Morphological Integration of Urdu Loan Words in Pakistani English

Authors

  • Tania Ali

Keywords:

pakistani english, loan words, urdu language, morphology

Abstract

Pakistani English is a variety of English language concerning Sentence structure Morphology Phonology Spelling and Vocabulary The one semantic element which makes the investigation of Pakistani English additionally fascinating is the Vocabulary Pakistani English uses many loan words from Urdu language and from other local dialects which have become an integral part of Pakistani English and the speakers don t feel odd while using these words Numerous studies are conducted about Pakistani English Vocabulary yet a couple manages to deal with morphology Therefore this paper intends to explore how Urdu language loan words morphologically integrated into Pakistani English Also this paper investigates the elements which affect this morphological integration process The present study is qualitative and uses a rundown of 50 loan words in the analysis These words are chosen from the newspaper The Dawn since it is the most dispersed English language newspaper in Pakistan The study also uses Books and Novellas of Pakistani English fiction authors and concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th edition for the selection of these loan words The result of this study will help in understanding and enlightening the morphological integration forms used in Pakistani English This paper will generate adequate enthusiasm among the researchers to produce new and different studies in other domains of Pakistani English as well

How to Cite

Tania Ali. (2020). Morphological Integration of Urdu Loan Words in Pakistani English. Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 20(G2), 17–28. Retrieved from https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/3133

Morphological Integration of Urdu Loan Words in Pakistani English

Published

2020-01-15