture. Male dominancy has reduced woman mostly into a second-class denizens of the world. One-half of the human race is still living amidst cruel practices. Is she really so helpless or impotent? In the character of Waris Dirie, we see she i... Details

    Race, Religion, Woman, Father, Waris Dirie, Patriarchy, Culture, World

    (1) Haider Ali
    Assistant Professor of English, Government Post-Graduate Jahanzeb College, Saidu Sharif, KP, Pakistan, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Saqib
    Lecturer in English, University of Buner, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Kamran Zeb
    Lecturer in English, University of Buner, KP, Pakistan
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30 - Destructive Innovation to the Unsustainability of the Environment

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).30
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).30      Published : Jun 2022

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    This article explores the causes of environmental degradation and aims to explain the interconnection of state, capital, and masses as enhancing environmental degeneration. Innovation and production processes have progressed under the guise of economic gains, and entrepreneurs' efforts to produce new things, coupled with capitalistic mottos,added to the hazardous environmental pollution. My argume... Details

    Environment, Unsustainability, Innovation, Destructive

    (1) Nayab Sadiq
    PhD Scholar, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Maliha Sarfraz
    Associate Professor, Government Graduate College, Women, Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Amara Javed
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College Women University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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31 - Exploring Social and Cognitive skills of Students in Online Classes: A Case Stud

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).31
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).31      Published : Jun 2022

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    The current research study in the paradigm of mixed method research tried to explore the social and cognitive skills of students in online classes. Social skills guide students to get a positive attitude in life (Sorlie, 2021)and cognitive skills help students to develop intelligence gain (Colling, 2022). The qualitative (content analysis) and quantitative (statistical means) interpretation of the... Details

    Efficacy, Forethought, Self Regulatory, Social and cognitive skills and Online Classes

    (1) Mehreen Zafar
    Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Qamar Khushi
    Professor, Department of English, Bahauddin Zakariya University University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan
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32 - An Evaluation of Elementary Level (Grade 1) English Textbook with Reference to S

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).32
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).32      Published : Jun 2022

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    Poetry The present study aims at evaluating the Elementary level (Grade 1) English Textbook of Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board Lahore in the light of the ideological, psychological and social foundations of the curriculum and the objectives stated of the said class in SNC 2020. The evaluation was done through document analysis and a rubric developed by the researchers themselves. The objectiv... Details

    Text-book Evaluation, SNC Document, Elementary Level

    (1) Sufia Azad
    PhD Scholar, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Nighat Bashir
    PhD Scholar, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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33 - Perception of Corrective Feedback in Pakistani ESL Universities Classroom

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).33
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).33      Published : Jun 2022

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    Scholars' findings on corrective feedback in their empirical studies show the use of written or oral corrective feedback in university classrooms. The study focuses on examining the effectiveness and learners' perception of oral O/WCF respectively in the university classroom to check to what extent written and oral OCF are used with L2 learners at the BS level and the second aim is based on learne... Details

    Corrective Feedback, Perception, ESL Classrooms

    (1) Afshan Shahzadi
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Sadia Irshad
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abbottabad University of Science & Technology, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan.
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34 - English Grammar Rules as an External Barrier Faced by EFL Students for Effective

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).34
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).34      Published : Jun 2022

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    The key objective of the study was to 'investigate English grammar rules as an external barrier faced by EFL students for effective communication and to examine the impact of English grammar rules as an external barrier faced by EFL students for effective communication'. To fulfil the preceding purpose this research utilizes the mixed method approach and for the proper execution of this work, the ... Details

    English Grammar Rules, External Barrier, EFL Students, Effective Communication

    (1) Humaira Akbar
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Zeshan Hakeem
    PST, Government Standard Model Primary School, Multan School Education Department, Punjab Pakistan.
    (3) Saeed Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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35 - Softening the Propositional Claims: Investigation of Appropriate Use of Hedging

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).35
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).35      Published : Jun 2022

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    The current study examines the appropriate usage of hedging strategies in the discussion sections of doctoral dissertations in applied linguistics produced by American and Pakistani writers. To do this, a corpus of 50 discussion sections from doctoral dissertations completed between 2018 and 2020 has been compiled. The primary objective of the current study is to examine the hedging strategies uti... Details

    Hedging Strategies, Discussion Section; Doctoral Dissertations; Academic Writing

    (1) Tania Laghari
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benarzirabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Tahreem Akhter
    Language Academy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra, Kuala Lumpur.
    (3) Inayatullah Kakepoto
    Department of English, Quaid-e- Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.
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36 - Deconstructive Intertextual Presentation of Psychological Fragmentation and Alie

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).36
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).36      Published : Jun 2022

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    This paper explores the deconstructive analysis of trauma and alienation keeping in view Julia Kristeva’s Theory of Intertextuality and Jacques Derrida's Theory of Deconstruction to analyze the selected plays of Edward Albee. This paper tries to establish a relationship among various aspects of old and new American Dreams, thematic explorations of different American Playwrights and the exist... Details

    Deconstruction, Intertextuality, Psychological Fragmentation, Alienation, Multiplicity of Interpretations

    (1) Faiza Zaheer
    Assistant Professor, Department of English , Forman Christian College, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ayaz Ahmad Aryan
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Bahramand Shah
    Assistant Professor, Area Study Center, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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37 - Learner Autonomy in BS English Classrooms of Southern Punjab: A Learner's Persp

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).37
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).37      Published : Jun 2022

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    Learner autonomy is a modern approach to language learning that requires maximum involvement of students in all the second language learning activities. This innovative concept has been successfully applied in the second language learning environment in Europe and many countries of Asia. This participation by language learners builds motivation and improves language proficiency. In this research, ... Details

    BS English, Southern Punjab, Education, Learner Autonomy, Students

    (1) Shahid Ullah
    PhD Scholar, Department of English Linguistics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Mamuna Ghani
    Director ETC, Former Dean, Faculty of Arts/ Chairperson, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan
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38 - Psychological-Distress Effects of Memes: A Critical Discourse Analysis

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).38
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).38      Published : Jun 2022

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    The main purpose of this study was to explore the negative impacts of humour-created memes that disturb people’s psyche and their normal routine; it leads them towards depression through imitation and parody in an ironic way to exploit their personal life in the Pakistani context. It manipulates social ideologies, beliefs, thinking and practices. Some popular Facebook pages are Lateetfon Ki ... Details

    Depression, Meme, Manipulation, Negative Impact, Social Media, Psychology

    (1) Qurat-Ul-Ain Ayyaz
    Visiting Lecturer, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Suman Khursheed
    MPhil. Student, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sadia Aslam
    Visiting Lecturer, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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39 - Pedagogies and Challenges in English Language Learning in Undergraduate Programs

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).39
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).39      Published : Jun 2022

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    English has become a universal language for education, commerce, and research. In Pakistan, universities educate in English. This study examines prior research on developing learner self-direction and success in second language learning to help students confront academic and professional challenges. This research will look at the present condition of English language education in Pakistan, the cha... Details

    Pedagogies, Language Success, Learning Challenges, Academic Excellence, Pakistani EFL Context

    (1) Choudhry Shahid
    Chairperson, Department of English, Acting Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities Superior University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Safia Asif
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Education Lahore, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Rehan Muhammad
    Lecturer, Department of English, Emerson University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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40 - The Nuptiality of Arranged Marriage Traditions Leading to Generational Gap and M

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).40
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).40      Published : Jun 2022

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    This paper aims to explore the conflict between the younger and older generation due to the two extreme beliefs and rigidity towards their notions. It attempts to achieve the objective of exploring the idea of arranged marriage and other marriage traditions as portrayed in How it Happened by Shazaf Fatima Haider. Using the qualitative method of research, this paper uses multiple secondary texts to... Details

    Arranged Marriages, Generational Gap, Modernity, Rigidity, Tradition

    (1) Faiza Ishfaq
    Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Arshad Nawaz
    Lecturer, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Sub-Campus Hafizabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Kalsoom Saddique
    Lecturer, Department of English, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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41 - Two Tales of a City: Lahore in the Literary Narratives of Bapsi Sidhwa and Mumta

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).41
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).41      Published : Jun 2022

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    This paper analyzes two novels of Pakistani female authors i.e. Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice Candy Man (1988) and Mumtaz Shahnawaz’s The Heart Divided (1957). Both the authors present Lahore as a metropolitan that was the center of all the political happenings; a city space that provided women the opportunity to participate in the public sphere. The central theme of the selected novels is the Pa... Details

    Lahore, Partition, Mumtaz Shahnawaz, Bapsi Sidhwa, Partition Literature

    (1) Amina Ghazanfar
    Lecturer, Department of English (UGS), National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Fayaz Ahmad Kumar
    Lecturer, Department of English (ELT), National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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42 - The Discursive Representation of Proletariat Subjectivity: A Critical Discourse

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).42
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).42      Published : Jun 2022

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    This research is a social study of poverty and the way Charles Dickens's Hard Times (1992), and Oliver Twist (2003) specifically addressed the poor. This study will focus on socially disadvantaged members of Victorian society, including poor children and underprivileged adults. This critical analysis of Dickens' selected novels will demonstrate that Dickens was a realist and naturalist wri... Details

    Discourse Analysis, Representation, Proletariat, Oliver TwistHard Times,

    (1) Saba Siddique
    Visiting Faculty, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Nazish
    Lecturer, Department of English, Women University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Irfan Ullah
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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43 - An Analysis of Intonation Patterns of English Interrogative Sentences Produced b

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).43
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).43      Published : Jun 2022

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    This research intends to discover the tonal configurations of English Interrogative sentences used by undergraduate students of English in District Mansehra. The intonation patterns of English interrogative sentences used by undergraduate students were compared with those of native speakers of English. An experimental design was used to collect data from a sample of eighteen students (nine female ... Details

    Intonation, English Interrogatives, Patterns, ToBI Model, Native, Non-native

    (1) Touseef Ahmed
    M.Phil. Scholar, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghani Rahman
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Shahabullah
    Lecturer, Department of English, Abbottabad University of Science and Technology, Abbottabad, KP, Pakistan
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44 - Commodification and Alienation in Edward Albee's Play The Sandbox

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).44
10.31703/glr.2022(VII-II).44      Published : Jun 2022

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    This research paper delves into the themes of alienation and commodification in American culture as depicted in Edward Albee's one-act drama, The Sandbox. Albee, known for his cynical observations of American society and the illusory American Dream, uses the play to explore the complexities of modern life through the perspectives and interactions of its characters. Through a close examination of t... Details

    Edward Albee, The Sandbox, Alienation, Commodification, Karl Marx

    (1) Abdul Rasheed Soomro
    Lecturer, Institute of English Language & Literature, Shah Abdul Latif University, Kharipur. Sindh, Pakistan.
    (2) Syed Mushahid Hussain Shah
    Lecturer, Department of English Language & Literature, Shah Abdul Latif University, Ghotki Campus, Sindh, Pakistan.
    (3) Rubina Arain
    Assistant Professor, Institute of English Language & Literature, Shah Abdul Latif University, Kharipur, Sindh, Pakistan.
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