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Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2015

  • Code-Switching in Urdu Books of Punjab Text Book Board, Lahore, Pakistan

    Mehwish Noor, Behzad Anwar, Fakharh Muhabat, Bahram Kazemian

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2015
    Pages: 13-20
    Received: 25 April 2015
    Accepted: 4 May 2015
    Published: 9 May 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.cls.20150102.11
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    Abstract: The study highlights English code-switching in Punjab Urdu textbooks. The research aims at finding and categorizing Urdu-English code-switches. Another rationale behind the study is to present Urdu equivalents of the switches from an Urdu-English dictionary; for instance, adakar for actor and sayyah for tourist. Textbooks of 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th ... Show More
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  • Arabic Fairy-tales: An Analysis of Hatim Tai’s Story within Propp’s Model

    Fakharh Muhabat, Riaz Ahmed Mangrio, Bahram Kazemian, Saba Sadia, Mehwish Noor

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2015
    Pages: 21-25
    Received: 13 June 2015
    Accepted: 24 June 2015
    Published: 1 July 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.cls.20150102.12
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    Abstract: The research aims to investigate the Arabic folklore “HatimTai” to reveal its constructive elements at narrative levels. Propp’s narrative model is exercised as a theoretical framework. It’s a qualitative study and a descriptive method is applied. The selected Tale has all the constructive elements introduced by Propp. Some functions are replicated... Show More
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  • Gender Issues in the Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka: A Linguistics-Oriented Analysis from a Systemic Functional Grammar and Critical Discourse Analysis Perspective

    Patrice C. Akogbeto, Albert O. Koukpossi

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2015
    Pages: 26-34
    Received: 18 June 2015
    Accepted: 25 June 2015
    Published: 1 July 2015
    DOI: 10.11648/j.cls.20150102.13
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    Abstract: The term gender is relatively new in such disciplines as Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science, Sociolinguistics, let alone with Literary Linguistics. As opposed to sex which refers to biological characteristics, gender is culture based. Nowadays, it is actively recommended to include aspects of gender in whatever project we undertake. The pre... Show More
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